ascribed to men and women. It may limit women to an unequal position in society compared to men. In the 1980s and 1990s, the concept of gender emerged as a theoretical and practical tool for analysing the welfare disparities between women and men in Botswana. Culturally-based patriarchal practices promoted male dominance and female subordination in the social, economic and political arenas. Feminine poverty, violence against women, and a continuing under-representation of women in decision-making
speedy one. Due to cultural traditions and beliefs that have suppressed women and restricted them educationally, socially and economically, it is explicable that they are the least active as entrepreneurs in the continent. As successful American Entrepreneur and Television personality, Lori Greiner asserted, “Entrepreneurship is the way we take control of our lives in a tough economy”. Therefore, over the past few years, women have taken it upon themselves to ensure that they are included and are
Women have always been globally underrepresented in the major decision –making processes in the political as well as in the private sector. This low participation is due to various societal norms that plays a major role in the lower participation of women. Leadership and political sphere is still considered as a ‘dirty area’ from which women needs to be protected. Also women are considered to be following social norms which would dictate them there domestic role. Despite these challenges women has
In order to make women self-sufficient and reduce gender discrimination women should be educated. Empowerment of women means improvement in their political status, financial position, occupational status and legal awareness etc., which can be achieved through education. 4.1.5 SOCIAL CUSTOMS, BELIEFS AND PRACTICES: Practices, beliefs and social customs are not free for women. The women’s roles are confining mostly to the domestic sphere by the
It appears that Fay Weldon as one of the second-wave feminist writers, as a critic, tries to criticize the patriarchy system and at the same time, she points out some disadvantages of excessive feminism by introducing another face of feminists in the form of monster. She does that in her novel "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil " (1983) by attributing some liberation properties for her character "Ruth" incorporate with the wish of revenge. She gives a warning against both excessive liberation and
“Nervous Conditions” by Tsitsi Dangarembga follows a young woman in her journey to find herself and break away from the restrictive culture she was raised in. Even so, the young women, named Tambu, faces challenges because of the strong traditions that are prevalent in her community. Through the struggles of poverty and sexism, Tambu manages to still learn a lot about herself and her community. In this book reflection, I will be discussing the implications of living in a traditional society as well
important measure other socio-economic aspects that the capture the multi-dimensional nature of poverty. These include, among others, parameters on the level of indebtedness, the level of unemployment joblessness, the extent of poor health educational disadvantage, the number of people living inadequate housing and poor environmental conditions
Sex is just a swipe away in the 21st century as men and women use an app nowadays to pass their desires at night. The world of modern dating takes a twist as men and women just want to have a night of extravagance, which they want to repeat on a daily basis. The world of swiping really just makes things easy or do we also need to rely on technology to provide us with sex as well. Dating itself is being romantically involved with someone and dating has been around for centuries. Young people in earlier
associated with it has pervaded almost every aspect of society. It is easily available to anyone who is curious and has potentially dangerous impacts. Porn can impact the mental and sexual health of people exposed to it and leads to the subjugation of women through how they are objectified and treated as inferior in most pornography. Companies in the porn industry make money from this. Any company which makes money from objectifying or demeaning anyone based on an arbitrary characteristic such as their
WOMEN'S ENTERPRISE FUND AND WOMEN IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR . Female economic empowerment is influenced by access to finance and capital. This chapter seeks to analyze the extent of this assertion by critically assessing information attained through fieldwork across the aforementioned financial institutions and among women in the informal sector. The fieldwork was carried out over a period of two weeks within the two institutions and a focus group discussion among five women working in and or owning enterprises