In November of 2011, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was re-elected president of Liberia. She was first elected in 2005 becoming Africa’s first women president. Meanwhile, about seven countries to the right Sudan is still recovering from a civil war. However, independence has not yet put an end to any of the violence. The gender-based violence in Sudan and Southern Sudan remain prevalent. What could Sudanese learn from Liberia? The Republic of Liberia has proved that there should be women apart of government. Now that women are at the negotiating table in the Republic of Liberia, other people around the globe, such as Sudanese are learning that women play a significant role in our world today. With that being said, why are women still not as prominent as men in society? Simone De Beauvoir was a philosophical writer in the twentieth century. Today, many people consider
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The government was founded by men, and made for men. This is true for much government run functions. Simone De Beauvoir points it out early on in The Second Sex. “The whole of feminine history has been man-made” (Beauvoir). It is no secret that women were not made out to be as powerful as men from the beginning of civilization till the twentieth century. Contemporary Women’s Issues Database includes many factual articles that stress women and gender rights. “The omission of women from the historical narrative looked glaring. Just as women were not present in institutions of power and influence, they were excluded from the historical past” (Contemporary Women’s Issues Database). Women were purposefully excluded from the decision making branch of the world because they were not considered equal. This idea has lasted the world for well over ten decades and when an accepted idea is suddenly changed it takes well over the original amount to finally consider the habit
The government was founded by men, and made for men. This is true for much government run functions. Simone De Beauvoir points it out early on in The Second Sex. “The whole of feminine history has been man-made” (Beauvoir). It is no secret that women were not made out to be as powerful as men from the beginning of civilization till the twentieth century. Contemporary Women’s Issues Database includes many factual articles that stress women and gender rights. “The omission of women from the historical narrative looked glaring. Just as women were not present in institutions of power and influence, they were excluded from the historical past” (Contemporary Women’s Issues Database). Women were purposefully excluded from the decision making branch of the world because they were not considered equal. This idea has lasted the world for well over ten decades and when an accepted idea is suddenly changed it takes well over the original amount to finally consider the habit