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Gender in the Developing World
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- 1Women in the developed and developing worldDEVELOPED
-women enjoy education, health, access to jobs and legal rights
-but still experience elements of patriarchy and inequality of men being paid more than women (glass ceiling)
DEVELOPING
-women often lack access to education, health, jobs and legal rights
-typically they experience patriarchy dependency, powerlessness, vulnerability and inequality of income. - 2AdamsonOptimistic view
Adamson argues a new generation of women in LEDCs see expanding education and family planning programmes. The next generation are better off.
Useful in suggesting positive changes will be passed on to daughters, continuing positive change.
However, too many girls still receive no education or are removed from school at 12 to be married. - 3Van der GaarPessimistic view
Van der Gaar argues any advances in women's experiences masks the reality, which is that for millions of women, life is still very grim.
Useful in suggesting that little positive change for women hides the fact that they are still experiencing inequality.
However, education of girls is reducing the emphasis of young girls marrying and having babies. - 4Reproductive RightsWomen often lack reproductive rights, meaning that they do not have power to decide if, when and how many children to have.
Shows they are often prevented from making decisions about contraception or abortion.
However, whilst this applies in fundamentalist countries, it is slowly improving globally. - 5Purdah: Foster-CarterNotes that Purdah is practiced in many Islamic countries where women wear clothing from head to toe. Some feminists would find this oppressive and would tempt men if they showed their body. Some would say it's supportive in avoiding the male gaze.
Useful as he note how Purdah limits their participation in public life - socialisation, covers their self identity.
However, women can choose veiling - it is not necessarily imposed by men. - 6One Child PolicyChina's one child policy resulted in 30m missing girls. They want it to be a boy because they are valued and so will kill it if it's a girl.
Useful as it shows how this lead to female infanticide. Good to have a one child policy so money is spent appropriately and it won't overpopulate.
However, China was forced by the rising population to do this - wasn't their fault. If one child policy was to carry on then the population would eventually die out. - 7Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)2m girls in 30 countries were circumcised each year. In Africa aprox 6000 girls everyday are subject to FGM as a method of protecting their virginity until marriage - often around age 5 onwards.
Useful in showing the ultimate form o patriarchal control - go through painful sex for the rest of their lives
However, 137k girls in the UK are subject to circumcision per year. This behaviour is hard to defend - often taken on by women who actually agree with it. - 8India's Dowry System6000 brides murdered each year by their husbands - could be due to little money coming from wife. In India 5-10,000 women a day die because of financial issues or the husband wants to remarry and get more money from someone else.
Shows how families don't want girls and so female foeticide and infanticide occurs.
It is another example of patriarchal control. - 9Sexual violenceIn wars, rape can be used as a weapon of war against the female population and possibly the male population. Women = 70% of casualties.
Shows women prisoners in wars are often subject to sexual slavery.
So awful there's no evaluation or explanation for this. - 10Latin America 'Machismo'In Latin America, women held back by trad values about their role in a male dominated culture - still doing domestic tasks at home.
Useful because men put pressure on women to have large families to show machismo, this confines them to the home.
However, things are changing and women are asserting themselves and bringing about change. - 11WuDunn 'Half the Sky'Women are equal to half the population and so are just as important.
Take young girls out of education to get married or get jobs. Girls suffering from malnutrition in Ethiopia yet their brothers are fine. 10x more slaves today than when the slave trade was going on.
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- A-Level World Flashcards on Gender in the Developing World, created by Georgia Davidson on 22/06/2016.
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