Gender inequality, the unequal treatment of an individual solely based on gender, remains to persist as a major obstacle in human and societal development. Although gender issues have recently become of great concern, stereotypes have penetrated into the sphere of politics. These labels influence people’s beliefs on gender roles, which drives men to be favored over women in society. Potential conflicts arise as a result of the prejudiced bias that clouds society’s judgment. When women are given the opportunity to be involved in political reality, society becomes more insightful, strengthened, and justified. Despite the progress that has been made over the years, the discrimination and disadvantages that women endure in politics continues to …show more content…
According to the 2011 UN General Assembly, women encounter inconveniences in the political arena “often as a result of discriminatory laws, practices, attitudes and gender stereotypes, low levels of education, lack of access to health care and the disproportionate effect of poverty on women” (UN Women USNC, par. 1). The global statistics of women representation in the government clearly expresses the issue of gender inequality. As of the past two years, only 18.3% of government ministers and 22.8% of all national parliamentarians were women (IPU UN Women, pt. 1; IPU Women in Parliaments, pt. 6). In addition, 11 women are serving as Head of State and 12 are serving as Head of Government (Perm Missions to the UN, pt. 2). Gender diversity is vital in government positions because if they are making life-changing decisions about laws and behavior, both sides of the human populations deserves to have a say. Furthermore, females are rarely appointed to significant ministerial posts as represented by a marginal 11% of Asian ministerial posts that are filled by women (Press Release, par. 12). When including four chambers with no female representation, women account for less than 10% of …show more content…
The ultimate gender equality issue for the U.S. is female empowerment because women account for fewer than one-fifth of elected members of Congress and one-fourth of cabinet members (Saadia Zahidi, par. 2). This instability poses threatening challenges to the country’s prosperity and ability to flourish as a nation. Majority of Americans feel that women are as capable of being good political leaders as men and they find women on par with men on leadership traits such as intelligence and creative thought process. However, the U. S. was ranked 104th out of 190 countries in this past year (Oh and Kliff, par. 1). Even though they make up more than half of the United States’ population, women are still not well-represented in top government roles because men remain to make up 80% of the Trump administration (Redden, par. 3). Women hold just 19.3% of the seats in the House of Representatives and 22% of the seats in the Senate (Women in the U.S. Congress 2018, par. 1). Surveys have shown that work-life balance and family responsibilities are not a barrier for low representation of women in politics or business. Women are equally qualified for the same job opportunities as men but stubborn barriers tend to exist. This is a direct result of the enormous gap between female and male desire to run for office. While Democratic women are
”(Stanton 79.) While women do have the right to vote in the present, there is still a major lack of women representation and voice in the
Through all of these great efforts, today, Canada is a world leader in the promotion and protection of women’s rights and gender equality. Canada propagates the view that gender equality is not only a human rights issue, but it is also an essential component of sustainable development, social justice, and peace and security. This is explicitly recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. However, the struggle is far from over. The federal government of Canada established the incorporation of women’s perspective in governance and this is clearly proved today with 50% of the parliament being women.
According to the reading, world politics is gendered due to the worldwide institutionalization of gender differences and it being a major underpinning of structural inequalities of significance to
As modern society has made clear, women have the ability to perform with equal skill and success in virtually every endeavor engaged in by men, including employment, athletics, academics and politics. Yet discrimination on the basis of sex has a long history in the United States, and its residual effects still operate to keep women's salaries lower and opportunities fewer in the employment
“The 2012 Project is a national, non-partisan campaign determined to address this recruit, train and mentor women candidates. Why does it matter if women have a voice in politics? Clearly, because women 's specific rights and interests are not protected otherwise.” This quote provides perfect insight into what women would be more invested in that men would otherwise disregard because they aren’t as involved. Second, we need our current politicians to listen to our voices.
This is a continuing long trend in which female graduates have highly outnumbered the male graduates. This alone gives evidence as to how important the participation of women in politics and government is essential as to building and sustaining democracy.
The most recent election in 2016 had a very evident gender gap with a percentage of 11. 41% of women and 52% of men that voted for Donald Trump, whereas 54% of women and 41% of men voted for Hillary Clinton. Similar to the gender gap with voting, there is also a gender gap within the roles of the government. Women made up 19.4% of the 535 seats in the 114th Congress. “If we progress at our current rate, we can expect women to be equally represented in Congress in 500 years, according to Representation 2020.”
Throughout history, women fought for equal opportunity to build onto the infrastructure of America. Once the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920 giving women voting privileges, their rights increased substantially to present day. Although, one issue that has been pressed in current time, is the wage gap between genders. The noticeable income gap between men and women reflects stereotyping of women, and how America lessens women’s roles in various occupations. The ongoing issue with stereotyping women, partly stems from activities they did in the past, correlating into present time.
While it is impressive that the NFL has hired its first female ref, males are the overwhelming majority in politics. Twenty percent of women are Senators and nineteen percent are in the House of Representatives. Things are looking up with the Presidential Election approaching and the chance America’s first female president, Hillary Clinton. She understands that there is still a pay gap but acknowledges the progress being made towards full equality. She even agrees that women’s rights “truly is the unfinished business of the 21st century”
Chisholm explains how disproportionate the amount of women in the United States is to the number of women working in the government. Chisholm states, “No women sit on the AFL-CIO council or Supreme Court. There have been only two women who have held Cabinet rank, and at present there are none. Only two women now hold ambassadorial ranks in the diplomatic corps. In Congress, we are down to one Senator and 10 Representatives.
For many years women have been seen as being “lesser” than men, and even in this great country, women didn 't have the right to vote until the passing of the 19th amendment in 1919. That amendment was passed almost 100 years ago, and surely we have changed for the better... Right? Many people would say that we have, however, it is clear that a woman working the same job as a man is making a significant amount less than the man would. This is a big problem in our country for a number of reasons.
Today, most would think that all humans have equal rights. Unfortunately, though, women are still not treated as equal as men. Women do not get paid as much as men do, they are expected to stay home and take care of the children, and they do not have as many job opportunities as men do. All of this is in spite of the fact that women have been fighting for their rights in this country since the 1800s. Two of the most widely known speeches are “Ain’t I a Woman” and “Speech at Seneca Falls Convention.”
and Berland Associates from November of 2008, states that the majority of people in the United States view the treatment of women at home as equal to men, whereas in the press, workplace, political settings, or the armed forces, treatment does not remain equivalent in treatment (Scherer 26). Progress has made steady yet gradual milestones towards the goal regarding women’s rights, but when it comes to the question of when dramatic change should take place, “the time is now”
While there is an increase in interest in gender and women studies, many controversies, deficits and gaps are existed in explaining the relationship between perceived gender factors, misogyny in the context of this paper, and women’s political participation through the lenses of comparative political frameworks. It becomes more vivid when discussing and analyzing political effects of gender on women running for offices and especially for the office of commander in chief. The following is a review of academic research, journals, books relating to women in politics and gender studies. This part begins with a review of past studies in the field of gender and misogyny, as well as their relation to political institution including gender stereotypes,
Women still fall behind in earnings and productivity, and in the strength of their voices in society. In some areas, such as education, there is now a gender gap to the disadvantage of men and boys. Gender inequality is seen at the very highest level, with women underrepresented in government decision making positions. Women