Women in Development and Gender and Development

There are eights that CMWC are working towards, which are protecting and promoting women, social and cultural rights, women’s work, the human right of immigrant women, Aboriginal women, and lesbians, supporting human rights of women around the world and encouraging women’s active citizenship. CMWC looks at 13 demands that is urgent for women and brings it forward to the government. October 17 is national women’s lobby and this allows CMWC to discuss all the demands with cabinet ministers and prime minister. CMWC is working to make sure the gender-based, patriarchal violence that has been embedded in our lives and eliminate it from our lives. Additionally, CMWC is finding different ways to end exploitation, appropriation, and commodification of women’s bodies in media and women’s work. CMWC is putting a stop the negotiation of women humanity and subjectivity and exploitation of women productive and reproductive work, which devalues and objectification women, which is seen as invisible and devalued has been

Traditional gender roles (men performing instrumental tasks and women performing expressive tasks) are viewed as important not only for the individual but also for the economic and social order of society. Failure to maintain the traditional division of labor is believed to lead to destruction of family life as well as higher rates of crime, violence, and drug abuse. Human capital theorists claim that sex differences in promotion rates are due to sex differences in commitment, education, and experience; women are believed to have less to offer employers. Even if these differences exist, this position ignores the fact that women are in a system of inequality, where social expectations prevent them from having qualifications that are similar to men. The conflict perspective emphasizes men’s control over scarce resources. The gendered division of labor within families and in the workplace results from male control of and dominance over women and resources. Differentials between men and women may exist in terms of economic, political, physical, and/or interpersonal power. Men remain the head of household and control the property. Also, men gain power through their predominance in the most highly paid and prestigious occupations and the highest elected offices. Liberal/Equal Rights Feminists – seek equal access for females within the current social system; focus is on equality of opportunity (e.g., civil rights and occupational equality). Radical/Transformative Feminists –

Through these stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it’s also the best strategy for fighting poverty.

The gender roles for women have traditionally been to cook, clean, and feed the kids. In the document, From Wealth and Poverty written by George Gilder, he indicates that men put more effort in the work force than women. Therefore, married men, in his eyes, are seen to work twice as harder than women regardless of their firm household responsibilities (Gilder, p.123) The document Equal to What? written by Third World Women’s Alliance, states the rise of feminism groups and the newly formed non-white women’s liberation committee’s. These committees supported women’s rights for descendent of Asian, African, and Latin American backgrounds. Gilder and Third World Women’s Alliance recognizes the unfairness of women in the workforce and their unrecognized

In many regions of Africa it is still common to practice female genital mutilation and other forms of violence against women in patriarchal societies and through the IAW many women and girls have been saved from such mutilation. Other programs include the provision of contraceptives for women, in particular those in poorer undeveloped nations. Pre and post natal care as well as other programs which foster the development and growth of women in leadership roles and avenues for women to create and develop businesses. These programs and campaigns have fostered the growth of so many women whether tangibly through their successes or intangibly through their improved self confidence and belief to know they can do better and should expect better despite their past. It has empowered women to overcome boundaries decades ago were impenetrable. As with any other process of change, they too have encountered challenges. Some of these are the same obstacles they try to overcome; gender biases and discrimination. Others include effecting a change in the mindset of individuals and in gaining support for their cause in male dominated countries and cultures where it is the status quo for women to 'know their place' and stay at home and 'raise' the kids. They also face economic and political challenges from governments and corporations who still believe the best senior executives should be males as opposed to promotions based on

Women and poverty is one of the critical areas of concern from the Beijing Platform for Action. Unfortunately there is over 1 billion of who are women that are living in poverty. Most of the women who are living in poverty and in very poor condition are from developing countries, but we also have this problem here in the United States. Poverty has been a factor of little to no education, single mother raising their families, little resources, and pay gap. In the article of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fourth World Conference on Women, one of the strategic objectives is, to analyze from a gender perspective, policies and programmers including those related to macroeconomic stability, structural adjustment, external debt problems,

When women are placed in these positions of power the past has shown that women empowerment allows for the growth for the upcoming generations. This investment that countries can make by allowing for the growth of the education of women would be exactly that, an investment. The growth that countries would experience would allow that country to excel into a caring society. As well, the impact that women have had on society is not limited to the political realm but can also be translated to the economic sense. When placed

“Everyday, women and girls walk long distances to bring water and fuel to their families. Women perform the majority of the agriculture work, producing food for their families as well as other goods that are sold in national and international markets.” Gender inequality is wrong, men shouldn’t seem as if they are

As the sole United States Delegate to the 2014 G(irls)20 Summit in Sydney, Australia, I worked with over twenty four other women to write a communique focused on how to economically empower women and girls internationally. The communique was then presented to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Australia and other leaders. For the past eight years, I have also participated as well as staffed numerous Model United Nations Conferences

Society has conformed our minds to view gender based on one’s role in society. This labels the person as a man or a woman and then classifies them based on the “roles” that society has assigned for each. Gender inequality is caused by the unequal perceptions or even the way someone is treated, based on them being a man or woman. It tends to be the result of what is seen as socially constructed differences of the typical gender roles. This is a social problem I find compelling due to the impact it has on society.

In many developing countries globalization has brought masses of wealth to the elite at the expense of the poor. Consequently, many women of the poorer classes leave their homeland in search of opportunities for employment. These women are disproportionately affected by

Gender inequality is the unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles. Throughout the world there are men and women who seek change in society’s gender infrastructure, they seek equality and justice for both genders. In some developing nations like the countries in the Middle East, China, and India, women are still perceived as the inferior gender; they’re forced to be obedient to the opposite sex, their basic rights are restricted and they aren’t treated fairly in most cases. However, in developing countries like Mexico, the condition of women in the country has improved drastically over time and is currently relatively ethical.

This approach basically linked to feminism, an idea that support of social equality for women and men. The importance of gender-conflict approach is to make us aware that men are usually placing in position of power over women and the importance of women to the development sociology. The example of Gender-Conflict Approach is the gender pay gaps between men and women in the workforce. Research shows that women only make just 77 cents to the men’s dollar. Why do gender gap in pay and wealth exist? Simply put, they are the product of historically rooted gender biases that still thrived today. The assessment of labor value is strongly by biased perception of individual qualities though to be determined by gender. These often break down as gendered binary that directly favor men, like the idea that men are strong and women are weak. The next example is the role of woman in conflict. Research examined that the contributions of women to society has produced some observation that are generalized to many culture. In fact, women are ubiquitous to most cultural settings and “where there are not, it is not because they lack the ability or interest in a situation but because there have been deliberate efforts to exclude them”( Lengermann et al in Ritzer (2008), pg. 451). In western country for example, regardless of their demograpghic consideration, women constitute or are forced into

The purpose of the paper is to review the article, “Fixing women or fixing the world? “Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development” by Sylvia Chant & Caroline Sweetman. This article primarily focuses on ‘Smart economics’, referring to an investment in women for encouraging economic growth and providing impetus to women’s empowerment and gender equality.

Baserup (1970) suggested that women needed to reduce the work loads they had so that they take part in education, projects which will also extend their power in the economy. In addition, Baserup pointed out that women have to receive credit facilities for greater economic projects. For example, Baserup echoed the mechanization of “female farming’ in African women farmers and revolutionarize traditional forms of agriculture for productive efficiency extracted from Schech and Haggis (2000). Rogers (1980) also suggested for a complete overhand of male attitudes against women. Rogers explicitly challenged this in her survey of the FAO institutional arrangement. She concluded that no women were found in field officers in technical division. Rogers (1980) therefore, concluded that women were not only excluded from planning and decision making but were being ignored and overlooked. Furthermore, households were assumed to be male headed which also generalized women as housewives (Rogers 1980:66 in Schech and Haggis, 2000). This shows that women’s work was regarded as non- work due to male bias. However, the WID approach agitated for equity, empowerment, efficiency and equal participation of women in existing structures.