Global Gender Gap Report

good jobs now and for the future, but women hold only 24% of labors in the STEM field even though women already hold almost half of all labor force. Tim Hunt, an English biochemist, a Nobel Prize Winner, who claims that Scientists should work in gender-segregated laboratories. He says, “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls … three things happen when they are in the lab … you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry.” Hunt has a…

Laura Walk AP Seminar Individual Group Essay 14 January 2015 Human Trafficking: An Economic Lens The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States” . However, even in the 21st century, slavery endures within the “Land of the Free”. Human trafficking is a modern slavery, defined as the act of transporting, buying, or selling people for purposes of exploitation, including prostitution, sexual…

There is a large gender gap in top management positions as over half of the Australian workforce are female but only one in five Board directors and one in eight Board chairs are women (Workplace Gender Equality Agency, 2016). These circumstances and the glass ceiling exist despite efforts to improve gender equality in the workplace. The term, “glass ceiling”, which has been used in business academic literature…

primary school, more than half drop out by the fifth grade, only 11% continue on to study at the secondary level, and just 1% continue on to college Mozambique has made good progress in tackling gender equality in primary school education over the last decade, through improved training for school staff on gender issues…

The essay is divided into three parts. First part is media and intercultural communication. The essay will discuss the media and journalism become the mediator in intercultural communication, the positive and negative influence of media on intercultural communication and what kind of principles and suggestions should journalism take to become a better mediator in this part. The second part is new media and intercultural communication. In this part, the essay will talk about the…

“ This issue of maternity and paternity leave has been cause for debate recently, and some companies have been aiming to close the pay gap and end traditional gender roles around care giving and bread winning by offering equal maternity and paternity leave“-(www.telegraph.com).Sex or gender discrimination in employment involves treating someone unfavorably because of the person’s sex, whether they are trying to get a job or already have one. Although women have…

within modern criminology. However Marxism and functionalism was first introduced within criminology during the 18th century which was the most dominant perspective and a positivist approach to crime. During the 18th century criminological thought was gender biased as most theorists where males studying male crime therefore creating a masculinity criminology. Criminology focused on male crime causing female crime to be predominantly ignored within the history of criminology. There are many types…

both the sexist and nonsexist views in the religions. This is important to understand because society has progressed in multiple ways, but still believes in sexist traditions. These traditions are influencing the 21st century and causing the gap between genders to still exist. Instead, today’s generation and future generations should analyze these…

nation’s desires and plans to improve the lives of its people and to create financial and social progress. The duty of the policy brokers is to make the words stated in the first paragraph come true through organized, feasible and fair policies in global education (Education for All, 2012). The rationale for this policy brief is to assist those shouldered with creating workable policy to express a vision…

population around the world represents 49.6% of the global population; approximating 101 men for every women living on earth (worldmeters). China and India encompass the majority of the world’s female population, and in contrast, women make up less of the population that lived in Arab countries such as Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain. Although, there is progress for women in many countries, there are still health and social issues inflicting the female gender. For instance, according to the World…