Gender Equality

Name

Innocencia Mayibongwe Nyathi

Student Number

53101332

Unique Assignment Number

557869

Course Code

DEV1601

Module

Development Problems and Institutions

Semester

2

Name of assignment

Written Assignment

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

1

Introduction

1

2

Gender equality

1

3

Gender Based Violence

1

4

Women empowerment

2

5

Globalisation

2

6

Letter to the ministry

4

7

Conclusion

7

8

Bibliography

7

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1.

Introduction

This essay defines and describes the concept of gender equality, gender based

violence, women’s empowerment and globalisation. Further, in relation to these

concepts there is a detailed letter addressed to the ministry concerning gender

affairs of women, children and people with disability that outlines the problems in

relation to the concepts identified above.

2.

Gender equality

Gender equality is a term that is open to numerous explanations. Gender equality

implies that the interests, needs and priorities of both women and men are

considered, it does not mean that women and men become similar rather it entails

that the responsibilities and opportunities availed will not depend on whether one is

born male or female Cornwell and De Beer (2004:64).

Further, according to Gender Equality in Ireland (www.genderequality) gender

equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities

across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making,

and when the different behaviours, aspirations and needs of women and men are

equally valued and favoured.

An example of gender equality will be equal access to various professions for either

women or men. An adverse side of gender equality will be known as gender

inequality and it can occur in a household whereby as Cornwell and De Beer

(2004:64) states, there is unequal distribution of family resources between men and

women and...