Martha Nussbaum Human Capability Framework

Gender equity is involved in numerous factors of Martha Nussbaum’s human capability framework. First, bodily health is impacted from gender inequity. For example, Aboriginal women in Canada are experiencing alarming HIV/AIDS rates as they account for nearly 50% of all HIV-positive test reports among Aboriginal people, compared with only 16% of their non-Aboriginal counterparts. The Canadian government does not provide Aboriginal communities with access to adequate health care services and this unfair treatment is particularly impactful on Aboriginal women. In fact, bodily health is not the only human capability they are lacking, they have been also impacted by the normal life expectancy, emotions, control over own environment. To prove this,