Global Gender Gap Report

GENDER AS A SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH The purpose of this report is to discuss the role of gender power dynamics in shaping the social determinants of health. Currently, men and women are not considered equal in economic, legal and social rights around the world. Women tend to be worse off and as a result suffer more and lead to poorer health than men. Taking measures to reduce and address these inequalities in health by emphasizing on Women’s rights is effective in ensuring that there is a…

opinion about violence against women to make it unlawful but still remains socially acceptable. Fried explores worldwide gender-based violence, its attempts at progress and the work still needed to be done to move forward toward human rights for all women. Fried analyzes data in order to understand the magnitude of gender-based violence around the world. According to Fried (2003), reports from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) say that 1 out of every 3 women in the world,…

in the U.S., ,lack of access to full service grocery stores selling affordable health foods and Less healthy food and beverage advertising across the nation (CDC, 2015). In addition to dietary behaviors of individuals, the food environment has grown to encourage higher caloric intake as evidenced by the availability of large portion sizes when dining out (CDC, 2015). Do inequities exist? If yes, describe and document your sources: Obesity is a complex phenomenon with physical,…

cents gap is known as the gender gap. The gender gap is the difference in pay between men and women. Though the gender gap has been an issue for a long time, it still exist. The gender gap is seen mainly in pay but also extends to more than that. The gender pay is real and disadvantaging to half of the U. S., so the government needs to enact more policies and enforce…

Wage Gap As many people already know, America has many problems that have yet to be fully handled. One of the major problems we currently face is the wage gap discrepancy, which is mainly shown between male and females. Research has proven that “women are averagely earning between 76 cents to 79 cents for every dollar men earn” (Sahadi). When there is a wage gap within the nation, it begins to divide every party involved, which in turn creates many more issues. In such a highly modernized…

1.1 Literature Review Gender inequality is pervasive in the world and women are most vulnerable although men are affected by gender inequality at work. In central Asia and Europe, the decline in the manufacturing sector and the increase in the service sector favours women (World Bank, 2014). Women are more vulnerable in being offered opportunities in the formal sector with reports of abuse by female job seekers over the years. This increases the possibility of women being likely to live in…

of living. In 2005, three influential reports, released within a five-month period, Innovate America, Tapping America’s Potential, and Rising Above the Gathering Storm, argue that the US is declining in all aspects of STEM; however, some analysts disagree. This perceived weakness in STEM has sparked controversies over the US’s superiority and prosperity in a growing global economy. The reports expressed concern over the academic achievement gaps between genders and races, teacher quality, the…

Topic: Globalisation is a gendered phenomenon. Discuss the impacts of globalization on the lives of women in developing countries and how this might impact on transnational crime. Use Examples. Globalisation is simply defined as a process of increasing interconnectedness between societies in such that events in one part of the world increasingly have effects on people and societies far away (Globalization and world politics textbook). According to HAWKESBURN, globalisation is a gendered…

Around the world, most countries are attempting to close the gender gap. In 2013, the United States of America ranked 23rd in the world in it’s ability to close the gender gap (Healey). With that being said, it is apparent that we have a long way to go as we strive for complete gender equality. I bet that it is easy for a woman to feel inferior to a man when we have to ask her father if we can marry her before we can even ask her. Gender role stereotypes are perhaps another problem at hand. A…

Gender role expectations have been enforced for centuries, for both men and women. Women are traditionally taught to be rooted in “piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity,” per Barbara Welter, author of The Cult of True Womanhood (Welter 152). In opposition, men are associated with, “non-relational attitudes, restrictive emotionality, homophobia, avoiding femininity, aggression, status seeking, and self-reliance” (Mosher 158). Despite these past ideals, gender dynamics are changing,…