Is Gender Equality Still a Mirage? In today’s global society‚ it is apparent that gender inequality is still in existence in contemporary America. Helen Clark once said‚ “Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.” Societies have come a long way when it comes to women’s rights. In Countries like Sweden‚ Finland and Norway gender equality has emerged. While‚ countries in the Middle East and Asia still need to close as much as 50% of their gender gaps. Despite
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In Sociology the word gender refers to the socio-cultural characterization of man and woman‚ the way societies make a distinction between men and women and assign them social roles. The distinction between sex and gender was introduced to deal with the general tendency to attribute women’s subordination to their anatomy. For ages it was believed that the different characteristics‚ roles and status accorded to women and men in society are determined by sex‚ that they are natural and therefore not
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reflection and connection to the empowerment of women. "Across the decades” was the main approach for this focus group. Asking a compilation of questions to six participants; women possibly even men in distinct decades of life: people in 90’s‚ 80’s‚ 70’s‚ 60’s‚ 50’s‚ 40’s‚ and 30’s. Questions were made to be answered specifically from their experiences and knowledge over the years; what they saw happening and how our culture was changing in reflection to the uplifting of women in society. The findings from
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Women Training Programme for Effective Participation & Leadership Role within Governance Structures Introduction Women participation and leadership role in governance is imperative to good governance to ensure (i) demographic representation and participation of communities in legislative and policy making processes; (ii) representative articulation of needs towards human development; and (iii) contribution [pic]to government effectiveness and accountability. Although there has been an improvement
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National Policy for Empowerment of Women 2001 aimed at bringing about advancement‚ development and empowerment of women in all spheres of life. However‚ a close examination of social and economic status of women‚ especially in the rural areas shows unsatisfactory achievements in most human development indicators. Citing published facts and figures‚ evaluate the reasons for the failure of the government of India in areas such as growing feminization of poverty; exploitation of women in low paid‚ hazardous
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““GENDER INEQUALITY AND WOMEN IN INDIA” Md Shakil Anjum In India‚ since long‚ women were considered as an oppressed section of the society and they were neglected for centuries. During national struggle for independence‚ Mahatma Gandhi gave a call of emancipation of women. Men and women are both equal and both play vital role in the creation and development of their families in particular and society in general. Indeed the struggle for legal equality
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Women Empowerment It has been said that women constitute the largest minority group in the world. Even if they constitute a great portion of the world’s population‚ they are considered a minority group because of the conditions imposed on them by society in which they live.1 The selected informal sector is the women and the desire agenda for the said informal sector would be one of the main focuses of this paper. The paper would also discuss how the chosen informal sector was able to advance their
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Women in the Vedas and the Puranas: Empowered or Not? Dr. S.R.Ivaturi Reader in Sanskrit SRR & CVR Govt. College Vijayawada There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage‚ education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: "Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the
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The Empowerment of Women Most men view themselves as being the superior life-form in society. They justify this belief by saying that they are stronger and more capable; thus‚ making them more qualify for the more important roles in society. They place themselves on pedestals and force women to believe in their own inferiority to men and their incapability to excel educationally‚ politically‚ economically‚ and domestically. But the truth is that women will eventually advance in all these areas
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The following are the aspect of women empowerment which most vital prerequisite of women achievement of individual and collective empowerment. (a) Women who increase their control over their work at home and outside the home in advantageous position for achieving empowerment. The mutual support in work setting in and outside home is playing an important role to women empowerment through out the work. (b) Women can become independent in their families and empowered in various social settings
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