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    The United Nations views gender equality as a fundamental human right. While men and women are born equal, they are often treated differently based on their gender. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes equal rights and protections for both men and women, but in practice women still face widespread discrimination around the world in terms of access to education, healthcare, jobs, and freedom from violence. Achieving true gender equality remains an ongoing challenge.

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    The United Nations views gender equality as a fundamental human right. While men and women are born equal, they are often treated differently based on their gender. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes equal rights and protections for both men and women, but in practice women still face widespread discrimination around the world in terms of access to education, healthcare, jobs, and freedom from violence. Achieving true gender equality remains an ongoing challenge.

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    The United Nations views gender equality as a fundamental human right. While men and women are born equal, they are often treated differently based on their gender. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes equal rights and protections for both men and women, but in practice women still face widespread discrimination around the world in terms of access to education, healthcare, jobs, and freedom from violence. Achieving true gender equality remains an ongoing challenge.

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    The United Nations views gender equality as a fundamental human right. While men and women are born equal, they are often treated differently based on their gender. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes equal rights and protections for both men and women, but in practice women still face widespread discrimination around the world in terms of access to education, healthcare, jobs, and freedom from violence. Achieving true gender equality remains an ongoing challenge.

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    The document discusses the United Nation's view that while men and women are not the same, they should have equal rights and opportunities. It also mentions several forms of gender inequality that still exist around the world today, such as discrimination, lack of access to education and jobs.

    Some forms of gender inequality discussed in the workplace include wage discrimination where men are paid more for the same job, occupational segregation where jobs are distributed differently based on gender, and statistical discrimination where employers are less likely to hire women because they may leave for family reasons.

    Some examples of gender inequality in relationships discussed include traditional gender roles where women hide their intelligence and focus on appearance while men show off theirs, imbalance in household work where women do much more, and police-reported spousal violence.

    Human Rights

    GENDER EQUALITY

    The United Nations View on Gender Equality


    At conception we all start life as equals, but at birth we are immediately
    treated differently based on whether we are a boy or a girl. The Universal
    Declaration of Human Rights acknowledges that men and women are not
    the same but insists on their right to be equal before the law and
    treated without discrimination. Gender equality is not a women's
    issue' but refers to the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of
    women and men, girls and boys, and should concern and fully engage men as
    well as women. However, after 60 years, it is clear that it is the human
    rights of women that we see most widely ignored around the
    world, from female infanticide, sexual slavery and rape as an act of war, to
    exclusion from education, health and the right to compete equally for jobs.
    The right to be free of discrimination on the grounds of sex is specifically
    embodied in Article 2 of the declaration, but even a cursory reading of all 30
    Articles is enough to remind us that in much of the world, the Declaration
    has yet to fulfill its promise to women.
    http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/CrossCuttingThemes.aspx

    Gender Inequality in the Workplace


    Wage Discrimination
    Workers of both genders are equally qualified but men are

    paid more than women to do exactly the same job.

    Occupational segregation
    Distribution of people based upon their gender across jobs.

    Statistical discrimination
    Employers dont hire women for certain jobs because they are more
    likely than men to leave their job when they become married or
    pregnant.

    Gender Inequality in Relationships


    Gender Roles
    Women tend to hide their intelligence and focus on their

    appearance when seeking a potential partner, whereas men show


    off their intelligence.

    Household work
    Men feel responsible to financially support their family.

    Women are expected to put their career goals on hold in

    order to raise children, while their husbands work.


    Women who work outside the home an extra 18h/week doing
    household chores as opposed to men.
    Only 17% of the women who are full professors of engineering have
    children, while 82% of the men do.

    Police-reported Spousal Violence

    Gender Inequality in Television and Films


    In the top 500 films from 2007 to 2012:
    Only 30.8% of women had speaking characters
    28.8% of women who were written to wear provocative

    clothing compared to only the 7% of men who did


    26.2% of women wore little to no clothing as opposed to the
    9.4% of men who did the same

    Hollywood actresses get paid less than actors


    In the 2013 Academy Awards:
    140 men were nominated for an award as opposed to only 35
    women who were nominated
    77% of Academy Awards' voters are male

    FEMINISM
    The theory of the political, economic, and social
    equality of the sexes
    The belief that men and women should have
    equal rights and opportunities

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feminism

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