1. 1 General Backgrounds
Women carry a historical burden of inequality all over the world in every aspect of their life. In Nepal, women’s participation in the economic, social and political sector is very poor. This is due to poor economic condition and the low literacy...
money, and women were always the ones who had a duty to look after the fire and children. That means that females were dependent on men financially and lost their financial support as a consequence separation, divorce, death or their partner’s loss of employment. In today society, where women are struggling...
Equal participation of women in ann fields – a dream by Dr. Abdul Kalam.
Why equal opportunity?
Women can act as ‘Catalyst of change’
If you are educating a women, you are educating a whole family.
In today's world equal participation of women in all fields has become very important. Now we cannot...
India is a male-dominated country and here women have always been a part of harassment and domination. But still after all the hurdles in their way they have come up with lighting and bright powers in today's scenario.
Women are the powerful entities and they are always being a brave...
foundation of awareness and further development. When they are barred from education, there is chance of discriminations being unreported forcing women to be quiet. The women in Nepal are exploited in many aspects. Sexual abuse and girl trafficking still persists which demands adoption of immediate measures to...
INEQUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
All the countries in the world have inequalities, India however has a unique blend of lethal schisms and disparities prevalent at the societal, family, community, regional, religious, caste and economic basis. Caste has a peculiar role in India that makes it stand...
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA-PROBLEMS
Career Aspirations of Women in the 20th Century
Desirae M. Domenico
Kennesaw Mountain High School
Karen H. Jones
The University of Georgia
Women have increasingly become more involved in the workforce following World War II. Paid employment of women has shifted from primarily traditional...
THE EARNINGS PUZZLE: WHY DO WOMEN EARN LESS THAN MEN?
Even though it is against the law to pay women a lower wage based on gender, a significant earnings gap exists. Women earn less than men in almost every line of work regardless of age, race, ethnic background or level of education....
Changing Nature of Gender Relations in India - A Journey from Intra- Household Gender Dynamics to Social Participation through Government Interventions : An Introspective Approach Towards Women Empowerment
Introduction: Household - The root source for gender relations
One of the...
April 2nd, 2013
Women and Politics
Gender and Politics is one of the most energized fields in the discipline of Political Science. The field explores power relations and governance from a perspective that recognizes gender as a politically and socially constructed category. Women politicians represent...
“ Empowering Women : Rebuilding the Society ”
“To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move,
The family moves, the village moves, the nation moves”. - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Empowerment is multifaceted & multidimensional...
Role of Married Women in Household Decision Making:
A Case Study of Nayabazar VDC, Ilam District
Central Department of Rural Development
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, in
University Campus, T.U.
In Partial Fulfillment for the Masters Degree...
The Declaration of Policy states that Recognizing the economic, political, and sociocultural realities affect women's current condition, the State affirms the role of women in nation building and ensures the substantive equality of women and men. It shall promote empowerment of women and...
A Historical Perspective of Women’s Participation in the Marathon
Women have been described using adjectives such as frail, beautiful, innocent and fragile for centuries. New York Times bestseller Teresa Medeiros wrote “Women are delicate creatures. Fragile. Gentle. Made by God to be sheltered from...
Women’s political participation in Afghanistan:
An agenda for Afghan women’s empowerment
“As a global trend, rising number of women in politics will indicate that human beings are making progress towards a more...
Suffrage, the historical social roles of women, and the ideas of patriarchy are the major causes of under-representation of women in politics. While women have come a long way in politics, the causes of under-representation have consistently worked against them and created a gender inequality not only...
The place of women in the workplace has changed drastically since the 1880s. In today society women are said to be equal, but this was certainly not the case in previous centuries. Changing career roles have changed the status of women in society. In the 19th century, women's roles were drastically different...
What is Empowerment
Giving power or authority to someone.
Giving strength and confidence
Empowerment is then the process of
obtaining basic opportunities by
insisting upon their rights and asserting
What is women
region. It is expected that the Northern Corridor Economic Region would be a destination of choice for foreign and domestic businesses to invest
Women are the most vulnerable to the effects of external shocks in the form of commodity price collapse and changes in terms of trade and economic crisis...
June 6, 2011
Women in Sports
Women participation in competitive sports and other physical activities was limited in the U.S. until Federal Legislation, mainly know as Title IX, became law. This law required American society to recognize women’s rights to take...
"When women are the advisor, the Lords of creation don 't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it and if it succeeds, they give...
woman in sports has changed because of notable figures and events that helped shape the path.
Women have struggled for centuries to obtain equal rights in all aspects of society including sports. Where women are today is nothing short of a championship victory. The face of professional woman in sports...
today’s society women are not allowed to play baseball with men due to patriarchal myths and misconceptions that have been around since the emergence of baseball in America. All women should be able to play baseball with men and there is no legitimate reason why they shouldn't. Women are physically,...
This paper titled "Women in Public Service-Issues and Recommendation" provides an in-depth and thought provoking information about the importance of role of women in economic development of Pakistan. It contains information about the state of education and employment of women in Pakistan. A detailed...
Women in Singapore have experience great improvement in economic status, including growing female labour force participation rate and entry into professional, technical, administrative and managerial occupations. This process has been facilitated by a number of factors, such as equal education...
Refuge for Somali Women
Somalia is located on the border of Africa and the Indian Ocean; it does not have a definite government but is ruled primarily by the Islamist militant organization, al-Shabaab. Comprised of a former British protectorate and an Italian colony, Somalia was created in 1960 when...
the Canadian parliamentary system. With the first Canadian women being elected into the Canadian parliament in 1921, women have had the ability to participate and become elected into the House of Commons. Since then, Canadian women’s participation in the House of Commons has substantially increased from...
The Effects of the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act Title IX
The Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act was formerly known as
the Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act. President George W. Bush
renamed this law on October 29, 2002 upon the death of...
“Women Empowerment” is a government slogan. There is a ministry for Women and Child development. There are laws against female foeticide, domestic violence and sexual harassment in the workplace. Determined women are carving their own niche in every field including those which were entirely male dominated...