Essays on Gender Equality
Introduction When searching for a contemporary issue in politics in the middle of that search for an essay topic, equal pay day popped up. It is a very interesting topic, which isn’t an subject talked about every day. To be specifically this essay will talk about the campaign European Equal Pay Day and has this...
Double standards regarding the behavior of women and men still remain active in modern culture, despite significant social and cultural changes in the position of women in society, as well as freedom of expression. Therefore, stigmatization and shame around female sexuality are deeply rooted in culture and to this day creates prerequisites for labeling female...
that are required from applicants (UN Women Leadership, n.d). The organization uses an ethnocentric strategy in recruitment as the headquarter sets out the selection strategy which creates an unified culture (Sutton, 2018). This may lead to resentment in the host country, such sentiments have been showcased in the UN Women Office of Southern Africa where...
Gender equality is a fundamental human right which in Fraser’s (2013) words requires the realization of all human rights that includes livelihoods, integrity, dignity, security and rights to food, water and sanitation. The sustainability and gender nexus can be understood by acknowledging the positive impacts of women on sustainable development and the slow progress on...
The UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a guideline challenging the key problems of the 21st century: poverty, inequality and climate change. One of the pre-conditions to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is the empowerment of women, which is reflected in the goal on gender equality and women’s rights...