1_Gender in the developing world

1_Gender in the developing world

1. Women in the West enjoy opportunities with regard to education, health, access to jobs and legal rights that suggest greater equality with men that is experience by women in the developing world.

   • However patriarchal control in the developing world can be all consuming and exert control that can threat women's lives in different ways. Leonard argues that 'the conditions of under-development eg dependency are experience by a greater extent to men

2. Explanations for the position of women in developing countries

   • Mordernisation theory
     • Blames internal cultural factors for female sub-ordination