American Women Equality

In many countries women’s economic participation is often limited. Take India for example, it is the second most populous country in the world, and the women’s population takes up about half the size of the country, yet not many of these women are not working. One would think that if a country’s education enrollment and literacy rates are increasing, or if that country is undergoing economic growth this would create more job opportunities for women, but despite all of this India has one of the lowest female force participations in the middle east. There is an immense gender gap as far as women being employed in the labor force. Reason being, many individuals cannot get with the time period. Many parents still feel uncomfortable and unacceptance of their daughters working outside of home. Women in India are mostly employed in domestic type jobs, with very little income and limited benefits. I believe that Indians do support gender equality, but somehow men have better opportunities when it comes to higher paying jobs, despite the qualifications of the woman. Gender discrimination effects a woman’s financial status, health and even her political involvement. Women should not be the only ones to be restricted by financial and domestic responsibilities. …show more content…
For example, divorce laws make it very difficult for many Indian women to move on, due to the fact that they will have no access to assets and property. Compared to the United States, women’s participation in the workforce is devastating. “India ranked 124 out of 136 nations to a world economic forum report in 2015.” Even though the United states is very developed and India is still a developing country both countries go out of their way to create new businesses and prosperity. Both countries face the similarities of unfair pay gaps, but the equality in pay in the United states has increased, as well as women’s participation in the U.S labor