The Political Movements Of The 1980s And The Southern Cone Dictatorships And Guerrilla Warfare During Central America

Poverty vs. wealth plays a huge factor in the role of women. According to the US Agency for International Development, the participation of women in the labor market in Honduras had a significant increase in the 90’s from 30% to 45%. There happened to be a huge increase in demand for agricultural equipment, and women were able to find jobs outside of the home. Unfortunately, the pay rate was not at all

Through multifarious ways, female gender roles in Latin American countries have gradually begun to improve over time. These slight improvements have manifested through women’s increasing involvement in politics and presence in the labor force due to immigration, globalization, and global media. Women in Latin American countries have become

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, illuminates the essential rights that all children have. According to the Convention, each child has the privilege of education, it is the state 's obligation to guarantee that essential education is free and necessary, to allow distinctive types of secondary training, including general and professional training and to make them open to each child and to make advanced education accessible (United Nations, 1990). But as indicated by UNICEF, an expected 93 million kids on the planet don 't get the chance to go to school, the majority whom are girls. A large part of these children are poor and their families can 't stand to send them to school. They should work to help their families survive. Others, for the most part, young girls don 't go to school since they need to help at home. However, without an education, children and families are forced to lead an existence in poverty (UNICEF, 2015).

The Role of Women in Indigenous Latin American Societies: A Comparison of Marriage, Motherhood and Occupations

The perception of inequality was evident in the colonial Spanish America, man belief that women were lacked in capacity to reason as soundly as men. A normal day for European women in the new world was generally characterized by male domination, for example marriage was arranged by the fathers, women never go out except to go church, women didn’t have the right to express their opinions about politic or society issues. Subsequent to all these bad treats European women try to find different ways to escape from man domination and demonstrate their intellectual capacities, for example women used become part of a convent, write in secret their desires and disappointments, and even dress as man to

The idea that a woman’s job is to be a wife and mother is old-fashioned, but not completely out of style. Though these roles require a great deal of talent, resilience, patience, love, and strength, to name a few, they are often underestimated or depicted as simple. Especially in modern times, many women in the United States who stay home to raise a family are viewed as anti-feminists, whereas women in Latin America are not criticized for similar actions. In recent decades, more Latin American women have started to break the mold, daring to be both sexy, and successful in the workforce, while remaining pillars of domestic life.

The lives of women today have changed significantly because there are more women now who are educated than ever before. In addition, there is a larger number of female involvement in the job market that have forged ahead in the workforce. The rate of transformation is increasing at an accelerated pace with Western and Third World nations enacting measures to counteract these issues. However, although there have been developments, there are still gender gap issues that limit the progress of females in the workforce. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to examine gender differences in nations involved with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in both Canada and the economic south and how these issues impact the progress of employment and learning opportunities for women.

Since husbands were away, the mothers became the heads of the family. Despite earning less than their male counterparts, women tended to invest their money in the needs of the household, rather than spending money for their own use. Without the male presence in the home, the families tended to be smaller, and the family income was distributed to fewer members. Therefore their family per capita was greater than when the men were in charge. The economic crisis of the 1980’s caused great harm to the Mexican economy, but had lasting beneficiary effects on gender equality.

I come from a background which consists of poverty, underrepresented communities and broken school systems. I have experienced what it's like to live in a community that lacks access, resources and education. I am particularly interested in studying the similarities within the educational, economic and cultural experiences lived by women in underrepresented communities throughout different parts of Latin America. As a woman born in a machista culture, I want to examine the influence that such ideology has amongst women and its effect in educational attainment in both countries.

Throughout the past century in Central and South America many counties have came across military dictatorships that have oppressed the people. Along with these dictatorships the lives of the working class and peasants become expendable to the dictatorial powers. In the case of Argentina and Chile this becomes a great factor where the oppression of the people claimed many lives and in other factors the inhumane exploitation of the people. As a military dictatorship oppresses the people they do anything in their command in order to eliminate any rising of those that are being oppressed. Although both men and women in these countries suffered from the military dictatorship it was the women who played a crucial role in challenging the government.

al., 2015, p.?). It is this reality that is hindering progress in regards to sexual and reproductive health and rights, but also to many others pressing issues facing Latin American women today. With racialized women facing poorer health outcomes and mistreatment. With sexuality being inherently tied to the economic gain of women, but with the same aspect leading to harm and blame put upon them. With male dominated industries letting women die, lest it impact their bottom line. With governments showing surface level support for women and LGBT groups in an attempt to cover fatal polices enacted to hold the support of the Catholic Church. Gender will remain such a large factor in shaping the daily lives of both men and women in Latin America today as long as these power dynamics and norms remain largely unchallenged. But that is not to say that challenging them will be

Even though the patriarchal model is present in many other cultures, the idea of a “macho” society is most often related to Latin American families. The basic idea of machismo comes from the patriarchal model which states that males are responsible for bringing the food to the table and females are left at home to take care of the children. This is just the beginning of a series of problems and abuses suffered by many females in Latin America. It is important to clarify that women’s rights exist, the only problem is the lack of willingness to change.

The first primary source in this chapter 5 is an essay by Alejandro E. Bunge from Argentina. He was a concerned about women’s growing involvement in the workplace. He discussed many ideas of women’s participation in the nations paid labor force but his feeling towards female who works outside the house are heavily influenced by conservative ideals.

Throughout the films that we have watched for class, there are many similarities and differences that arise between them. Latin America has a long, detailed history of social, political, and cultural discourse that have become the main subjects of Latin films during the last 50 years. It has been beneficial for Latin countries to see these issues play out in films through because it helps people understand the creation of the modern society that they live. Although there is a wide range of national issues dealt with in this film, I will be examining the similarities and differences between films that depict the colonization of Latin America and films that are based in a modern city. The Other Conquest,

In the article education in developing countries, it discussed education issues and how it has an impact on gender and developing countries. It talks about how 97 million children were not enrolled in school and half of the 97 were girls. We talked a little about years of school in countries and how boys tend to go to school longer than girls. This article elaborates more on the factors behind it such as lack of teachers, cost, access, and more. Other reading have also mention education in developing countries as well as the differences between boys and girls length of education. In Where Am I Wearing, Kelsey touched upon the topic about how children didn’t go to school because they had to work to help support their families. He also made a comment that parents in the US send their children to school, while parents in our countries send their children to collected bottles. It’s clear, that there is a difference as far as education in developed and