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The document discusses gender equality and its importance. Some key points made include: - Gender equality means equal opportunities, rights, and obligations for women and men in all areas of life. It aims for a society where gender does not determine one's life chances. - Promoting gender equality is important for sustainable development and realization of human rights for all. It benefits not only women but humanity as a whole. - However, gender inequalities still persist worldwide as reflected in gaps in areas like education, employment, political representation, and exposure to violence between women and men. Achieving full gender equality requires ongoing efforts.

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Gender Eqality

The document discusses gender equality and its importance. Some key points made include: - Gender equality means equal opportunities, rights, and obligations for women and men in all areas of life. It aims for a society where gender does not determine one's life chances. - Promoting gender equality is important for sustainable development and realization of human rights for all. It benefits not only women but humanity as a whole. - However, gender inequalities still persist worldwide as reflected in gaps in areas like education, employment, political representation, and exposure to violence between women and men. Achieving full gender equality requires ongoing efforts.

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GENDER EQUALITY

DONE BY:SERA, ANUPAMA, DELWYN, MUTHU, ALAN, ALVI, MAHIR,SHYDON, HYAAN


WHAT IS GENDER EQALITY ?

Gender equality is intrinsically linked


to sustainable development and is vital
to the realization of human rights for all.
The overall objective of gender
equality is a society in which women
and men enjoy the same opportunities,
rights and obligations in all spheres of
life.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF EQALITY?

 Equality isabout ensuring that every


individual has an equal opportunity to make
the most of their lives and talents. It is also
the belief that no one should have poorer
life chances because of the way they were
born, where they come from, what they
believe, or whether they have a disability
GENDER EQALITY FACT
 60% of the world’s chronically hungry are women and girls.
 Two-thirds of all children denied school are girls, and 75 per cent of the world’s 876
million illiterate adults are women
 Women hold only 21 per cent of the world’s parliamentary seats, and only 8 percent of
the world’s cabinet ministers are women.
 Only 46 countries have met the UN target of 30 percent female decision-makers.
 One in three women around the world are likely to be victims of gender-based violence
in their lifetime.
 Gender-based violence is one of the biggest causes of injury and death to women
worldwide, causing more deaths and disability among women aged 15 to 44 than
cancer, malaria, traffic accidents, and war.
 As a result of violence and neglect, there are 50 million fewer women in South Asia
today than there should be.
 Every extra year a girl spends at school could reduce child mortality by ten percent.
 Almost 300,000 women died in 2013 from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Most of these deaths are preventable. Of these deaths, 99 percent are in developing
countries. In parts of Africa, maternal mortality rates are 1 in 16.
 In New Zealand, 20 percent of women will be physically abused by a male partner and
one in five women will be a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime.
SUSTAINABLE DEVLOPMENT GOALS
# GENDER EQALITY

What is gender equality in SDG?


Gender equality is not only a fundamental human
right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful
and sustainable world. Equal access to education,
decent work, and representation in political and
economic decision making processes are not only
rights women should have, they benefit humanity
at large.
WHAT IS GENDER INEQALITY

Legal, social and cultural situation in


which gender determine different rights
and dignity for women and men, which
are reflected in their unequal access to
or enjoyment of rights, as well as the
assumption of stereotyped social and
cultural roles
What causes gender inequality?

 This is the result of a variety of factors. These include


differences in education choices, preferred job and
industry, work experience, number of hours worked,
and breaks in employment (such as for bearing and
raising children). Men also typically go into higher paid
and higher risk jobs when compared to Gender
inequality holds back the growth of individuals, the
development of countries and the evolution of
societies, to the disadvantage of both men and women
.
HOW IS GENDER EQALITY PROMOTED?

 WATCH FOR SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.


 SHARE
HOUSEHOLD CHORES AND CHILDCARE
EQUALLY.
 SUPPORT MOTHERS AND PARENTS.
 REJECT CHAUVINIST AND RACIST ATTITUDES.
 LISTEN AND REFLECT.
 HIRE DIVERSITY.
 PAY THE SAME SALARY FOR EQUAL WORK.
WOMEN EMPOWERMWNT
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Based on the assumptions that women differ from men


in their social positions and that those differences
consist of asymmetric, unequal power relations
between the genders, “women's empowerment”
refers to the process of increasing women's access to
control over the strategic life choices that affect
them and access to .
How does Women Empowerment help
sustainable development?
 Women, who make up half of the world's
population, have benefited more than men
from the progress in economic and social
development in the last three decades. ...
Gender equality is a goal in its own right
but also a key factor for sustainable
economic growth, social development and
environmental sustainability.
GENDER EQALITY POSTER

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