Feminist activism is a movement with an aim of having equal rights for women. Feminism has played a significant role in shaping up today’s global politics, over the recent past; women have faced challenges in the fight for their rights. These movements are responsible for many changes in the society with an aim of making women independent decisions makers in matters that affect them directly and indirectly.Besides, Feminism could not exist without social change because gaining rights for women is a gradual process that succeeds only when we build upon what women before us have already gained (Valentine 2015). For instance, feminist activists have advocated for a number of rights. These rights include women’s suffrage, better work pay equality,
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For this reason, it tends to address the fundamental assumptions that appear to make politics and political matters a male-dominated order. Therefore, feminism seeks to perk up the place of women in politics. Over the recent past, the issue of feminism has since been in existence all through the world. However, its existence has been in unreliable forms and is beginning to have an impact in most regions of the world. There is the ability to make a huge impact on the feminist thought. The reason for this is because feminism redefines politics and also questions the fundamental assumption upon which, power is based. With the main aim of enhancing an increased participation of females within the legislature, feminism proponents have condemned the domination of men in professional politics. On the other hand, feminism has promoted a belief that women’s social experience gives them an expertise needed to run a valuable government (Dziedzic 2012). For instance, the Japanese government has supported women to participate actively in Politics that has seen most women rising into power. For this reason, the number of women has increased dramatically in the Japanese …show more content…
Values, cultures, and political systems are essential components in the determination of acceptance of these ideas. All through the history of the world, women have struggled to change the attitude of men while trying to cling more to their rights. However, acceptance of world cultures has been a challenge apart from a few cultures that have accepted and respected the women’s rights. For instance, the machismo culture and the Catholicism influence in Latin America indicate barriers that hinder women’s right (Dziedzic 2012). Conversely, the bill that was to legalize abortion was prevented by the Catholic Church in Uruguay.
Another example is the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) commonly practiced in Africa. FGM is an illegal practice and also gives a good example of the public opinions power. About 80% of young females go through this process that has caused high rates of maternal deaths during delivery. Most parents in Gambia are against this practice for fear of their daughter’s life, but the social exclusion risk outweighs risks (Glenn 2010). As a result, this has increased the rate at which forced FGM are imposed on young
For this reason, it tends to address the fundamental assumptions that appear to make politics and political matters a male-dominated order. Therefore, feminism seeks to perk up the place of women in politics. Over the recent past, the issue of feminism has since been in existence all through the world. However, its existence has been in unreliable forms and is beginning to have an impact in most regions of the world. There is the ability to make a huge impact on the feminist thought. The reason for this is because feminism redefines politics and also questions the fundamental assumption upon which, power is based. With the main aim of enhancing an increased participation of females within the legislature, feminism proponents have condemned the domination of men in professional politics. On the other hand, feminism has promoted a belief that women’s social experience gives them an expertise needed to run a valuable government (Dziedzic 2012). For instance, the Japanese government has supported women to participate actively in Politics that has seen most women rising into power. For this reason, the number of women has increased dramatically in the Japanese …show more content…
Values, cultures, and political systems are essential components in the determination of acceptance of these ideas. All through the history of the world, women have struggled to change the attitude of men while trying to cling more to their rights. However, acceptance of world cultures has been a challenge apart from a few cultures that have accepted and respected the women’s rights. For instance, the machismo culture and the Catholicism influence in Latin America indicate barriers that hinder women’s right (Dziedzic 2012). Conversely, the bill that was to legalize abortion was prevented by the Catholic Church in Uruguay.
Another example is the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) commonly practiced in Africa. FGM is an illegal practice and also gives a good example of the public opinions power. About 80% of young females go through this process that has caused high rates of maternal deaths during delivery. Most parents in Gambia are against this practice for fear of their daughter’s life, but the social exclusion risk outweighs risks (Glenn 2010). As a result, this has increased the rate at which forced FGM are imposed on young