CHALLENGES IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Diksha D. Gabhane Akash G. Khandaskar dikshagabhane29@gmail.com akashkhandaskar8@gmail.com
Renaissance College of Computer Science and Advanced technologies.
Abstract:
Women can attain power in society with the powerful tool such as Education. Education is the platform which helps to reduce inequalities and improve their status in society. But in current scenario because of male dominating society women education has been avoided for a long time. In general women empowerment means the process in which women can achieve
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We need to overcome this challenges and provide real means of empowerment to women.as the society is bias in between men and women, Girl child and Boy child, it is hard to overcome those challenges but not impossible. If proper actions and support is given then the women can be empowered successfully.
1. Poverty :
Poverty is nothing but the lack of enough amount of material possession or money. It is multifaceted concept, which include social, economic, and political elements.70% of the world’s poorest people are women. If we want to overcome on poverty we need to empower the women in nation.
2. Health and safety :
Health of women is more important because if the women of society is healthy and safe then the whole society would be healthy and safe. The safety of women at their home, workplace and public areas are much necessary. As many workplaces like chemical factories women suffer from various personal problems. Exposure to certain substances or combinations of substances can cause changes in a woman 's sex drive, damage to the eggs, changes in the genetic material carried by the eggs, or cancer or other diseases in a woman 's reproductive
The Every Women Matters Program was a program that was put in place to for women to get early cervical and breast cancer screening testing done. This program was for low-income women in the state of Nebraska. Seven different private practices participated in this program. This paper will discuss the reason the program was put into place as well as the reasons it failed.
Also, fertility and pregnancy issues can arise. High blood levels can cause birth defects in the child which is why it is necessary to maintain the certain levels of glucose. This also raises the chance of having a miscarriage and diabetes complications after the child is delivered. PCOS is related to diabetes due to its resistance of insulin. This causes the infertility of women, which may lead to high insulin levels.
Pregnancy can trigger the disease due to women of childbearing years being more at risk of having Lupus. Researchers believe that estrogen plays a role in disease development, but the actual cause of the disease unknown. Environmental factors play a role in the disease such as; exposure to the sun, stress, and smoking can spark an outbreak. Some of the symptoms associated with Lupus are; butterfly shaped rash on the face, feeling severely fatigue, extreme weight
Improving women and children condition. 5. Sustainable Development Among the following mentioned above, the condition of women is very critical. In many parts, women continue to be discriminated, devoid of proper sanitation and equality.
Women’s place and role in the society is something that has been discussed and changed over time. Should their rights be the same as men’s? Should they be superior? Inferior? The world faces a dilemma on weather they should be or not equal as men.
With the rise of civilization also came the rise of patriarchy-based societies and the slow decline of the importance of women in society. For the longest time the history of the world has been written by men who have been the head of the patriarchy and have forgotten the role of women in history. It is important to realize that women do in fact have a place at the table with men when it comes to importance in history, and are not just the ones cooking and serving the meal. It is women who tasked with raising the next generation. By looking at women of the past, people of the future can learn and evolve to fight oppression and gain their own power.
The issue of women’s rights and how different societies and cultures deal with it had been on the table for many centuries. In the United States of America during the 1800s, women began to move toward and demand getting equal rights as men, they decided to speak up and fight for their stolen rights. In the 1960s, continued working toward their goal, women broadened their activities through the women’s rights movement which aimed to help them in gaining their right to receive education, occupy the same jobs that were once titled only for men, and get an access to leadership positions. The women’s rights movement has a great impact on women today, although it started a long time ago, but it did not stop and women are reaping their fruit today,
It could cause events such as a stroke, blood clots and heart attacks. It slightly increases the chance of getting breast cancer. It can cause tumorous tumors to form and they hurt. Birth control pills could increase the serum lipids which makes your cholesterol rise up. If you smoke tobacco then the chances of a very harsh thrmbolic event will increase.
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The concept of women empowerment seems to have been used in the 1980s by third world feminists ‘to address the issue of gender differences that exist in the control and distribution of resources’ (Datta & Kornberg, 2002). There is however lack of consensus on its major characteristics. According to Datta and Kornberg (2002), women empowerment refers to ‘strategies that women use to increase their control of resources and generate decision making capacity’. Other authors like Batliwala (1994) however have a wider definition.
Poverty is one of the biggest challenges faced in Asia and the Pacific. Where is, this located and how does it affect development? CHAULAGAIN PRAKASH (12415096) 2nd year Student (APM college) Word Count: 1503 Geography of The Asia Pacific Instructor: Dr. Cooper, M.J.M (
Empowered men and women are in a better position for contributing towards productivity of the entire family, they also support in improving prospects specifically for the future generation. On the other hand, gender equality is fundamentally related to sus¬tainable development and globally accepted as a necessity for the promotion of human rights Furthermore, gender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of
I. Introduction A. Thesis statement: A child’s early development is greatly impacted by living in poverty which leads to poor cognitive outcomes, school achievement, and severe emotional, and behavioral problems. II. Body Paragraph 1. Claim: According to (Short, 2016) poverty consists of two parts: a measure of need and resources available to meet those needs.
We’ve reached the 21st century, and still women are facing gender bias. Women are facing problems at their work due to gender differences. These problems are of several types, some of which are at the phase before getting the job, in which a male applicant would have a higher possibility of getting the job rather than a female applicant. Other problems face women while they are employed; for example, they might get promoted at a slower rate of that of a man, might get a lower salary, or might be prevented from reaching high positions. This fact is referred to be the glass ceiling.
Analysis Issue Nowadays, there are still women not allowed to be educated in some countries. This issue is drawing more and more attention. Many countries are starting to make a big step towards the goal of gender equality in education but there are still 62 million women in the world who are not allowed to attend education. Causes Poverty, religions and tradition are the main causes of gender inequality in education. In most of the undeveloped countries, there are lots of families thinking that a female is not as valuable to them comparing to a male because they believe that after the female get married they will not gain anything because the female
8) Diseases like asthma, and long-term behavioral and mental difficulties 9) Bronchitis 10) Female smokers have a high risk of miscarriage. EVILS OF SMOKING 1) Smoking causes mood stimulation. 2) Smoking causes erectile disfunction in men. 3) Smoking causes early menopause in women.