Few women have made an impact on politics in Northern Ireland. The political culture and traditions of Northern Ireland politics are very much male-oriented and whilst women have worked hard for change behind the scenes for many years, few have taken the step into standing as candidates in elections, less still successfully winning elections. Following […]
Problematising Democracatisation and Democracy in India Visions of political development demands/desires democracy and participation as innate to its discourse. Development in this sense thus needs democratic decisions making, informed and active civil society and inclusive political structure to reach its goal. In the Indian context the process of democratization with inclusive participation is desired through […]
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Get startedToday, women have gained a new equality with men. This perspective is indisputable’ This review explores the contemporary literature on the theme of ‘women and work’ in the light of the suggestion that women have indisputably gained a new equality with men. Overwhelming evidence has been found for the persistence of gender inequalities which work […]
GENDER EQUALITY IN PAKISTAN Women representation in business management has been the focus of public debates for years. But in Pakistan this has only recently started to occur. In today’s world, the work force in most countries gives opportunities for women as much as they give for men. In European culture gender diversity is taken […]
The ‘essentialism’ critique has posed a serious challenge to Feminist Legal Theory. Can the challenge be overcome? The importance of feminism to legal theory as a whole is, and always should be, the highlighting of hidden social and legal norms that society and legal scholars ignore behind a façade of neutrality. The problem for feminism […]
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0 ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS INTRODUCTION: This thesis aims to analyse gender inequality in the political system. Democracy—rule by the people—should embrace all segments of society. One instrument for the authorisation of women within the government could be a quota system, other than the aforementioned cultural, economic and social and historical reasons, female participation […]
The Historical Exclusion of Women from the legal profession- A Global Perspective. History is rich in its depictions of old professions, their evolution with time and the way they are shaped presently. Dynamic societies, changing demographics, increased access to education, change in perceptions on gender roles, transformations of the law- all these have revolutionized today’s […]
‘Female defendants are processed within the criminal justice system in accordance with the crimes which they committed and the extent to which the commission of the act and its nature deviate from appropriate female behaviour’ – Susan Edwards, Women on Trial (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984) p.213. Critically discuss the above statement, with particular reference […]
The Changing Role of Women in India Women in India are beginning to follow the direction that the women of the Western world took more than eighty years ago; demanding treatment as human equals. However, it has become more and more evident as the revolution ages that Indian women may have to adapt the Western […]
My heroes name is Malala Yousafzai. She was born on July 12, 1997. She lived in Mingora Swat in Pakistan. She attended on of her father’s schools for girls. When she was eleven she started a blog to inform people to not be afraid of the taliban. She then started a campaign to start helping […]
Gender and Sexuality According to Arndt (2017), sexuality denotes person’s physical, biological and chemical makeups. To differentiate two persons on the basis of sexuality, you will incorporate differences in chromosomes, genes, internal and external sexual organs and hormonal profiles. On the other hand, gender denotes the roles and responsibility that persons of the two sexes […]
The handmaid’s tale is an imaginary novel written by Margaret Atwood a Canadian author. The novel was published in the year 1985 and was set in the New England where the Christian supremacist overthrows the United States government. The novel is a two faced or a double narrative reflecting on the night and other events, […]
According to Park (165), negative images of the dark women appears two times as often as positive pictures. This fact was reported in the year 2013. Representation of the black woman in the media has raised a great concern as to why in most cases they are used to make representations. This representation remains to […]
Introduction On 14th March 2014, Laura Bates wrote about sexism on The Guardian. In her article, she explores the various ways sexism is perpetrated in the world, both on the streets and online. The show brings out the importance of men’s participation towards putting an end to sexism. She says “The battle against gender inequality […]
The 1920’s was the year that everything changed for women. They gained more freedom when the 19th amendment was passed and women had the right to vote. The 1920s was the year that the word feminism became more used and brought up. Feminism is a political/social movement striving to gain equality of sexes. In the […]
Abstract This paper examines some theories of feminist views on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It analyzes the depictions of women in the story in relation to men. Moreover, it takes into account Mary Shelley’s life to understand the roles of women in the nineteenth century. The analysis draws upon Anne Mellor’s On Feminist Utopia, Ellen Moers’s […]
In the United States, social programs and interventions continue to work toward gender equality and women’s empowerment. Closing these gaps and unlocking the unique potential of women across the U.S. would benefit the country in various ways. While gender equality works towards men and women being treated equally, it remains true that gender differences exist […]
The issue of Women’s rights is not a new one. For many years women have had their differences in the world. There have been many women who stood up for women as a whole and put their lives on the line to fight for their basic human rights which were against domestic violence, education, and […]
Every day I was abused by my husband and his family. Mentally and physically; Then one day it became unbearable, so I ran away.” In 2010 a young Afghan woman had her nose and ears cut off. Aesha Mohammadzai first appeared on the cover of time magazine in 2010 and shared her story on how […]
WOMEN RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Introduction The Council of the EU Since 1998, different Presidencies of the Council of the European Union have made recommendations on violence against women, prepared indicators and developed other non-binding documents. In December 2009, under the Swedish Presidency, the Council adopted the Stockholm Program (2010-2014), which strengthens the commitment […]
Introduction In this project I will talk about the observations I made and how people seem to adapt to gender roles, how they get them, and what effect they seem to have on society. I hope to cover all these things. My Observations While I was observing Lego League I noticed that the girls and […]
While gender roles are learned as people grow older, gender identity is something that is engrained in our brains from birth (Bakanic, 2009). It is such a common occurrence that most people rarely think about it. Although there are many who do not want to be defined by their gender, they may still avoid certain […]
“Nelson Mandela once said ‘Freedom cannot be achieved unless Women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression”. For Generations Women have had to fight for their rights to be allowed to work in the workplace. Women have come along way in a short period of time, but there is still work to be done. […]
Introduction Gender roles and expectations have constantly evolved throughout history. Many of the practices that used to restrict the rights of women have been gotten rid of, thus giving women are more equal footing in modern-day society. However, even with the rise of awareness for women’s rights, many women are not afforded the same luxuries […]
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a popular literary piece. It focuses on several differences in the connection among John and his significant other. The story shows the physical and the declined mindset of women due to medically prescribed treatment of being allowed to do nothing. Gilman created this fictional narrative based on […]
The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlote Gilman, is a poem about a woman battling with a mental illness. The men that surround her do not believe that she is mentally ill, and because of their status and gender, it is believed that they are right. Her work is fairly hard to understand the first time […]
Looking back at womens role in society, women in the late 1800s and early 1900s were usually portrayed as inferior and submissive to their husbands. These women were looked at to be objects rather than human beings. A woman was expected to cater to all their husband’s needs, such as cleaning and staying home all […]
World War 1 was a revolutionary movement from 1914-1918 which changed the course of American women’s involvement in the workforce drastically. Before the war, the late 19th century was a time period clearly defined by gender roles and expectations. This time period, known as the Victorian Era, originated from the British Queen Victoria . The […]
The mentality of male superiority dominates most literature despite recent efforts for gender equality. Many masterpieces praised today contain patriarchal perspectives, particularly historic literature. In Joseph Conradr’s Victorian novel Heart of Darkness, the curious seaman Marlow illuminates the feminist theory through his dismissive attitude towards women and the lack of female presence in his narration, […]
Feminism is concerned with, the ways in which works emphasize or challenge the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women. The broader political and ideological environment of the 1900’s and the socialist feminist communities that she frequented had enormous effect on the works of Susan Glaspell. She wrote her famous play Trifles in 1916. […]
