A civilized society can never be built as long as gender inequality is hard baked in its fabrics. For context, the Unicef ?has reported that more than 129 million girls are out of school for a variety of reasons like their parents preferring to consider the male child over the female child for better education. As a result, it has created a large hiatus in gender equality because lack of education snatches empowerment from girls in the form of decision? making ability and earning potential. Hence, the need of the hour is to emphasize on working towards creating the right balance in gender equality. In this article, we shall see how to do that.?
To put it in plain simple terms, gender equality is when the rights of children are not determined by their gender. For example, if Jack and Alice are doing the same job, Jack being a? male is paid more in comparison to Alice. Such a practice might trigger toxicity in any environment: home or office. Hence, it must be rightfully dealt away with.?
How to Tackle Gender Inequality Problems?
For building a strong and sustainable society, we need balanced participation and that can only come when women are equally contributing as men. In order to achieve that, there are few things that are worth consideration? for establishing gender equality.
- Equal Access to Education?At the time of writing, the Global Gender Gap Report has highlighted that it will take 135 years to tackle the gender gap. However, the process can be expedited through equal participation in education. But, so far we have seen that in comparison to male’s access to primary education, women are falling behind. As a result, the need of the hour is to narrow the gap. However such a thing can only happen through a liberal mindset which can significantly improve this in every 14 years to experience some considerable results.
- More women in Key Positions?We have already seen that key positions in any corporate set-ups are often occupied by males. For example, just think about how many female CEOs you know either through social media or in your own organization. Subjectively, you can simply admit that the numbers are marginally lesser. But that doesn’t mean that women are inefficient. On the contrary, they are looked down upon. A report has said that lower numbers in key positions is not because of inadequacy but a negative mindset.?
- Protecting Reproductive Rights?Most of the women do not want to get into motherhood but they are denied the same because of poor infrastructure and resources. For context, in the year 2019, more than 218 million women never wanted to get pregnant; however, they were not able to access effective contraception methods. As a result, they have been forced into challenges that they never intended to choose. For every woman, it is their right to enjoy sexual pleasures but not at a cost. Their choices should be independent and never forced for the growth of the society.Conclusion?Despite living in a digital world and surrounded by smart inventions and innovations, we haven’t moved an inch with respect to acknowledging and changing the gender inequality equation. Whether you talk about the west, Hollywood or the East, gender inequality is hard baked into thinking and perception. As a result, the gap is literally broadening because 135 years to close a gap sounds surreal when you are talking about advancements brought forward by new technologies. It is high time that thought patterns should turn evolutionary for building a growing and a sustainable society. In this equation, women have a key role to play and one must acknowledge the same and work towards filling up the gender equality gaps persisting in the latest patriarchal society.?www.sdnaglobal.com
