Gender Equity Flashcards
Gender equality
Refers to the equal treatment of men and women and provision of the Sam excess to resources and opportunities for both genders
Gender equity
This focuses on the end result of equality instead of the equality process… even though the process may not be one of equality it aims to make everything fair in the end
Biological make up
Determines if you are male or female
Masculin or feminine
Determined by norms in society or expectations and they differ from cultures to culture
GII
Gender inequality index….
Introduced by UN development programs as a measure that captures the loss of achievement with in a country due to gender inequality. It factors into consideration reproductive health; empowerment; labour market participation
Gender inequality
A major concern and barriers to development in countries
Society and cultures
They shape human beings and make people catergorize themselves to behave in certain ways….
Societal pressure
To behave on certain ways, usually pressured by cultures or norms in society
Gender inequality results in…
Unequal distribution of the power between men and women or physical or social or emotional level
Amount of women who survive domestic violence in SA
Is 1 and 4 women
66 percent of women …
Experience maritial and battering rape
60 percent
Of abuse cases are committed by partners or lovers
Sexist attitudes
The base of all physical abuse and rape and people view it differently… it is the belief that someone of the opposite sex is inferior to you and therefore acceptable to hurt them
Sexual violence pyramid
Top: Rape
Top middle: unwanted touching
Bottom middle: harassment
Bottom: sexual attitude and belief
Harassment t
Makes you feel uncomfortable and objectified and unsafe
The media
Plays large role in spreading sexist beliefs and attitudes
Physical abuse
A way in which power inequality manifests itself….can be in the form of domestic violence: rape or sexual violence…. if women cat negotiate safe sex than there may be results that could badly affect them. Ex…. babies: diseases and emotional scaring
Mixed gender work environment
London business school says that teams with equal gender splits are more likely to experiment and share knowledge and fulfill the task … the study shows that value that both genders bring to the workplace and that collaboration facilitates innovation
Gender pay gap
Diffenrcve in earnings between men and women
In SA women earn an average of 35% less than men do
Women spend how many hours doing housework a day
1 to 3 more hours than men
Women’s wages compared to men in most countries
60 to 75% of what men earn
The bill of rights
Paying men and women differently for the sam job role is against the constitution …. it provides fair labour laws and supports equality through our bill of rights
Childcare
This is a major factor of consideration for families… traditionally seen as the women’s role but it is slowly changing
Motherhood penalty
World bank refers to the family responsibility as this and says that it negatively effects vital career development time for women
The glass ceiling
Used to describe invisible limits that exist that limit the height people can reach in their career… traditionally associated with women but can be seen by anyone for many reasons… being a minority, being an introvert etc..
Cultural prospective of men and women
Culturally men and women can be seen differently… ex… women have to cover up in islam… or women can’t be educated to increase their dependency on men
World of work
Gender problems may arise in the work place and can arise from unequal opportunities for career advancements or unequal pays… another very important one is sexual harassment in the workplace and this is the unwanted attention which happens in the workplace
Sexual harassment in the workplace includes….
Touching Unwelcome sexual jokes Unwanted questions about your sex life Whistling and ride gestures Staring at your body Asking to have sex
Labour reactions act
Main legislate act that deals with sexual harassment in the workplace… it contains the code of good practice on sexual harassment that sets out the best ways to deal with complaints
Labour rights include ….
A workplace that is free from sexual harassment
Be treated with dignity and respect
Treated equally and not discrimated against because of gender; HIV or status
Report sexual harassment without fear of being victimized
Have your complaint treated seriously and confidential
