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No matter where, elimination of state sponsored gender bias needs deliberate intervention.
One hopes that women will use today’s new political, economic, and social freedoms to redress the old system’s flaws and move forward toward gender emancipation.
So you might expect, then, that alongside other groups, women would begin grassroots movements, initiating a general discourse on gender-relations and "women’s issues", and pressuring politicians to take gender issues seriously.
You would be wrong: gender is seldom on the political agenda, and civil movements for gender emancipation are weak.
Second is the abolition of slavery in many parts of the world during the nineteenth century, followed by, third, the global loosening over time of other caste constraints – race, ethnicity, gender – which deprived even some people with wealth of the opportunities to use it.
The strong associations between PLCs and, say, poverty or gender suggest that wider social forces exert considerable pressure on individual behaviors affecting health.
Her response to Trump’s victory was eloquent and powerful: “Germany and America are connected by values of democracy, freedom, and respect for the law and the dignity of man, independent of origin, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political views.”
Capitalism, democracy, individualism, gender equality, and secularism are Western notions that have been adopted in Asia.
The idea of creating and publishing an index with country rankings is a strategy adopted by many organizations and social movements to raise awareness about issues such as corruption, governance, freedom, gender equality, competitiveness, productive knowhow, and the investment climate, among others.
Humans tend to find it easy to empathize with and care about members of their “in-group” – people with whom they share features, whether real or socially constructed, like race, gender, age, or religious affiliation.
Though she would not be the first woman president (Rousseff broke the gender barrier) or the first from humble origins (Lula broke that taboo), she would be the first mulatto – darker-skinned than traditional Brazilian political leaders – to hold the office.
So, how do we begin to tackle the massive challenge of retooling our global economy, preserving the environment, and providing greater opportunity and equity, including gender equality, to all?
I am not trying to wage a gender war; nuclear weapons are dangerous regardless of who controls them.
But to forgive Kim, Trump, and Putin on these grounds would be sexist, and this is not a gender issue.
Nuclear weapons cannot be left to the whims and fancies of dictators, authoritarians, and democratically elected presidents – gender notwithstanding.
From flyers and posters to the opening ceremonies, they will watch young women and young men from a host of different countries participate alongside one another as a nod to gender equality.
In my own experience, I have seen how Rwanda made investing in social progress – including gender equity, a 61% reduction in child mortality in a single decade, and 95% primary school enrollment – integral to its economic development strategy.
And women, once told that gender parity in the boardroom might be achieved within a generation, will benefit from quota legislation adopted in the past year in Italy, Germany, and France.
Research demonstrates that gender quota legislation is more effective in ensuring the election of women when a closed party list voting system is used.
In her victory speech, she reiterated some common campaign themes, including the new constitution, improvements to the education system, and gender parity in her administration.
But perhaps the most far-reaching yet neglected global health risk stems from gender norms.
While there may be a biological component to men’s propensity for risk taking (especially among young men), gender norms reinforce risky or unhealthy behaviors by associating them with masculinity.
Understanding and exploiting gender norms offers commercial benefits.
Although gender norms are clearly undermining men’s health worldwide, key international organizations continue to disregard the problem or address only those issues that are specific to girls and women when devising strategies to improve global health.
After all, an approach that focuses on the half of the population that takes fewer risks and uses health-care services more frequently cannot be expected to eliminate gender inequalities.
It is time to exchange the gender norms that are undermining men’s health for a social, cultural, and commercial emphasis on healthier lifestyles for everyone.
We need to act now to bring gender justice to global health.
But emphasizing the health of one gender undermines gender equality and misses the point of global health initiatives, which is – or should be – to improve health outcomes for all.
In response to this so-called “culture clash,” Sweden has launched an initiative to educate young asylum-seekers about gender equality.
But, two decades later, Africa remains divided along a key fault line: gender.
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