Women in the Marshall Islands been supported by the United States, by religious groups and by other nations belonging to the Pacific Rim region since the 1960s. Women in the Marshall Islands Women in the Marshall Islands are women who live in or are from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, an island country that is politically a presidential republic in free association with the United States. Alternative appellations for these women are Marshallese women, Marshall Islander women, Marshalls women, and women in Rālik-Ratak (literally women "facing toward the windward" [i.e. "facing sunrise"] and "facing toward the leeward" [i.e. "facing sunset"]). Marshallese women are known
Human rights in the Marshall Islands Human Rights Committee and related procedures. The Marshall Islands has ratified the following agreements: However, no international treaty has force in law until it is approved by the Nitijela (Parliament). Although the Marshall Islands intends to ratify the outstanding human rights conventions, its resource constraints have made full implementation of human rights conventions difficult in the past. The Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands sets out the powers and functions of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of Government. Article II of the Constitution contains a Bill of Rights which outlines the basic rights afforded to people in