Promoting Gender Equality And Empowering Women

In the past 50 years, women have gained much more equality in America. That progress was a necessary step for our modern nation, but such a big change has been a factor in the breakdown of our nation 's families. In the past 50 years, divorce rates have more than doubled. In the present day, it is just as likely that a married couple will divorce as it is that they will stay together ("Marriage and Divorce"). The push for women 's equality has been a factor in the breakdown of the American family by increasing women 's individuality, complicating family decisions, and moving women into the workforce.

The United Nations Millennium Declaration states that the main focus should be on gender equality and empowerment of women in order to fight poverty, hunger and with that, help development that is sustainable. (O’Brien & Williams 2013,212) Taking gender into the account while observing global economy shows that men and women are impacted in various ways considering trade, production and financial flows. (O’Brien & Williams 2013,212)

This paper looks at UN millennium development goals focus being on the fifth millennium development goal which is improvement of maternal health. This goal is divided into two parts the first part deals with reduction of maternal mortality and the second the second part deals with universal access to reproductive health.

In world history, gender inequality and women’s and empowerment have been an ongoing battle of victories and setbacks, especially for women. Women are disproportionately

In an ideal world, every single person lives according to their own choices. Oh, wait a second, we do live in a country with laws ensuring this. The laws allowing each American’s freedom to choose does not include the exact definition of gender roles because each person should be free to choose. The definition of equality inquires that all genders have the same rights and opportunities. According to law women are able to work, talk, dress, act, and express freely in society. The 1st amendment reassures all Americans these freedoms. It does not assure that women can work, talk, dress, act, and express freely in society without concern of being socially accepted. We deserve the same rights men have had since the beginning of time. In the

When the Google STEM memo was written, there was a large amount of backlash against the author and the stereotypes he perpetuated. The author, James Damore, used primarily biological reasons to why there are a lot less women in STEM than men. One thing that was lost in all of the negative reactions is his suggestions to how to reduce the gender gap. He has multiple suggestions on how to solve the problem, and one of them is not biological. He writes: “the male gender role is currently inflexible…If we, as a society, allow men to be more ‘feminine,’ then the gender gap will shrink.” (Damore, 2017) I believe that this is one of the biggest obstacles to true gender equality. If women want to be treated like men, then men should be able to be treated like women, without fear of ridicule.

It is common belief that there is little need to attempt to empower women because the battle for equality has been won. However, while there have been major advances in the status of women, this is not to say that equality has been achieved. For instance, in no country do women on average earn more than men. According to Heather Widdows, “this disparity can be seen in the section of the Human Development Reports that use the Gender Empowerment Measure, which explicitly shows gender inequality. While for the most part this follows the level of development, with high development correlating with a high gender-empowerment measure, there are several anomalies” ( Global Ethics 252). For instance, Japan, Cyprus, Ethiopia, and Singapore are some of the countries with high human development, but less than 30% of all professional and technical workers in

For centuries issue of gender equality continues to be predominant in today’s society due to the prolonged gap between male and female opportunities. I personally believe gender is major equality right that all human being is entitled to despite their background such as ethnicity, race, religion, and sexuality. In all cases, women and men are equal because they both play an important role in society. Many people believe that feminism is the belief that women should share the same equal amount of rights as men. Stereotypically, women play a domestic role in a relationship. On the other hand, men are out in the working world making money. However, gender roles in society are constantly changing. Change constantly occurs because women no longer want to be dependent on men for their basic needs. Also, the biggest influence against women equal rights is the media. The media portrays females as dependent and uneducated. Despite it all, as time goes by females are more acknowledge.

One might say that bringing awareness to gender inequality is a very paramount issue, especially on the topic of jobs. Back then, a woman would do the same job and put as much work into it as a man, but they would still earn less money. Additionally, until many people realized the issue of gender inequality, nothing has changed. When analyzing the evidence of how starting to bring awareness to social inequities and raise awareness at a local level can turn global and change the world, one can realize the history of the discrimination issue, how people at a local level respond to discrimination, and how the issue of discrimination can be changed at the global level by focusing on the women wage difference.

For many years now, the question of gender equality has been one of the most controversial issues in several societies. Different regions have put the effort in ensuring women get as equal chances as their counterpart gender, whereas some of the areas in the world have completely shunned the issue. Back then, women were considered property and were not allowed equal rights as men especially when it comes to education, job opportunities among several other issues. The United States has put in place various policies that enable females to have equal opportunities as men. The country has tried to make an effort to ensure equality of resources and opportunities regardless of one’s gender. Nonetheless, most areas have not fully embraced the fact that men and women are equal. In fact, some bosses disqualify applicants of jobs on the basis of gender. To date, women are still discriminated against on several issues. This discussion entails a few examples of discrimination against women. With each problem, it shall attempt to provide a solution to each problem.

She was a young girl with a powerful voice. Her story is one of bravery and defiance. With the help of her father, she became an important activist for the free education of women not only in Pakistan, but throughout the world. As many people encouraged her movement, she became nominated for several renowned peace prizes, and also became a target for the Taliban. One day on the way home from school she was cornered on a bus and shot in the head by a Taliban member. Yet her life prevailed. The girl’s name is Malala Yousafzai, and she lives on as a nineteen-year old woman who continues to fight for women’s rights and empowerment around the globe. Many other girls from Pakistan are not so lucky (“Malala Yousafzai”, 2014).

In different cultures across the world there has been an imbalance between the roles of men and women in society. Gender equality has been a recurring issue dating back to the start of civilization. Women, in particular, have had a difficult time being treated with the same respect and privileges as men. In society today, gender equality as become less of an issue because women have fought hard to get to where they are. Starting from early civilization, men have held the power within government and society, while women have been seen as housewives. This can be seen through many literary works, which tells a great deal about the time in which the work was written. Many writers represent the time period they live in through the ideas in their works. In “Assemblywomen”, Aristophanes reveals that in that time period, the role women played in society was that of a typical housewife. They were deemed as the people who should be taking care of house duties and the men were the ones who were in charge of the government. In “Vagabond” the author, Colette, shows the struggles that women faced trying to live on their own in a society where the men have been the ultimate breadwinners. Through Plato’s “The Republic”, he shows a different viewpoint on the role that women should play in society.

Gender equality, also known as sex equality or equality of the genders, is the view that men and women should receive equal treatment, and should not be discriminated against based on gender. For years, it’s been notably held that women have been given far less freedom than men. For example, having to do with sexual expression. If a woman is too sexually active, too daring, too “freaky” in the sack, she gets labeled a slut. In contrast, men have been praised for their sexual prowess, “high-fived for wantonness,” accorded “player” status for acting like big shots. That goes for most comparisons towards a man. Men are brought up to think that the way to prove their masculinity isby material means. We do a much greater damage to girlsbecause we raise them to think that it’s their obligation to cater to the fragile egos of male mainly having to do with what their male counterparts would think of them. We’re teaching girls to dumb themselves down for the approval of a man. To make themselves less than what they are. We say to girls: you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, to be somebody. Not too successful that you will threaten the man’s ego. If you are the one who brings in the most money in the household in your relationship with a man, pretend that you are not, especially in public, otherwise you will emasculate him. As if women weren’t capable to take care of themselves.

Throughout many decades women have been fighting for gender equality, both at home and in work place. Women have to suffering in unequal treatment in their life and struggling to be equal to men. Gender equality is really important in our society. People born equally but the society continues to push the tender roles. The gender discrimination becomes more and more common in our life but this needs to stop. People should respected each other with no matter what gender they are and gender equality is a more and more serious problem for people to redefined.

Feminism is the advocacy of equal rights among people; specifically fighting against gender inequality and gender stereotypes created by society. To some people, the feminist movement is a lost cause. Lost is defined as having perished; it 's expired, it is no more. Right now, our society is arguing that feminism is lost, perished, or an expired social movement because we simply don 't need it; America has reached the pinnacle of gender equality. Sadly, this idea snuck its way into our country 's media and minds. I am here to tell you that the fight for gender equality has not expired and it never disappeared. It 's true, women have the right to vote, women have obtained the right to have a legal abortion; we can create careers for ourselves without being frowned upon by society. But just because women CAN do countless things that we were incapable of over a century ago, doesn 't mean the fight is over. Let me show you a few things third-wave feminists are advocating for today.