A Brief Note On Global Gender Inequality Issues

Female representation is impediment for Political matters and topics regarding women decided by the Federal Government. For example, in 2006, female Senators from all main parties united and supported a bill to change legislation on the abortion pill, removing the Health Minister Tony Abbott’s right to retain the veto on the introduction of the

What was the most underrepresented social group in the elected assemblies of the world? whether is the minority ethnic, religious groups or the poor? According to Putman’s statistic, the answer was “women”. (Putnam 1976 cited in Megyery 1991) Statistics have shown that although women around the globe occupy more than one half of the population, very small proportion become political elite. Different from what women have encountered, man tends to dominate many spheres in life which includes electoral politics. Such gender disparity happens everywhere not just in Canada. Ever since Canadian women suffrage and the right to candidacy was achieved, they have made a couple strides in political arena, yet not as many as they wish with the existence of electoral glass ceiling standing

genders. Women may have the same political rights, however they are still degraded and seen as inferior to men. So, women in politics are now trying to prove that they are just as capable as men are. However, their attempts are being suppressed due to the inappropriate comments against them. Sexist remarks in the media against female political candidates is the reason why there is a smaller amount of women in government.

Women play a huge role in society and are becoming more predominant in parliament as the years progress. The issue? They only represent 38.6% of seats in the upper house/senate (Women in national parliaments, 2016). This is a huge problem considering women make up 50% of Canada’s population. Does that statistic prove that women are not getting adequate representation in parliament? The rights of women need to be addressed, maybe not in parliament, but through representation in numbers in parliament. Women are just as equally qualified for parliamentary jobs as men, and the more that this truth is pushed, the more representation women will get. This truth is only realized by some, as the numbers previously show, but the only way for women

Australia is an example of another place where the issue of the gender wage gap exists within their workforce. In 2016 there was a Global Gender Gap Report completed by the World Economic Forum, ranking the best to worst countries in the world for the gender wage gap. Australia was ranked 46 out of the 144 countries researched. (cite source). Therefore, the Australian government and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, teamed up, gathered research, and completed a report comparing the earnings of men and women. In the key results, it was found that the average full-time weekly earnings for a male was $1,602.80, and the average full-time weekly earnings for a female was $1,325.10, with a 17.3% full-time gender wage gap. The highest percentage of the gender wage gap by industry is 30.0% in the financial and insurance services in Australia (cite source). Canada is another example of a place where the gender wage gap exists as well. Canada was ranked 35 out of the 144 countries researched (cite source). In Canada the average employment income a male earned in 2014 was $51,000, and the average employment income a female earned in 2014 was $34,900 (cite

More specifically the representation that women and visible minorities receive in parliament. “Women, visible minorities, and Aboriginal peoples continue to be significantly under-represented in the ranks of elected politicians at all levels of government.”(Howe & Northrup, 2000) It is obvious that sufficient representation by government means that everyone in Canada must be represented. There has been an increase for females elected to parliament, however it is subtle. In comparison to other countries, Canada is in the middle, ranked 29th worldwide, in this area. (Howe & Northrup, 2000) Canadians do feel that something should be done to even the playing field by choosing as many female representatives as they do males, much like the Reforms taking place in France. Measures have been taken to rectify this situation, with Bill C-2. This Bill suggested that parties with at least 20 per cent female MPs would be granted a larger amount of reimbursement for their election expenses, and an even larger refund for those parties with 30 per cent female MPs. (Howe & Northrup, 2000) Canadians support the idea that parties should be required to increase the amount of female candidates.

Barriers Women may face when entering politics in Canada Women have expressed interest in running for office but not many women get pasted the nomination process. Women make up 52 percent of Canada’s population while only 22 percent of women are members of Parliament. Canada ranked 50th out of 189 countries in the number of women elected in national parliament. This puts Canada behind countries such as Rwanda, Afghanistan and Iraq. Even with economic growth and political stability, Canada has fewer women in parliament than most of Europe.

There is clearly no differences between men and women in our Canadian society we make sure all genders are treated equally before anything. Women in Canada can simply wake up in the morning and drive to work, shopping or having lunch with her work mates but that could be a dream to everywoman in other countries for example Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where women

Although Canada is an advanced country full of opportunities, it has yet to fight some of its largest issues. Women in Canada are still victims of gender inequality. Women have been facing a patriarchal stance in society for as long as they can remember, but it goes beyond just patriarchy. These women are living in conditions which could be viewed as inhumane. In 1991, The Canadian Women’s Foundation was formed and they took a stance enforcing women’s equality. Women face poverty, violence in various ways such as; physical, emotional, and financial, they are viewed nothing more than just sex objects used to sell products to the public, and women are discouraged from working at the same

Women comprise just 26 per cent of politicians currently elected to the House of Commons. Only three Premiers are women and municipally, only 28% of city councillors are women and 18% of mayors. Canada is ranked a distant 63rd in the world on the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s list of Women in National Parliaments.

Through in depth analysis of the Canadian Conservative Government, author Brianna Strumm showcases the overwhelming evidence of gender inequality occurring under Stephen Harper’s rule in her article Women in Harperland. This article raises questions in the areas of government, sexist discrimination in social infrastructure and the workplace, and the conservative views on women. I will analyze these questions and offer my own personal opinions on the content, amount of detail used, and whether or not the arguments made are beneficial to the article. Strumm takes a firm liberal stance on each issue presented, providing statistics and circumstances for each of her arguments. The strong evidence and even stronger point of view is crucial to the

When Sylvia Bashevkin wrote “ the higher, the fewer” it was to indicate a pattern in women's political participation. The number of women in politics drops as one moves upward to the upper tiers of government, federal or provincial. The gap between the number of women involved in politics to the number of women in the country is still too wide. Over half the population is female and yet less than 25% were Members of Parliament in 2011. As of 2016 only 31% of senators were female. This gap highlights the need to continue to pursue the feminist movement.

No doubt, the 20th century laid great foundation for the fights for equal gender rights that led to women enrollment in different areas of life. It was a great entry in 21st century to have total human population on the board without segregation of gender, races and ethnicity at least in papers. Yet, there is a lot more to be done particularly when it comes to rights of women in active areas of life. In the 20th century, initially the women rights

Women are underrepresented in political offices at the national and local levels. Currently, only 17 women serve in the United States Senate out of 100 seats and only 16 percent of the United States House of Representatives are female. Why is this a problem? Legislatures, the House of

New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote in 1893, however, since then we have dropped to 27th when it comes to gender representation in government, out of 188 countries. One of the many reasons as to why women are under represented in parliament can be linked to the issue of the political obstacles that face women. This is when they want to be in parliament, women whom are in parliament, and the many women who this is not an option for due to lack of opportunity. Women have to face this “masculine model” of politics and government. Men are dominant in parliament, meaning that political life revolves around male norms and values (Shvedova). This can be extended, politics is very much about competition and confrontation. Rather than politics being