Global Gender Gap Report

Over 200,000 years ago, when humans first entered this earth, to now, 2016, we have gone through an overwhelming amount of discrimination against race, gender, and sexuality. Jews were put in ovens and burned alive. African American slaves were whipped and beaten senseless after spending endless hours doing slave work and obeying their owners’ demands. Gays and homosexuals were tormented and told that they can not marry the love of their life because it is “not right” and it is not what the…

Introduction This essay explores how global inequalities have evolved over the past two centuries and is acting as a major impediment to sustainable social development. Focusing mainly on the rise of global income inequalities, which is the total amount of inequality that exists within and between countries. This whole phenomenon is leading to an uneven growth in certain parts of the world after the era of globalization and lack of financial inclusion in the developing nations. Since the level…

Gender inequality is a goal that many countries are trying to achieve. In this essay, we will be discussing on whether the gender gap in economic participation can be easily reduced when the government is involved with reference to China and Japan. In the global world today, many societies still remain more as a patriachal society.Additionally, a number of societies also has rigid gender roles whereby men are usually the breadwinners and women the homemakers.Due to these type of traditional…

Causes of Income Inequality According to a report from the charity Oxfam, sixty-two people worldwide hold as much wealth as half of the global population (Stone). The cause of the wealth discrepancy is widely speculated upon and just as widely disputed. Many claim the social gap as the primary cause of this overwhelming income inequality. This response is an oversimplification of the true cause of current disparities. More specifically, the social gap created by preemptive influence and…

According to Bayeh (2016:37), the issue of women empowerment and gender equality is at the top of agendas across the world as gender inequality is widely spread in all cultures. This is clearly demonstrated in the already adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDG Goal 5 on gender equality) and the Africa Agenda 2063, which calls for gender equality and women empowerment. Kenya is not exempt, and as a developing country, gender disparity especially in politics is highly rampant. Having just…

literature. This is because alcoholism is a worldwide problem. According to a report on addictive behaviors, by Gowing et al, 43% of the adults in the world consume alcohol. This would be equivalent to 2.1 billion people. Out of these individuals, 13% have participated in episodes of heavy drinking. This report classified heavy drinking of being at least 60g of alcohol in one sitting (2015). Not only is alcoholism a global concern, alcoholics are often viewed negatively by society. In a…

change to our society and how it is affecting the "gender…

No inequality among people is part of human nature. Related to that idea, Feminism is a movement that aims gender equality and also the conquest and establishment of women 's rights. The feminist movement has its origins in the year 1848, at The Seneca Falls Convention in New York but only had its initial milestones in the late 60’s, when it erupted as a major relevant topic of discussion within the US and Europe 's universities. A well-known event was the protest that became known as the…

Persistent gender stereotypes influence the opportunities that are afforded women in the workplace and largely favor the communication and leadership styles typically attributed to men, resulting in diminished compensation for females compared to their male counterparts. A 24-page report published by Catalyst, Inc. found that both men and women assume that women are best suited to take on caretaker roles within society. Although women may tend to be more supportive and collaborative, these…

still die than living with the stigma and letting people know they are infected but when girls are educated they are less likely to contract HIV as the literacy gap between boys and girls exceeds 25 percent, HIV prevalence exceeds 5 percent the cited outbreak level. On the other hand, HIV prevalence falls below 3 percent where the literacy gap is below 5 percent. Zambia and Uganda are good examples because HIV/AIDS spreads twice as fast among uneducated girls there. Instead of more deaths…