"We may have religions, different languages, different coloured skin, but we all belong to one race."-Kofi Annan. In today's society women have the right to vote, be acknowledged in the workplace for their knowledge and abilities and have a say in critical situations such as governmental issues. However that does not balance out the scale that men and women stand on. Young women face inequality in high schools, women are compensated less raring them lower than the poverty line and women in the United States are underrepresented in the government. However in South Africa the state has achieved a higher rate of women empowerment.
Girls in high schools are facing issues of inequality especially in sports. The problem is that women are seen as the ''weaker sex.'' Alexandra Raphel a journalist stated that between 2009 and 2010 school year 53 athletic opportunities were conducted for every 100 boys but only 41 for every 100 girls. In certain education systems less funding is contributed to female sports and a higher percentage is funded to male sports such as rugby, cricket and soccer. Research has shown that over 4500 public high …show more content…
In the workplace where a man and a woman are working for the same company and in the same position, it is still a fact that men earn more money than women. In order for women to get equal pay they would have to work an extra 40 hard working days due to the gender pay gab being at 35%. “This means women effectively earn in a full year what men earn in eight months,” according to Sandra Burmeister, CEO of executive search firm Amrop Landelahni. This fact expresses utter unfairness. The same amount of effort and time is put in by both sexes yet one sex is regarded as smarter. Women worldwide only make 77% the amount that men get paid. The rich can only be made richer and the poor poorer but the unequal cannot be treated any
Girls in high schools are facing issues of inequality especially in sports. The problem is that women are seen as the ''weaker sex.'' Alexandra Raphel a journalist stated that between 2009 and 2010 school year 53 athletic opportunities were conducted for every 100 boys but only 41 for every 100 girls. In certain education systems less funding is contributed to female sports and a higher percentage is funded to male sports such as rugby, cricket and soccer. Research has shown that over 4500 public high …show more content…
In the workplace where a man and a woman are working for the same company and in the same position, it is still a fact that men earn more money than women. In order for women to get equal pay they would have to work an extra 40 hard working days due to the gender pay gab being at 35%. “This means women effectively earn in a full year what men earn in eight months,” according to Sandra Burmeister, CEO of executive search firm Amrop Landelahni. This fact expresses utter unfairness. The same amount of effort and time is put in by both sexes yet one sex is regarded as smarter. Women worldwide only make 77% the amount that men get paid. The rich can only be made richer and the poor poorer but the unequal cannot be treated any