The Importance Of Women And Gender Equality

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Imagine, being denied something, just because you were born a girl. This was the case for all women in the past, and still is today for too many women and girls living in countries all around the world. The lack of women’s rights and gender equality is an issue that affects every country to some extent. An issue that so many people and organizations are trying to fix, but it is no easy feat. Women all over the world are living under inadequate circumstances because they don 't have any authority in their lives. If women were able to have control over certain aspects of their lives they would be happier and healthier. When women have choices about their education, reproduction and marriage, and jobs, All around the world too many girls are …show more content…

In some places schools aren 't free and parents can 't afford to send all their children to school, so they will send their sons to school over the girls. “Boys are often given the first opportunity to attend school” (McCarney, R). In many developing countries girls are see as burdens on their families, so they are not even given the option of education because their families believe it is more important to send boys to school. In Africa there is a “tendency of poor families to spend available money on the education of boys, because males are viewed as the future breadwinners” (“Women”). Some religions and culture give people the belief that girls shouldn 't, or don 't need to, be educated, …show more content…

Most women in developing countries don’t get the choice to have a job, because they don’t have education and because they are made to stay home to have and take care of children. “1.4 billion people live on $1.25 a day. 79% of this group is made up of girls and women” (McCarney, R). If a girl in a developing country does get a job often it is because her parents push her into child labour, if the family needs money. “Girls are often made to work for others in order to earn money for their families” (McCarney, R). Women, who do have jobs, whether they live in a developing or developed country, are often paid less than men for the same work. These women don’t choose to be paid less than men for the same work, they are given less money because of their gender. “As a consequence of their working conditions and characteristics, a disproportionate number of women are impoverished in both developing and developed countries. Despite some progress in women’s wages in the 1990s, women still earn less than men, even for similar kinds of work” (“The Human Rights of Women”). Since women often make less money than men, women are more likely to live in poverty. If women were able to choose to have a job, of the type of job they have, or how much they make, less of them would be living in unfortunate circumstances. And when a women pulls herself out of

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