Women 's Conflict And Epidemic Crisis

Women, unfortunately, have been very discriminated against, even in this century. Women are so cruelly thought of that now, women see nothing wrong with mental and physical cruelty towards them. Since the status of women in Africa, is so low, it has caused many men to overpower women…physically. More

The collection of short stories ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’ written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie demonstrates that in Nigeria, men women, boys and girls are treated differently, and these relationship in which gender inequality exists leads to family conflict. And corruption exists in Nigeria and also the violence. These issues have lasting impacts on the characters.

“Women aren’t the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity” (Kristof & WuDunn, 2009, p. xviii). This quote does an excellent job of introducing the issues discussed in the book Half the Sky. In this book, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn present us with the issue of the unjust and cruel treatment of women in today’s world. Women throughout the world are treated in unthinkably bad ways, but the majority of people are not even aware of the suffering these women face on a daily basis. According to Kristof and WuDunn (2009), “Women aged fifteen through forty-four are more likely to be maimed or die from male violence than from cancer, malaria, traffic accidents, and war combined” (p. 61). However, Kristof and WuDunn (2009) also point out that if something dramatic such as a school shooting or bombing takes place, it makes breaking news, and everyone is aware of it all at once (p. xiv). Plenty of women are being mistreated every minute of

In current society, social divisions focus a lot on the prospects of people within each society. This essay will piece together the reasons behind concepts such as women being forced into unpaid labour, male dominance over females in employment, the sexualization of women in the media as well as inequalities within violence. Through discussing each of these concepts, we can compare the historical context of gender inequalities to the present day to see if things have improved or deteriorated in modern society. Before looking into the concepts of gender inequalities, we must first explore gender itself which is the division into two groups - men and women. Gender inequality is definitely something

Women between the ages of 15 to 44 are at a greater risk of rape than cancer, malaria and a motor accident (Wood, 2009). According to Amnesty International (2014), 40 women are raped everyday in South Kivu regarding the on-going armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sexual violence during armed conflict has historically been known as one of the legitimate spoils of war (Brown, 2011). Spoils of war result from defeating a population and claiming benefits due to its instability. Thus violence towards civilian’s asserts dominance, however the implications involved must be rooted to deeper consequences to a nation. In this essay I will argue that rape is perpetrated against women

Barack Obama once said “The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.” This message is not only relevant in the United States. In fact, it has even stronger meaning in Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 28 million girls are out of school (Camfed). It is important to raise awareness of the lack of education for girls in Africa because educated women are healthier, educated women can raise a country’s gross domestic product, and educated women can advocate for themselves.

Women’s health has been a controversial topic since the 1970’s. Prior to the 1970’s and the emergent of women’s health movement, the medical establishment regarded women only as not male; this has since changed. The beginning of this change started for women when they realized they had a right to know about their own bodies. According to Edwards “The grassroots women 's health activism that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s was fostered by an equally diverse group of advocates, among them middle-class white women, middle- and working-class African Americans, lesbians and heterosexuals.” (Edwards) The 1970’s contained many changes for women in regards to the health movement. Women would see changes in childbirth, abortion,

Women are more vulnerable to the effects of drugs and alcohols than men. Women drinking even smaller amounts of alcohol then men may result in greater harm over a shorter period of time; women also tend to lose mental function and brain mass quicker than men do. Most times women let their addiction escalade, because they tend to take care of themselves last. Some barriers why majority of women don’t seek professional help is denial. Scheduling conflict can be a big issue as well, such as not being able to take off work, house obligations, taking care of kids, they can have a hard time finding a good treatment center, lack of resources, and even understanding addiction. One problem I hear a lot from women at the facility is, having to go through

“Girls account for the majority of children not attending school; almost two-thirds of women in the developing world work in the informal sector or as unpaid workers in the home” (United Nations Development Program). In most nations, women are encouraged to pursue careers such as housewifery, which correlates, to a nation's poverty and oppressive society. According to The New York Times, “Women do not receive an education because of a nation’s fear of losing power.” Those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent are on the unethical side of history, but a hand will be extended if they are eager to unclench their fist. According to American Progress, “When women are educated it results in the empowerment of women and girls who then work to protect their rights.” With the lack education of women, they lack the necessary skills to acquire high paying jobs and express freedom of speech. The United States should offer a range of educational opportunities for women who appear authentically committed to pluralism and peaceful contestation help to develop their capacity to compete for power and to govern because they are the ones that will implement change. The world depends on The United States and trusts them in their times of crisis; therefore it is the U.S. responsibility to assist women when they cry for help. “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity” (John F. Kennedy). The harrowing reality is that since there is little to no public awareness of women’s global maltreatment, countless more women will continue living in obstructive societies with little regard to education. “A revolution is coming - a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate

All things considered laws, for many years, have been created by men for men. “There is scarcely an event in human existence, in which the oppression of women is not tolerated” (Robinson, 2). The objectification of women is so tolerated that even today there

Independent from British ruling since 1960, Nigeria today still suffers from ethnical and religious divisions as well as unequal distribution of power and resources among its regions. A high degree of violence and insecurity has shaped Nigeria’s political framework since colonial times. The region is characterized by systematic human under-development and socio-political decay. By draining resources from development, terrorism creates an additional burden on the society and interferes with development opportunities.

Igbo women have been on a mission to gain more power in the recent years. They have gone from holding the more traditional roles in society, which were marrying young, bearing children, and taking care of the family and household, to getting graduate degrees and fighting amongst the men for jobs in the failing Nigerian economy. These women, who went from being seen as typically powerless under their husbands, are now right alongside the men in job hunts. These women carry a lot more power than one would originally think.

In some places around the world, women are treated different from men. In the Igbo society women, are treated like pieces of property and not humans, they are made to act and dress a certain way, and everything in their society is gendered. This relates to women in the world now. Today, women are standing up, and being treated equally. In the Igbo society, women did not stand up for their beliefs because, they would not be treated equally

Traditional and cultural practices reinforce the power of men in African societies and are often embraced without any questioning. Tambu, is denied access to education because she is a girl. Tambu’s father’s refusal to further her education is influenced by cultural assumptions, which consider education to be a male preserve. Tambu’s

Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice by Sally Eagle Merry observes and scrutinizes the burden between global law and local injustices. She argues that human rights law must be embedded in a local society in order to be recognized as influential social constructs. She then specifically speaks of gender violence and how this injustice is ingrained through cultural and religious traditions, and transformations are usually resisted within a culture through belligerent acts. Sally Merry is currently a professor of Anthropology at New York University and has received research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Wenner Gren Foundation for anthropological research. Merry’s research examines human rights ideas as relevant to recent social activity around the globe. Because her specialty is human rights and specifically gender violence she is equipped enough to provide the evidence given in this detailed analysis and presents numerous amounts of resources and evidence as well.