Gender Inequality In Africa

expand, so many countries set their sights on Africa. In 1880 the region to the north of the river Congo became a French territory following an agreement between the King of the Bateke, Makoko, and the explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. In 1881 Tunisia became a French territory. In 1882 Britain occupied Egypt and Italy began colonizing Eritrea. In 1884 British and French Somaliland were created. In 1884 German South West Africa, Cameroon, German East Africa, and Togo were created and Río de Oro is

engendered.’’ What can be said about the high level of gender inequality in Africa and is it one of the many detrimental effects of colonialism on this region? It is pointed out in the Peet-Hardwick article that, the world is an extremely unequal place, even more so than we thought it was. Aside from the equality differences between the countries, there are inequalities between different genders, classes, ethnicities inside the countries. Gender inequality is one of the main concerns for development, and

Gender Education Inequality in Africa Education inequality is an unequal distribution of academic’s resources, including but not limited to; school funding, qualified, and experienced teachers, books, and technologies to socially excluded communities. It has grown over the last 30 years and still is. This essay will investigate the gender education inequality going to focus on an underdeveloped continent, Africa and how women are treated unfairly in education and are denied the rights that affect

Inequality means an unfair or different situation that some people tend to obtain more resources and opportunities; additionally, as Acker (2006) illustrated, gender is a social element that indicates the differences and identities between men and women. Therefore, when taking gender into inequality concept, it is specified to an unbalanced treatment among two genders: women can only obtain less material benefits and opportunities than men when accomplishing the same task.

sociological aspect, gender roles are a set of roles set by society regarding someone’s actual or perceived gender. Throughout the entire world the extent to which these roles are followed differs. The roles for men and roles for women are nothing like each other. Typically, men were known for going to work every day and providing for their family financially, and women were known for maintaining the house and taking care of the children. In some countries, especially those in Northern Africa and Southwest

What social factors have driven the spread of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the immune system caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV is transmitted via unprotected sexual intercourse, contaminated blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, and from an infected mother to child during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding. There is currently no cure for HIV/AIDS. AIDS is a debilitating condition that has great social

“Gender inequality exists to some extent, in most areas of society, in all countries of the world”. Geographically examine this statement. Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on the gender. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles, behaviors, and activities and attributes that a given society deems appropriate for men and women. For two years Iceland is the number one country for gender equality followed by Norway in second,

09147 The Question of Gender, the Question of Equality ! Gender inequality has been a constant facet of Iranian society for many years, as an Islamic state, the role and treatment of women is based on interpretation of Islamic law (Shari'a). The change derived from the downfall of the Pahlavi regime and subsequent Iranian revolution of 1979 dramatically effected the nature and extent of the rights and quality of life experienced by Iranian women. The reign of Pahlavi as Shah saw women's rights

The multifaceted state of South Africa underwent vast reconstruction after the end of the apartheid in 1994 and experienced transformative changes in the racial, economic and societal relations of the region. Aside from the divisions and devastations the country faced as a result of apartheid the country also opened its economy to international business, deregulating major sectors of its economy and engaging in trade liberalization policies in an attempt to spur economic growth and international

recent years, public awareness towards the issues of HIV/AIDS, gender, and food security in sub- Saharan Africa has increased dramatically. The case study in Sub- Saharan Africa examines the spread of the epidemic ad its impact on food insecurity through gender lens. The Global AIDS epidemic report stated that one of the biggest challenges of the coming year is the female face of the epidemic (UNAIDS, 2004). In 2011, Sub- Saharan Africa was home to 69% of all people living with HIV/ AIDS worldwide