I. Introduction: Over the trajectory of Central America’s history, we are able to see two neighboring countries that have challenged the status quo. Costa Rica and Nicaragua, like many of the Central American countries face obstacles such as poverty, the fight for political stabilization and economic development. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western hemisphere and the poorest country in Central America. Costa Rica faces the highest percentage of immigrants entering the country, approximately 9% of its population totals immigrants according to data compiled by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), released in November 2014. It also noted that Costa Rica is the only country in Latin …show more content…
Although this norm is a stereotype and does not necessarily reflect an ideology that is viewed as an acceptable form of treatment, we must consider the degree in which it affects the possibilities of women compared to men. In a table constructed for Costa Rica’s employment population per occupational group by nationality and sex in 2000, exploring the total professionals and technicians that enter the work force on a scale of 100%, Nicaraguan men make up 1.9% while Costa Rican men hold a position of 9.4%. What is most astonishing is that women in Costa Rica have higher positions in this field with 18.2% while Nicaraguan women hold 2.5%. Women of Costa Rica are able to work in administrative positions at 13.4%, surpassing that of men’s administrative positions at only …show more content…
Body- Nicaragua’s history: Nicaragua has faced many obstacles in its political and socio political trajectory. Obstacles such as: civil wars, poverty, and intervention from foreign actors, and natural disasters, put a strain on the countries desire for a stable progression. Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Central America. The lack of respectable jobs in this country has forced many of its people to migrate to neighboring countries such as Costa Rica, in hopes of more opportunities.
Many of the migrating Nicaraguans take up jobs in the education and domestic work in Costa Rica. Two trade union centers in Nicaragua and Costa Rica have initiated cooperation to improve migrants working conditions. Nicaragua has a population of 5.9 million people and a labor force of 2.6 million workers. Women have considerably lower employment rates than men, but the overall employment rate is average for the region.
An estimated 400,000 Nicaraguans work in Costa Rica, mainly in the agricultural sector. Many of them are illegal migrants, and therefore are prone to lower wages, even lower than the minimum wage. They do not receive health insurance or pension. The lack of decent work opportunities and unemployment are the main reasons for immigration. Women are only slightly more likely than men to be affected by unemployment, though almost twice as likely to be affected by underemployment. Few women work in agriculture and more commonly find employment in manufacturing, commerce,
The world in the 1940’s was not the ideal place for anyone to be living. Hitler’s Nazi movements being one of the catalysts for World War II, the citizens of the world were flung into an era of disarray and discontentment in the early 40’s. After Japan’s surprise attack on the U.S., forcing the Americans into war, it soon became a whole differnet ball game. In 1941, the United Nations was formed comprised of the inter-allies and its goal to "work together, with other free peoples, both in war and in peace". Now, all corners of the world were being affected. The history of Central American countries particularly, Nicaragua will be examined in this reading. This reading will focus specifically on the history of Nicaragua from 1945 to the early 2000’s. A critical analysis of how Nicaragua and its leaders handled certain situations and whether or not the situations were handled well. In addition, only Nicaragua’s more significant events will be regarded and analyzed chronologically and collectively, while trying to avoid going in depth as to why certain events occurred as that is for another time. This paper will represent the stance that Nicaragua’s leaders handled certain situations in a manner that was not very beneficial to Nicaragua and its citizens but beneficial to those in power up until the Sandistina government took over and began to make decisions beneficial to Nicaraguans however, hindered by opposing powers.
Mignolo, W. D. (2005). The Idea of Latin America (pp. 1-94). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
...n order to cater to worldwide needs, but also to seek to become a richer country by exploiting the natural resources with little or no concern for the environmental repercussions this may have. The Nicaraguan government also constantly states that the islands are closer to their coast than that of Colombia’s, a weak argument considering the history Colombia has with the territory.
In the United States, standards vary depending on ethnicity, age, education, and occupation. For example, African American families are less likely to follow strict gender-role distinctions when socializing their children, whereas Mexican-American families are more likely to highlight gender differences. Divergence between cultures is also clearly seen “in Margaret Mead's study of differences between three primitive tribes. In two tribes both men and women displayed what the Western world considers to be either feminine or masculine characteristics. In a third tribe the genders reversed the traditional Western roles” (Child Psychology Contemporary Viewpoint). However, even in the groups, individual differences in the strength of stereotypes
Traditional gender roles in the United States and other societies have always been dictated as where the man goes and works for a salary as women stay at home to take of house related work. However, many changes in the traditional family has made gender roles go through significant changes. Many women have gone through college and have obtained college education degrees, which has allowed women to advance their careers. The break down of rigid gender roles and the increase in participation of women in the workplace have granted women more choices in life. The choices many women now have in there career fields has made some controversial views on the intelligence of women achieving the status of their male counterparts The first view obtained in the workplace is the ability to make a even paying field for both men and women. Many constituents have pledge to achieve equality for women through laws forbidding the use of any sexist policies that may constitute discrimination against sex. The second is weather working women have been allowed to working women have the same opportunities rewarded to them as men do. Many political action committees have help perpetuate feminist movements which intended to build equal opportunity workplaces for both men and women however, many questionable issues still arise at weather working conditions have become better for women.
Women in Latin America were expected to adhere to extreme cultural and social traditions and there were few women who managed to escape the burden of upholding these ridiculous duties, as clearly shown in “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”. First, Latin American women were expected to uphold their honor, as well as their family's honor, through maintaining virtue and purity; secondly, women were expected to be submissive to their parents and especially their husbands; and lastly, women were expected to remain excellent homemakers.
Cuba once stood as a world leading trade post, Latin American military power house and global threat with the assistance of its allies. With its continuously declining economy, lingering violent and complicated history, it slowly became a powerless cordoned off part of the world. The communist government controls nearly all means of production only allowing its people to make an average salary of twenty two dollars per month. Even with its rich culture, beautiful 16th century architecture, rolling hills and Caribbean beaches, it is fled by its people. Seeking opportunity in their developed northern neighbor.
Analysis on gender discrimination reveals that gender plays a discouraging factor in the employment of women. Throughout history men and women have been segregated into two separate sectors of employment "male" and "female." Historically, humans have witnessed various acts of fallacious imperialism that is often imposed upon groups of people based on ethnicity, skin completion and, gender. One without any socially constructed knowledge of gender would pose the question can someone really be denied employment based on gender? The answer when taking in consideration the social and empirical notions that are prevalent in society the answer would unfortunately yes, they can and have been denied historically based on gender. Various acts and interventions in efforts of alleviating the dilemma concerning employment inequalities have included a better labor market and suggestions of educational opportunities were also believed to provide a remedy to the entire crisis.
Culture is a big influencer in how women are perceived in the workplace; generally the cultural stereotype of a woman belonging in the home causes women’s work to be devalued. As previously mentioned in Cuba these gender stereotypes are incredibly prevalent and can explain why women are paid less for the same work. Across the world this mindset prevails, in Korea a study done on laborers showed that even with no difference in education between the sexes, there was still a devaluation of women’s work. “This study indicate that the theories of culturally given gender stereotypes and labor market risk/cost are more likely to explain the remaining gender difference in labor earnings and other employment conditions.” (Lee, Cho, Lee, 2001,
Through the history and trends of Latin American immigration, one can begin to understand the impact of immigration on American society. Latin American countries have not always been the leading countries of origin for immigrants to the United States; however, with the Immigration and Nationality Act, they surpassed European countries’ immigration and rose to the top (1). Subsequently, a number of Hispanics ca...
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The idea that a woman’s job is to be a wife and mother is old-fashioned, but not completely out of style. Though these roles require a great deal of talent, resilience, patience, love, and strength, to name a few, they are often underestimated or depicted as simple. Especially in modern times, many women in the United States who stay home to raise a family are viewed as anti-feminists, whereas women in Latin America are not criticized for similar actions. In recent decades, more Latin American women have started to break the mold, daring to be both sexy, and successful in the workforce, while remaining pillars of domestic life.
Half of all employees in the US alone are women and yet “only around five percent hold senior positions (Source 11)”. According to this, one can assume that out of all the employees in the US, only around three percent are women in senior positions, which is a small number of women. However, the representation of women in large corporations is bigger with twenty five percent as higher level managers (“Sexism in the workplace”). Small numbers of women in different kinds of jobs is still common in today’s jobs, even though some may consider the sexes to be equal. They are also underrepresented in blue collar jobs such as construction workers, precision production, and mine working. The cause of these small numbers could be because the employers of these jobs are sexist and the gender of the applicant matters when finding people to fill the jobs, but this is not always the case. Women could also not be applying for the blue collar jobs as well. They may not do this because they do not feel that they could stand doing the heavy duty work. Men could be convincing them that they could not last in the job, when in reality they most certainly
According to Vera Nazarian, “A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given.” For centuries, gender discrimination and inequality issues concerning employment and wages, has been a serious problem that still is in the midst of being solved. Women excel in all fields and play a vital role in economic development of the country, and their contribution is nothing short of their male counterparts. However, there are still several issues and problems that women face today. Sometimes, they are not treated equally in their workplace and are considered as inferior to their male co-workers. Gender discrimination and inequality issues has been a reoccurring issue for years and because of this, it impedes single and/or married women from acquiring certain occupations or levels of occupations as males, receiving equal wages as males, and therefore affects women’s economic class placement in society.
...d women’s biological purpose has provided men a source of comparative advantage in work. It is, therefore, natural for most companies to think that women cannot be as capable as men in terms of assuming strenuous or challenging positions because women, by default, become less participative and more vulnerable when they start to have family and children. Apparently, this situation has led to various gender discriminations in the labor market.