Gender Inequality

GROUP: 2
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• DESCRIBE GENDER EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY

AND HOW THE AFFECT DEVELOPMENT;
• EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER
AND POWER; AND
• DISCUSS SIGNIFICANT GAINS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE IN WOMEN’S EDUCATION AS A RESULT OF
GLOBAL ADVOCACY.
 Table of contents
1 2
FACTORS
GENDER RESPONSIBLE FOR
GENDER
INEQUALITY

3 4
TYPES OF
GENDER …
INEQUALITIES
1 GENDER
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 WHAT IS
GENDER?
*GENDER DECRIBES THE ROLE, RIGHTS
AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SOCIETY
CONSIDER AS APPROPRIATE FOR MEN
AND WOMEN.

*IT REFERS TO SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND

CULTURAL ATTRIBUTES AND
OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATES WITH BEING
A MALE OR FEMALE.

*GENDER ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES

INEQUALITIES AND DIFFERENCES ARE
NOT THE SAME IN VARIOUS SOCIETIES.
GENDER INEQUALITY
Refers to disparity between individuals due to
gender.
 Gender is constructed both socially
through social interactions as well as
biologically through chromosomes, brain
structure, and hormonal differences.
GENDER INEQUALITY
 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
2 GENDER INEQUALITY
 SOME OF THE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GENDER INEQUALITY

CHILD
ILLITERACY SOCIAL EVILS DISCRIMINATIO
MARRIAGE N AGAINST THE
GIRL CHILD
 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GENDER INEQUALITY
2 ILITERACY:
Itinerancy is one of the factors
responsible for gender inequality.
According to 2001 census of India; the
literacy level is 75.85% and female
literacy level is only 54.16%.
 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GENDER INEQUALITY
2 CHILD MIRRAGE:
Children specially the girls are married at
a very young age. This proves fatal for
their overall development and have a
negative impact on their health.
 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GENDER INEQUALITY
2 SOCIAL EVILS:
Social evils like dowry system, sati
system, are also responsible for the low
status of women.
 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GENDER INEQUALITY
2 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE GIRL CHILD:
The girl child is not treated properly in the family.
People still prefer the birth of a boy rather than a girl
in some countries. The girl child is basically trained
for household work only. Even today, female
infanticide is a common social evil.
 TYPES OF GENDER INEQUALITIES
THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF GENDER INEQUALITY OR GENDER
DISPARITY WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:
 TYPES OF GENDER INEQUALITIES

01 02 03 04
NATALITY PROFESSIONA OWNERSHIP
INEQUALITY
INEQUALIT L OR INEQUALIT
IN FAMILY EMPLOYMEN
Y Y
T
INEQUALITY
TYPES OF GENDER INEQUALITIES

05 06

HOSEHOLD SPECIAL
INEQUALITY OPPORTUNITY
INEQUALITY
 TYPES OF GENDER
INEQUALITIES
2 INEQUALITY IN FAMILY
Sigmund Freud suggested that biology determines gender
identity through identification with either the mother or father.
While some people agree with Freud, other argue that the
development of the gendered self is not completely determined
by biology based around one’s relationship to the penis, but
rather the interaction that one has with the primary caregivers.
 TYPES OF GENDER
INEQUALITIES
2 NATALITY INEQUALITY
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 TYPES OF GENDER
INEQUALITIES
PROFESSIONAL OR EMPLOYMENT
2 INEQUALITY
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 TYPES OF GENDER
INEQUALITIES
2 OWNERSHIP INEQUALITY

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 TYPES OF GENDER
INEQUALITIES
2 HOSEHOLD INEQUALITY

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 TYPES OF GENDER
INEQUALITIES
2 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY INEQUALITY

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