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    Introduction: Gender inequality towards women in Sierra Leone can be described as inequitable or impractical compared to the equality of women in developed/western countries. The roles women are expected to play are general expectations such as cooking, cleaning, and staying at home with the children, leaving women in Sierra Leone with very little to no chance of stepping out of these expected roles to prevent being stigmatized or possibly killed (Luna 2016). According to the Social Institutions…

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    This shows that people can be unaware of their actions and that they are the direct cause of the problem and that they are not progressing forward, rather receding in gender equality. Human trafficking caters to demand for brides. (2014, Sep 04). Mint Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1559200793?accountid=14749 States are trying to ensure that search for brides are not through human trafficking and that the government…

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    feel that there is a good representation of women in higher leadership roles (Wynne), but this tends to not be the case. In a recent study, it was found that only thirty-two percent of women felt that their working conditions were free of gender equality issues and were happy with their work (Jones). That leaves a whopping seventy-eight percent of women in the engineering field who feel that their working conditions are not free of gender bias. This number shows how vast of a problem this gender…

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    were only required to stay at home to do house chores and to take care of the children while the male was working outside. Consequently, all of these ended through continuous activism to fight for the rights they deserve. In short, they fought for equality among men and women to end sexism and gender discrimination. The rights these people fought for in the past can be observed at the present time. Women are now allowed to vote. They have the right to choose whether to stay at home or look for a…

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    movie, The Stepford Wives comprises of definite points of interest including the liberation of men and women, equality between men and women, and lastly, feminism. The movie conveyed these significant ideas, for people to be aware of their society’s rotting core. 1960’s and 1970’s was a period when women campaigned for the development of their own rights.Some women pushed their opportunity to extreme that resulted into women’s dominance over men. Perhaps, this movie was produced to be an…

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    Glass Ceiling In America

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    Over the time thousands of bloody wars fought for the sakes of land, money, and goods. Debatably, the most brutal wars have been fought for something much less materialistic: equality. Although most American citizens are lucky enough to live in a country striving toward equality more than ever before, equal opportunity is still far from being something felt by all. In modern America, people claim that women in the workforce are the ones who are stuck suffering from inside the confines of…

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    procedures adhering to the requirements of equal opportunity laws and equality. Diverse compunctions of the judiciary have higher capacitates of responsiveness to experiences and needs of different legal system subjects. On the other hand, such a judiciary appears reflective of various cultures and backgrounds…

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    The Patriarchy System

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    Moreover Wee states that “There can be no gender equality if the very idea of equality is lost as a desired value” (91). And without promotion of equality in a social environment of religion and secular ideas, women will not receive the rights earned. Additionally, the views of gender equality will not be respected if secular nor religious points of view can find a common ground. Such as the one found by women through…

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    During the 1960s, several socio-cultural and political events like students’ protest, anti-Vietnam war agitation, liberation for lesbians and gays andthe Women’s Movement shook the American literary scenario. The new generation of playwrights used drama as a potent medium in depicting the ongoing turbulence that prevailed in the society deftly. However, the Women’s Movement gathered women from allwalks of life, to come to the streets to record their protests and speak their voices. In spiteof…

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    Throughout the years, women have fought for the same rights as men do. Some may argue that women are still doing this with the current wage gap and the fight against sexual assault. But poet Carmen Giménez Smith does this in a different way. In her poetry, she shows the raw reality of being a female in the darkest ways. Giménez Smith work explores many issues that affect the lives of females. Many of her works have an underlying tone of brutally honest realism in it. For example, in “Bleeding…

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