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Until we stop regarding cultural pluralism as being incompatible with the defense of legitimate universal values, fascist movements will attract those who need the false hope and sense of self-worth that such movements offer, regardless of
gender.
Hiding behind the originality (in French presidential politics) of her gender, Royal has avoided specifying a detailed program.
Mothers can spend more time in the job market, breaking long-standing barriers of
gender
inequality.
In particular,
gender
equality deserves special attention, an approach that the World Bank today rightly characterizes as smart economics.
Changing endemic cultural norms about
gender
and identity – and developing more female leaders – begins in the classroom.
Delivering services to girls under ten years of age, especially in rural areas, is essential if Africa is ever to achieve lasting
gender
equality.
In all these cases, one can see the once-silenced woman – or child of either
gender
– take charge of the obligation and the right to speak to her or his own situation and recast the public story.
The demands that defined the Arab Spring – for democracy, good governance, human rights, transparency,
gender
equality, and social justice – will continue to shape the regional agenda.
For them, newcomers, living in an environment hostile to their way of life, need to preserve the cultural practices they bring with them, even if some of those practices – for example, arranged marriages,
gender
segregation, religious indoctrination – conflict with liberal principles.
Islam, for example, has historically permitted certain forms of polygamy, but no liberal society is obliged to extend religious freedom in ways that undermine its commitment to
gender
equality.
Discrimination in inheritance is long gone, and equal pay for equal work is accepted in theory, though a
gender
bias persists (as it does for selection to senior posts).
Elsewhere, the
gender
pay gap remains striking, notably in football (soccer).
One argument is that women in sport would command the same market price as men, if only structural
gender
biases, such as greater media coverage and sponsorship for men’s sports, were removed.
Although market value may be determined by consumer demand, as economic theory has it, these preferences are themselves the result of socially structured
gender
biases.
This argument is based on the assumption – which extends far beyond sports – that real
gender
equality will not be achieved until the formation of tastes and habits is no longer subject to
gender
stereotypes.
University courses in humanities and social sciences are being subjected to implicit or explicit forms of
gender
censorship.
Gender
itself is increasingly seen as “socially constructed”; and children, therefore, should be encouraged to choose their own
gender.
Moreover, such strategies must be continuously updated to reflect changing socioeconomic realities – from globalization and artificial intelligence to greater awareness of
gender
and race discrimination – in order to secure the support of citizens, especially younger people.
Rural women, and particularly poor female farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, have not yet benefited from the recent focus on
gender
equality.
But if Africa’s
gender
gap is ever to be closed, the unique obstacles that African women confront must become part of the global dialogue.
According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), “perceptions, attitudes, and historic
gender
roles” limit women’s access to health care and education, and lead to disproportionate levels of family responsibility, job segregation, and sexual violence.
But perhaps the biggest obstacle to
gender
equality in Sub-Saharan Africa is money; simply put, women have less of it.
At current rates of financial inclusion, it will take the world more than 200 years to achieve
gender
parity.
But new evidence is emerging of the cultural barriers to women’s economic advancement, which must be addressed if the world is ever to attain its goal of
gender
equality.
Early contributions to the economics of
gender
focused on the division of labor within households.
Why, then, do
gender
differences in economic outcomes persist?
These are the women who would be alive were it not for sex-selective abortions and
gender
discrimination in the provision of nutrition and medical attention.
Today, assumptions about
gender
(such as innate differences in abilities) have become intellectually untenable, while rigorous statistical analysis has identified the prime causes of
gender
differences in economic outcomes.
Though the study of economics and
gender
has been transformed in recent years, the profound impact of culture demonstrates that we still have much to learn.
Feminist analysts, such as Patricia Williams, have shown that
gender
biases are built into society.
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