As we progress through time, gender inequality is slowly becoming less evident, despite this, inequality is still prominent in our society. The people who are in pursuit of a social reform, and those who bring attention to problems regarding equal rights and privileges are having an impact on the opinions of others by demonstrating their opinions on a large scale. One of those demonstrations was the 2017 Women's Marchs, a huge protest that was recorded as the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history, involving over 4.5 million people worldwide. Many Australians showed support for the march through articles like the opinion piece "Age of apathy over as women's marches revive global movement of resistance" by Clementine Ford, the speech
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The idea of " fair go" is held with the upmost respect in our society as it directly relates to the UN human right of being born equal. Despite this belief in human rights, Australian women are being discriminated against on a daily basis. The UN declaration of rights discusses ideas like being born equal, being free from discrimination and a right to personal security. These rights are held highly in our society but continue to be violated so often. Anne Summers expresses the fact that women "lack equal pay, fair treatment, ... and suffer intolerable amounts of violence." The above article highlights the violation of human rights in our society and appeals to the average Australian woman. The writers use of inclusive language (for example "so much stands in our way", this is used to make the reader or listener feel as if they are apart of a unified group, and works as a sense of empowerment. The decision to present all the injustices in quick succession is used as an example of syntax and is made to draw attention to the multitude of infringements on basic human rights. It is clear that our democratic values are being violated in our Australian society, the uprise of anger in the Australian public signifies that we have had enough of these injustices. Luckily, the women's marches seem to be a major milestone in moving forward in …show more content…
There have also been victories, the appointment of the first female Prime Minister acts as a message to girls and boys everywhere in Australia that they don't have to be limited by their gender. Weighing in these positives and negatives it seems like Australia is going in the right direction into the future and is finally speaking out about the decades of violations of human rights faced by Australians. The history of feminism directly relates to the gain of democratic rights in our past, this is significant of Australia's process in terms of gender equality. With the women's marches that took place globally, millions were given a voice to share their opinions and attitudes with others. Australias involvement in the marches is representative of our support in the fight to end global gender inequality. Our communal attitude on the value of human rights means that more and more Australians are in opposition to the injustices in our society, meaning more impact will be made on our society. The rapid improvement regarding the rights of Australians has increased more drastically in the last 50 years than they ever have, and although it may take some time, I believe Australia will reach a point of total equality in the future. Australia will never be able to truly advance if it disregards the potential
The idea of " fair go" is held with the upmost respect in our society as it directly relates to the UN human right of being born equal. Despite this belief in human rights, Australian women are being discriminated against on a daily basis. The UN declaration of rights discusses ideas like being born equal, being free from discrimination and a right to personal security. These rights are held highly in our society but continue to be violated so often. Anne Summers expresses the fact that women "lack equal pay, fair treatment, ... and suffer intolerable amounts of violence." The above article highlights the violation of human rights in our society and appeals to the average Australian woman. The writers use of inclusive language (for example "so much stands in our way", this is used to make the reader or listener feel as if they are apart of a unified group, and works as a sense of empowerment. The decision to present all the injustices in quick succession is used as an example of syntax and is made to draw attention to the multitude of infringements on basic human rights. It is clear that our democratic values are being violated in our Australian society, the uprise of anger in the Australian public signifies that we have had enough of these injustices. Luckily, the women's marches seem to be a major milestone in moving forward in …show more content…
There have also been victories, the appointment of the first female Prime Minister acts as a message to girls and boys everywhere in Australia that they don't have to be limited by their gender. Weighing in these positives and negatives it seems like Australia is going in the right direction into the future and is finally speaking out about the decades of violations of human rights faced by Australians. The history of feminism directly relates to the gain of democratic rights in our past, this is significant of Australia's process in terms of gender equality. With the women's marches that took place globally, millions were given a voice to share their opinions and attitudes with others. Australias involvement in the marches is representative of our support in the fight to end global gender inequality. Our communal attitude on the value of human rights means that more and more Australians are in opposition to the injustices in our society, meaning more impact will be made on our society. The rapid improvement regarding the rights of Australians has increased more drastically in the last 50 years than they ever have, and although it may take some time, I believe Australia will reach a point of total equality in the future. Australia will never be able to truly advance if it disregards the potential