Gender Inequality A Critical Issue That Affects Women s...

Nguyen P.AD-201-D Professor Williamson 11/10/15 Gender Inequality Research Paper Gender inequality is a critical issue that affects more women than their male counterparts all around the world. Gender inequality is a form of legal discrimination towards women’s rights. In order to progress and grow as a community and society, gender equality needs to be acknowledged. According to LISTVERSE, the top ten â€Å"extreme† examples of gender inequality towards women that exists around the world today, specifically in the Middle East and North Africa, are being forbidden from driving, having clothing requirements, having limited access to divorce, education, and travel, being victims of violence, lacking custody rights, being denied citizenship,†¦show more content†¦Although some countries are more gender-equal than others, gender inequality can, and usually does, occur in relationships, households, and the workplace. In this day and age, international development in gender equality is becoming more recognized than in previous decades. In her paper â€Å"Feminism, Interrupted? Gender and Development in the Era of ‘Smart Economics,’† Sydney Calkin believes that â€Å"women and girls are now the preeminent public faces of global development† (Calkin). Some development initiatives that are connected with women empowerment are Millennium Development Goals, World Bank’s Gender Equality as Smart Economics, and Nike’s Girl Effect campaign. With more campaigns rooting for women empowerment, feminists encourage that women need to be treated as agents and not as victims in their human and social justice development. However, even though gender equality towards women are eminent in the media, women all over the world still suffer from unfair treatment due to their gender. In â€Å"The Many Faces of Gender Inequality,† Amartya Sen believes that the household is a unit that represents inequality and internal discrimination. In his research, Sen found that females are usually victims of mortality inequality, natality inequality, basic facility inequality, such as schooling opportunities, face gender bias in higher education, professional training, employment, and promotion, and