The abovementioned topic is one of the most burning topic in 21st century. In this era of globalization and modernization, it becomes of grave shame that while considering the application for many jobs in armed forces, only unmarried males are invited to apply. While we are observing that both genders can do every work in every field but on the other side we are failing to recognize them. But, it is also an established fact that the issue of gender equity is being dealt very seriously.
Some parts of the world differ from each other in implementing the gender equity. As for the example we can see the state of kerala which had a tradition of matriarchal society, has tasted the fruits of gender equity to a large extent. And result is the reduced number of divorce, family feud and almost negligible dowry deaths. Whereas in the case of states where women are seen as inferior to men like in Rajasthan, these devil cases are alarmingly high.And sex ratio is also alarmingly low in Rajasthan. Thus we can state that gender equity does helps in achieving the peace and prosperity.
It is not the fact that the literacy rate and standard of living results into improved gender equity. As we can see that in USA, one of the most advanced country of world, the country had not seen any prominent national leader till now. In practical sense we can say that mindset os the people needs to be changed to achieve the gender equity.
We should make our society aware about the facts about gender equity. Then from society the message can spread to whole world. Our society should be devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims should be to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues.
In promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, the nation and the world continues to pursue its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity. Today, many international organizations such as ILO helps advance the creation of decent jobs and the kinds of economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress.
Once in order to make the society aware of gender equity to promote female literacy, Rabindranath Tagore had once said :’If you teach a male then you are teaching an individual but if you teach a girl child then you make a whole family literate’.
Given this reality, one of the social thinker proposes "an explanation for the relationship between economic development and female empowerment that emphasises [sic] changes in the incentives males face rather than shifts in moral sentiment." This is very exciting because as we have seen time and time again, attempting to brow beat people into changing their culture is very ineffective when it comes to improving living standards for girls in women anywhere, including one of the most developed nation, United States.
In brief, the author argues that men should get behind the empowerment of women because:
Husbands don’t gain directly from their wives having more bargaining power, so ideally men would prefer their own wives to have no rights. But since boosting women’s bargaining power increases human-capital investment in children, men might gain from other women having rights in two ways. First, men are altruistic towards their own children, some of which are daughters. Since men want their daughters to be treated well by their sons-in-law and they want their grandchildren to be well educated, men have a motivation to improve their daughters’ bargaining position. Second, a father prefers his children to find high-quality mates, and therefore stands to gain from building the human capital of his future children-in-law through their mothers.
Now let us discuss the legal aspects of gender equity. Indeed the development of human rights movement, right from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the three generations of rights shows that rights are defined as 'belonging to all human beings' irrespective of gender. However, though international law is gender neutral in theory, in practice it constituted men and women into separate spheres of existence--public and private, respectively. Thus men exist as public, legal entities that enjoy civil and political rights and in a way define the nature of rights discourse. Women's existence, on the other hand, is "privatized", thus, seen as existing outside the purview of the state's obligation. Often women's exclusion from the human rights practice and discourse, their relegation to the private, has been justified on grounds of social and cultural specificity of region or a group. Thus, social and cultural norms, which become grounds for respective states' consistent relegation of women to private sphere, results in international law being either reinforcing or replicating exclusion of women's human rights abuses from the public sphere(10). The effects of this public/private divide in the international law are more evident in domestic violence, which literally happens in the private. Many laws are gender neutral, however, their application is gender biased.
Moreover the economic and social context of its (laws) application has not been considered seriously by both the governmental and at the same time non-governmental organizations, all over the world.
My opinion suggests that the historical advance of women’s rights in the West wasn’t due to a sudden enlightenment of mankind after millennia of patriarchy. Rather, it was driven by old-fashioned self-interest deriving from men’s concern about their daughters’ welfare and their descendants’ education. But lest we lose faith in mankind, there is an upside. If our theory is correct, it implies that men in today’s developing countries can be given a stake in women’s rights. Ultimately, inducing developing countries to improve women’s rights on their own accord may be a more promising strategy than trying to impose gender equality from the outside.
The abovementioned topic is one of the most burning topic in 21st century. In this era of globalization and modernization, it becomes of grave shame that while considering the application for many jobs in armed forces, only unmarried males are invited to apply. While we are observing that both genders can do every work in every field but on the other side we are failing to recognize them. But, it is also an established fact that the issue of gender equity is being dealt very seriously.
Some parts of the world differ from each other in implementing the gender equity. As for the example we can see the state of kerala which had a tradition of matriarchal society, has tasted the fruits of gender equity to a large extent. And result is the reduced number of divorce, family feud and almost negligible dowry deaths. Whereas in the case of states where women are seen as inferior to men like in Rajasthan, these devil cases are alarmingly high.And sex ratio is also alarmingly low in Rajasthan. Thus we can state that gender equity does helps in achieving the peace and prosperity.
It is not the fact that the literacy rate and standard of living results into improved gender equity. As we can see that in USA, one of the most advanced country of world, the country had not seen any prominent national leader till now. In practical sense we can say that mindset os the people needs to be changed to achieve the gender equity.
We should make our society aware about the facts about gender equity. Then from society the message can spread to whole world. Our society should be devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims should be to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues.
In promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, the nation and the world continues to pursue its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity. Today, many international organizations such as ILO helps advance the creation of decent jobs and the kinds of economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress.
Once in order to make the society aware of gender equity to promote female literacy, Rabindranath Tagore had once said :’If you teach a male then you are teaching an individual but if you teach a girl child then you make a whole family literate’.
Given this reality, one of the social thinker proposes "an explanation for the relationship between economic development and female empowerment that emphasises [sic] changes in the incentives males face rather than shifts in moral sentiment." This is very exciting because as we have seen time and time again, attempting to brow beat people into changing their culture is very ineffective when it comes to improving living standards for girls in women anywhere, including one of the most developed nation, United States.
In brief, the author argues that men should get behind the empowerment of women because:
Husbands don’t gain directly from their wives having more bargaining power, so ideally men would prefer their own wives to have no rights. But since boosting women’s bargaining power increases human-capital investment in children, men might gain from other women having rights in two ways. First, men are altruistic towards their own children, some of which are daughters. Since men want their daughters to be treated well by their sons-in-law and they want their grandchildren to be well educated, men have a motivation to improve their daughters’ bargaining position. Second, a father prefers his children to find high-quality mates, and therefore stands to gain from building the human capital of his future children-in-law through their mothers.
Now let us discuss the legal aspects of gender equity. Indeed the development of human rights movement, right from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the three generations of rights shows that rights are defined as 'belonging to all human beings' irrespective of gender. However, though international law is gender neutral in theory, in practice it constituted men and women into separate spheres of existence--public and private, respectively. Thus men exist as public, legal entities that enjoy civil and political rights and in a way define the nature of rights discourse. Women's existence, on the other hand, is "privatized", thus, seen as existing outside the purview of the state's obligation. Often women's exclusion from the human rights practice and discourse, their relegation to the private, has been justified on grounds of social and cultural specificity of region or a group. Thus, social and cultural norms, which become grounds for respective states' consistent relegation of women to private sphere, results in international law being either reinforcing or replicating exclusion of women's human rights abuses from the public sphere(10). The effects of this public/private divide in the international law are more evident in domestic violence, which literally happens in the private. Many laws are gender neutral, however, their application is gender biased.
Moreover the economic and social context of its (laws) application has not been considered seriously by both the governmental and at the same time non-governmental organizations, all over the world.
My opinion suggests that the historical advance of women’s rights in the West wasn’t due to a sudden enlightenment of mankind after millennia of patriarchy. Rather, it was driven by old-fashioned self-interest deriving from men’s concern about their daughters’ welfare and their descendants’ education. But lest we lose faith in mankind, there is an upside.
I sum up by recommending that governments create incentives for families to educate their children. This "can change men’s attitudes toward female empowerment, helping to create a broader coalition in favour of expanding women’s rights." Welllll.... OK. It's hard to argue against more education for children, but this seems rather bland as a policy recommendation to increase women's equality.
Let us see an interesting case. Bonobos - now here's the interesting group. Bonobos have no "relationship violence", as a general rule. There is no rape, as a general rule, no infanticide. These apes are not a "nice" species, there is nothing that can be seen in their genetic makeup that makes them more peaceful. What makes them more peaceful? The females.
Female bonobos have the power. If a male attacks a female, he does not just have her to deal with - he has to fight off all of her supporters also. Female bonobos spend a lot of time and effort building up a support network. When a female is in danger, her friends come to her aid physically and emotionally. They support her with hoots and howls when she's fighting well and support her physically if she's being beaten. Rape is not allowed - the male would be beaten down.
I sum up by recommending that governments create incentives for families to educate their children. This "can change men’s attitudes toward female empowerment, helping to create a broader coalition in favour of expanding women’s rights." Welllll.... OK. It's hard to argue against more education for children, but this seems rather bland as a policy recommendation to increase women's equality.
Let us see an interesting case. Bonobos - now here's the interesting group. Bonobos have no "relationship violence", as a general rule. There is no rape, as a general rule, no infanticide. These apes are not a "nice" species, there is nothing that can be seen in their genetic makeup that makes them more peaceful. What makes them more peaceful? The females.
Female bonobos have the power. If a male attacks a female, he does not just have her to deal with - he has to fight off all of her supporters also. Female bonobos spend a lot of time and effort building up a support network. When a female is in danger, her friends come to her aid physically and emotionally. They support her with hoots and howls when she's fighting well and support her physically if she's being beaten. Rape is not allowed - the male would be beaten down.
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