How Does Globalization Affect Women

There is no specific definition of globalization and there are various definitions for it. Globalization can be said to be a complex political, economic, cultural and geographic process in which the flow of organizations, ideas, capital and people are taken on an increasingly transnational form. Globalization can be viewed from different perspectives. There are three dimensions of globalization: economic, cultural and political. Technology is an important part of globalization. Advances in information technology have transformed economic life. Information technology has given individuals various tools by which they can identify and pursue economic opportunities. Globalization has affected gender culturally, politically and economically. In this increasingly global form, economic globalization has affected men and women differently. Economic globalization refers to how various …show more content…
It affected women more than men. Da Gama Santos (1985) recognized that the gender division of labor and the differential positions of women and men in the spheres of production and reproduction would mean that the new policy shifts would lead to very different outcomes for women and men. Rising unemployment and fall in income for men in a household made women to take up extra productive and reproductive activities to provide for the family. The structural adjustment policies encouraged mobility of labor, which does not recognise women because they are constrained by family and childrearing responsibilities. Women were seen as dependents, which mean they couldn’t take decisions on their own without the consent of their father or husband. Privatization of industries was one of the policies and the private sector discriminates against females, this led to the loss of jobs of most female workers. Poverty came along with the structural adjustment and this affected mostly women with