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Women's Empowerment - Wikipedia
Women's Empowerment - Wikipedia
empowerment
Methods
Scholars have identified two forms of
empowerment, economic empowerment
and political empowerment.[10][11]
Economic Empowerment …
Political empowerment …
Measurements And
Assessment
Women empowerment can be measured
through the Gender Empowerment
Measure (GEM), which shows women's
participation in a given nation, both
politically and economically. GEM is
calculated by tracking "the share of seats
in parliament held by women; of female
legislators, senior officials and managers;
and of female profession and technical
workers; and the gender disparity in
earned income, reflecting economic
independence".[7] It then ranks countries
given this information. Other measures
that take into account the importance of
female participation and equality include:
the Gender Parity Index or the Gender-
related Development Index (GDI).[7]
Barriers
Many of the barriers to women's
empowerment and equity lie ingrained in
cultural norms. Many women feel these
pressures, while others have become
accustomed to being treated inferior to
men.[27] Even if legislators, NGOs, etc. are
aware of the benefits women's
empowerment and participation can have,
many are scared of disrupting the status
of the women and continue to let societal
norms get in the way of development.[28]
Role of education
It is said that education increases
"people's self-confidence and also enables
them to find better jobs and they can work
shoulder to shoulder with men". They
engage in public debate and make
demands on government for health care,
social security and other entitlements".[34]
In particular, education empowers women
to make choices that improve their
children's health, their well-being, and
chances of acquiring survival skills.[35][34]
Education informs others of preventing
and containing the disease, and it is an
essential element of efforts to reduce
malnutrition. Furthermore, it empowers
women to make choices that can improve
their welfare, including marrying beyond
childhood and having fewer children.
Crucially, education can increase women's
awareness of their rights, boost their self-
esteem, and provide them the opportunity
to assert their rights.[36]
Ongoing projects
The UN came out with a set of goals called
the Sustainable Development Goals, or
SDGs, to help make the world a better
place.[44] Of the 17, the fourth goal works
to allow access to education for all people
alike. A large effort has been made to
include women in schools to better their
education.[45] Similarly, the fifth goal
focuses on empowering women and girls
to achieve gender equality through equal
access to various types of opportunities
(health care, education, work, etc.).[46]
U.S. involvement …
See also
Feminism
Wahre und Falsche "Frauen-
Emanzipation", an early women's rights
essay
Gender digital divide
Women empowerment in Nigeria
Women's rights
Women in the workforce
Sources
This article incorporates text from a free
content work. License
statement/permission on Wikimedia
Commons . Text taken from Cracking the
code: girls' and women's education in
science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) , 11, UNESCO.
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Further reading
Heldman, Caroline; Frankel, Laura
Lazarus; Holmes, Jennifer (April–June
2016). " "Hot, black leather, whip" The
(de)evolution of female protagonists in
action cinema, 1960–2014" .
Sexualization, Media, and Society. 2 (2):
237462381562778.
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(Includes a section titled "The
Empowerment Question").
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