Gender Inequality US vs Scandinavia

Gender Equality Issues

United States Scandinavia
Ratio .97 males for every female .98 males for every female
laws
U.S. Constitution Amendment 19 The right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
The purpose of the Act is to combat
discrimination and in other ways promote
equal rights and opportunities regardless of
sex, transgender identity or expression,
ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability,
sexual orientation or age.
examples
Women earn just 77 percent of what men earn for the
same amount of work.
In 1996 the UN declared Sweden to be the
most gender-equal country in the world.
However, women still take much more
responsibility for children and domestic work
than men do, leading to the reproduction of
gender inequality in the labour market and in
society at large.
Organizations
The United States' League of Women Voters (LWV) has
worked throughout most of its history more for
improvement in government in general than for the rights
of women. It is a nonpartisan political organization that
encourages active participation of citizens in government,
and it works to increase understanding of public policy
issues.
In Sweden, there is a government agency
called the Equality Ombudsman (DO). The
DO works to combat discrimination and to
promote equal rights and opportunities for
everyone. The agency primarily does this by
ensuring compliance with the Discrimination
Act. The DOs work covers all forms of
discrimination. If you have reported
harassment to SLU and you think that the
university has not done enough to stop this
harassment, you can get help from the DO to
take the matter further. You will find
information and advice about discrimination
on the DOs website .

Sweden feels like it has almost perfect gender equality. Both the US and Sweden have laws,
and organizations to help gender equality get further. Both countries have similar ratios of men
to women. There are still problems in both countries with gender equality issues.