The Problem Of Gender Inequality Gap Worldwide

Women around the globe are affected by gender inequality in some kind or another, whether it is educational conditions, wage incomes, voting rights, or even health care rights. There is no way to measure or also list every single difference in each society. According to Bose, it is a subject of how the evidence is gathered and shown that adjusts the study of the gap (2015). While gender inequality is yet a problem, balancing the gap has grown closer, and larger equalities beyond the globe are occurring. For instance, as recently as this past election in the United States, a female ran for president and came very close to winning. Although some countries have made considerable steps in narrowing the gender inequality gap, others are still decades, if not centuries behind. Many regions still have laws in place that keep women from voting, owning land, and even limiting what they are allowed to inherit compared to their male counterparts (Dilli, 2015). In some instances, daughters are required to be married to inherit anything, necessarily suggesting the son-in-law is the beneficiary rather than the daughter.

According to Radel, C., & Coppock, D. L., in African rangeland settings, “Women may hold equities to sell little quantities of livestock products, such as milk and butter, but they typically cannot trade animals themselves without consent from their husbands or other male relatives” (2013). From China to India, the United States to Africa, in every nation in the world, in sociological, governmental, and educational settings, gender inequality has distressed women for centuries. There is no single difficulty for all levels of gender inequality, but there are smaller fields that can be focused on to begin making changes. For starters, one of the primary gender gap issues is wage earnings. A possible solution to this issue is fixed pay rates based on skill level, educational background, and experience, not allowing for a variation when it comes to gender.

According to Howatt, H., Olafemi, S., & Reeves, D., “Since the first international agreement to declare gender equality as a fundamental human right in 1945, the UN has helped to create a legacy of universally admitted policies, standards, programs including goals to advance the status of women worldwide” (2004). This has provided for progress, but so much more yet needs to be done. Another solution is to start at a young age teaching both genders they have equal value. This can be achieved by allowing more gender-neutral options for toys instead of having dolls marketed exclusively to girls, and pretend power tools and trucks sold to boys, provide a gender-neutral acceptance on all toys and other children’s items, allowing children to decide what they desire. Encourage both in academics, supplementary, and avoid limiting what both genders determine matters. Encouraging an interest in any subject can help to develop a sense of self-worth in a child.