scholarly journals Enhancing Women Education in 21st Centuryin India: an Intense Women Empowerment and Gender Equality

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 189-192
Author(s):  
Sunipa Samadder Nandy
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals United Nations Initiatives For Promoting Of Women Empowerment: Historical Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-155
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Muhammad Nadeemullah ◽  
Fauzia Ghani
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Fundamental Freedom ◽  
Legal Foundations ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
And Gender

The present study “United Nations Initiatives for Promoting of Women Empowerment: A Historical Perspective” is aimed at determining the role of UNO in protecting women rights. Women are discriminated at various levels in different societies and subjected to violence both physical and mental. The impacts go beyond the family and affect not only the victim but the society as whole. Securing the legal foundations of gender equality and women empowerment has always remained one of the main tasks of the United Nation Organization (UNO). The charter of UNO specifically emphasize on the equal fundamental freedom of men and women. It clearly guarantees the fundamental rights to all without distinction of race, colour, gender or any other status. The objective of this research paper is to provide historical background of global initiatives, particularly in the frame work of the UNO, regarding the process of women’s empowerment and gender equality. It also highlights the major challenges and hurdles in this perspective.

Women empowerment: new paradigm shift of Saudi women into labor workforce

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Musrrat Parveen
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Saudi Women ◽  
And Gender

Purpose The purpose of this study is to emphasize on women empowerment that leads to a new paradigm shift of Saudi woman into labor force. This study also outlines how Saudi Government has formulated several policies and reforms to empower women in the workplace, especially gender equality. Also, this study will discourse a clear idea on numerous measures initiated by Saudi Government on how to empower Saudi women in the labor force and what would be the impact of women empowerment and gender equality on Saudi economy. Design/methodology/approach The research methodology has undertaken the Saudi feminization approach that emphasizes solely on uplifting women empowerment within the context of social changes that are arising in Saudi Arabia. The data analyzed comes from the primary data statistics report that depicts 10 years of data from general authority for statistics (GaStat) for the period ranging from 2010–2016 (Q2) and 2016 –2020 along with global gender gap index (GGGI) for the period of 2006, 2017 and 2020. Additionally, data was considered from the latest articles, Saudi news, statistics revealed by “Pew Research Center,” international labor organization (ILO, 2020), which depicts the involvement of Saudi women at international level. Findings The data were analyzed from GaStat for the period ranging from 2010–2016 (Q2) and 2016–2020 along with GGGI for the period of 2006, 2017 and 2020 that has shown drastic changes in inspiring Saudi women empowerment pertaining to the labor market, the educational field, economic participation and gender equality. The most interesting point was that the total Saudi employed persons, especially males are double of females’ ratio. It depicts that until Q3 and Q4, 2018 females were still facing unemployment phase and their economic participation was less in comparison with male Saudis. However, there found to have a new paradigm shift; rising of Saudi women in various sectors in the year 2019 where unemployment decreased to 5.7%, labor force participation at 58.8%. Social implications Saudi Arabia is stringing very hard to develop its economy over the next decade and beyond and have strong-minded to strengthen the contribution of women to development of society and economy. Currently, Saudi women have found ample job opportunities welcoming them in various sectors. Furthermore, they can work in numerous professions and fields that were formerly limited to men. According to Leyal Khalife (2019, July 1) and the statistics released by “Pew Research Center,” Saudi Arabia has experienced the highest growth rate – among G20 countries –of women joining the workforce in the past 20 years. The data revealed that women accounted for 23% of Saudi’s workforce in 2018 – a rise of 7% increase since 2018. Finally, today Saudi Arabia has shown the highest growth rate among G20 states, including Australia, Germany, Brazil and others. Originality/value The latest reforms emphasizes on minimizing the gender gap and inspire young girls to build a career path. This procedure specifies that Saudi female should formulate their tactics and approaches to encounter gender disparity and attain social fairness and equality not specific to education only but consider all the matters of life pertaining to context of male-dominating societies.

scholarly journals Gender Equality, Governance and Women Empowerment Agenda in a Democratizing Society: Issues, Prospects, and Challenges

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olabisi I. Aina ◽  
Kehinde Olayode
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Policy And Planning

With the current global urge and mandates for gender equality, the African continent is re-awakening interest on gender issues and gender mainstreaming in public policy and planning. This paper addresses issues and prospects in embracing Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) principles in a democratizing state such as Nigeria. Basic questions raised include – what are the ideals of GEWE? What relevance does the GEWE Agenda have for a democratising state? What different legislations, policies, and programmes are strategic to this process? What roles have been played by Civil Society Organizations in instituting a GEWE agenda in a nation state such as Nigeria? What are the gains of the gender equality agenda for the country’s overall development? What problems still face the process of achieving gender equality and gender justice in Nigeria? These discussions espouse the importance of the GEWE Agenda and the need to engender social development and political transformations in the emerging democratic Nigeria.

scholarly journals PATRIARCHAL STAIN IN CONSTITUTIONAL FABRIC: USE OF DISCRIMINATORY PHRASEOLOGY TO DESCRIBE A WOMEN

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
pp. 924-927
Author(s):  
Niyati Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Popular Approach ◽  
And Gender

Women empowerment and gender equality cannot be attained if the protective laws and empowering mechanisms reek of patriarchal notions and stereotypes. There is an urgent need of reassessing the ideology from a constructive angle which goes beyond the popular approach of woman as a victim of her gender. The idea must be redirected in attaining a larger goal of social security for all distressed humans as compared to the charity-like support bestowed under the assumption that women are helpless and are in need of extra protection.

scholarly journals Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (174) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmané Ouedraogo ◽  
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Electoral Violence ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence. Quantitatively, our estimates show that an increase in female-to-male labor force participation ratio by 1 percentage point is correlated with a reduction of the probability of electoral violence across the continent by around 4.2 percentage points. Our results are robust to alternative ways to measure electoral violence and gender equality, as well as to alternative specifications. The findings of this paper support the long-standing view that women empowerment contributes to the reduction of violence and underscore the urgency of addressing gender inequality in Africa.

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