The Economic, Social and Political Status of Women

The status of women can be related when observing the economic, social, and political aspects of a first or third world country. When a country has a good economic position in terms of infrastructure, labor and education, we can relate how much power or social equality will be distributed for each individual. In a first world country like Canada women earned in 2013 approximately a total income of $30, 100 whereas men earned $47,000 (Williams, 2010, p.7). Even though the economic gap proofs to have

of the advent of the British rule in India, the status and position of Indian woman were very stumpy. "Customs such as of polygamy, the purdah, the denial of a woman’s right over property, child marriages, and Sati etc., during this period resulted in the development of a very weak personality of Indian woman." The British influence had a very deep impression in the minds of Indian leaders. The reformist movements of the 19th century brought social reformers such as Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwar Chandra

Political Transitions in Myanmar and Changes in Burmese Women’s Status Since its independence in 1948 until 2008, Myanmar was an island unto itself. Although being the largest mainland country in Southeast Asia, it is also one of the least known countries in the region. Decades of military dictatorship and a policy of isolationism made Myanmar one of the least developed countries in the world with a population of 60 million people. Various international agencies, such as the World Bank and the United

impetus to women’s movements for removing the notion of inferiority of women and giving them a sense of identity. The Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) established by the Government of India in 1953, also promotes and strengthens volunteer efforts for the welfare of women. The Ministry of Welfare, Government of India, too, gives grants to voluntary organizations for activities like construction/expansion of hostels for working women in cities.The analysis of six types of movements suggests that movements

inclusion by Minorities and conscientious Objectors”, he discusses why every citizen in this our liberal democracies should be given equal status and recognitions in our political communities. He makes his analysis by comparing the various researches other social and political scientist have made about citizenship in the eighteenth centuries and how political inequalities have limited or change the realization of equal claim of citizenship. He also emphasizes that citizenship is not about the wealth

capitalism. “Actual social developments have defined both predications of progressive polarisation and conflict and the emancipatory promise of social revolution” (Pakulski and Waters 1996:28). The perceived ‘death of class’ according to this chapter is due the economic reductionism of class theory in Political Economy, which was caused continual evolution of theories of class structure combined with by the capricious development of Liberal-Democratic societies. Together they have led to social theories, which

when women already earn less than men in economic spheres (“Fact Sheet”, 2010). The underlying gender roles and gender inequality that persists in South Africa help not only to explain their unbelievably difficult daily burdens but it also aids in the understanding of the lack of economic and political representation of women in the region (Bentley, 2004). Within South Africa there is a significant gap in the lack of opportunity and representation of women within the economic and political sphere

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 trade (Schreiner, Mohapi & Koppen, 2004). The positive economic development that was expected as a result of these

1 HAIFA ZUBAIR Changing Social and Political Space of Women: Special Reference to Women in Muslim Community of North Kerala Mphil Application: RESEARCH PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION Statistical index shows that the women of Kerala are distinct from that of other states in their outstanding gains in the fields of education and health. This is the one of the few states where mass literacy has been achieved for both men and women even across the different religious communities. Adult Literacy rate in 2011 among

all citizens can participate and feel they have a stake, a culture in which unjust social privileges and status hierarchies have been disestablished. Democracy is more than a matter of fair legal process. It is a feature of social organization, of social structure. Democracy inheres not only in procedural mechanisms like universal suffrage but in cultural modes like dress, language, manners and behavior. Political egalitarianism must be nourished by cultural egalitarianism. A culture of democracy