Anger and concern about gender inequality has been building up all over the world, causing a debate over the presence of gender inequality at present time. The research conducted on gender inequality will be structured in this essay, by first analyzing the situation of gender inequality all over the world at present time. In addition, the narrative will explore the debate over gender inequality, underlying various arguments in favor and against inequality. Lastly, the research will be concluded
was his cult-like following and the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. These times in China were meant to be times of renewal and growth away from all aspects of the old culture. While gender inequality had been an omnipresent restriction to Chinese women for centuries, the Cultural Revolution seemed to be the best hope for substantial change. The revolution’s focus on injecting new communist culture into China mixed with the communist ideal of total equality should have put an end to out of date
Made in China was written by Pun Gnai, a professor from social science department at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. This book portrays how globalization and industrial revolution impact Chinese migrant workers, especially female workers. In order to get the most accurate information, Pun stayed and worked as a regular worker. She obtained information that she did not expect when she interviewed the workers. She observed how migrant workers live and work in the factory, as well
reflecting the difference between women and men’s median earnings. It shows the unfairness in the economy between women and men. Scholars from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Australia have said that this inequality is affected by lots of interrelated factors in society, family and work. The inequality shows from lower hourly wage, fewer hours in unpaid jobs and lower employment rates in women. Thus, this essay will first discuss the cause of the average full-time weekly earnings of women being lower
1. Introduction The issue of economic inequalities has become more and more important nowadays and is expected to be an even more important topic in the future. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2014) economic inequality is described by the gap between rich and poor and the unequal distribution of income. However it does not only deal with the distribution of income. During the time the distribution of for instance education opportunities became also
This essay will look at two different types of social problems which are education and population growth. In many LEDCs the lack of education is a main problem which refrains the development of the country. A lack or a bad education reduces the opportunities in life of every citizen and also creates an undertrained workforce which then leads
theoretical framework consists and describes two theories, the state-centered theory of inequalities and the neoclassical migration theory. The approaches provide a guideline for our analyses section in order to find proper answer for our research question and sub-questions. Furthermore, the theories help to understand the phenomenon of migration after the implementation of hukou, the occurred social inequalities and the government's behaviour in relation to regulate the size of the migration flow
What is being done to combat poverty? Poverty has been a problem for many years. It affects a large percentage of today’s world population. And it will continue to expand. No matter how much income people get, there will be people who can’t afford enough food, water and shelter. How do we define poverty? According to a dictionary, poverty is “the state of being extremely poor”. But my definition of poverty is not having enough resources to be satisfied with your basic needs, like: shelter, food,
Income inequality refers to the extent to which income is distributed unevenly among a population. Another way of looking at income inequality is to compare the ratio of incomes of the top 20 per cent and bottom 20 per cent of income earners. It is a knotty global issue that has affected countries, societies and down to individuals. Income inequality is the aftermath of world phenomenon like globalisation and technology advancement, and also domestic issues regarding family structure and social
That is what type of growth we are looking for higher rapid growth with higher inequality or growth with equality. The choice among these two depends upon our perception or to what extent we are able to incorporate the opportunity cost of rapid higher growth in exchange with a sustainable and more equal growth in long run. The debate