gender inequality

Question 1

What is gender inequality?

Answer 1

one of the many faces of inequality, but is more precise

Question 2

name 4 contradictions?

Answer 2

a) Elite Global South women educated in the West pushed Global North leaders to prioritize women’s issues in developing countries.
b) many people in GS still suffer some form of discrimination or disparity (gender, wages, rights, etc.)
c) UN development program created a gender empowerment measure (GEM) to focus on women’s participation in economic and political activities
d) the reality of women’s problems changes accordingly to their realities (rural or urban scenarios, religious vs, less religious scenarios, education opportunities, etc. )

Question 3

what is the role of women?

Answer 3

socialization (role of women in society) , marianismo (the idea of centering the family or the heaviest role in the family would be the women), stereotypes, colonialism influence , religious beliefs

Question 4

what are some of the most apprehensive issues

Answer 4

• sale of women, bridal prices, and dowries
• female mutilation
• honor killings
• rapes as a weapon of war
• education (low or even an outlaw)

Question 5

what are women in development?

Answer 5

• many households depend on women’s income
• after the lost decade in Lat America came the feminization of employment
• still, find inequalities in the labour market
• women are left in rural areas in subsistence agriculture
• in entrepreneurial life, women’s barrier is often one of internal self-selection

Question 6

explain women’s political participation.

Answer 6

• The existence of a maleness of politics (Nelson & Chowdhury)
• Women’s social movements have been on the rise to address political key issues
• Gender parity laws in the LDCs (most GN don’t have gender parity laws)

Question 7

explain gender parity laws

Answer 7

laws that aim to correct the under-representation of women in different fields

Question 8

give an example of women leaders in the developing world

Answer 8

El Janson (Nigeria) and Idia Ghandi (India)

Question 9

explain what happened at the Beijing Conference did.

Answer 9

It outlined the major concerns regarding women’s rights
- the right of women to decide all matters related to their sexuality and child-bearing
- an end to genital mutilation of girls and violence against women
- access to credit
- equal treatment