Gender Dimensions Flashcards
what is UDHR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
How many countries signed the UDHR
48
When was the UDHR signed
1948
how many articles are there in the UDHR
30
“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs”
Karl Heinrich Marx
7 gender equality index
-Knowledge
-power
-work
money
-time
-health
-violence
Women are treated unequally when it is matter of admissions, recruitments, financial aid, grading, housing, classroom assignment, counseling, guidance, academic programs, vocational education, and discipline.
Discrimination in education
This is a major problem women have to face in workplace. They are deprived of the basic rights at the workplace and often harassed by the co-workers. Just because they are females, they are not assigned jobs which they are capable of doing.
Discrimination in the workplace
There have been many situations in which men and women perform the same type of work and they probably have the same education too, but still employers don’t give equal pay for women
Wage discrimination
In case a woman is pregnant, some employers do not even like to interview them. Many females at their workplace hide their pregnancy just because of the fear of getting fired. Sometimes, they are even demoted.
Maternity and Pregnancy Discrimination at Work
The common form of gender discrimination is the wage gap between men and women and it exists in even the developed countries. They only make ____ of what men are earning and this earning comes from the same job or amount of work.
77%
In many third world countries, women are hardly ____
allowed to leave their homes and get even the basic education.
In____, females were not allowed to cast votes, however, now the rules have changed. Females are not allowed to drive, and the vehicles are only driven by men, if they need to out anywhere.
Saudi Arabia
Although women are allowed to participate in the military, but they are not yet allowed to serve in the frontline comeback in countries like_____
UK, Slovakia and Turkey.