Friday, August 2, 2019
Empowering Women
The roles of women are gradually evolving to embrace what modern society offers them. Women are becoming empowered through education, jobs, promotions, through law and many other forms. It is not only seen in developed countries, it is also seen in developing countries as in the Pacific. Women are progressively being empowered to hold positions other than their traditional ones. Women being empowered have many advantages and disadvantages but it all comes down to three things: economic, social and political advantages and disadvantages.Firstly, the economic advantage of empowering women is that it helps improve their families’ living standards. Whether married or single, empowering of women, through an education or other means, helps to improve their family’s economic and financial standing. For example, according to Leach (1986, pp. 55-56), an estimated one-third of global households are headed by women, and they are responsible for feeding their families. Empowerment in the form of an education can secure for them a job, and hence ensures the continuance of their households.It is therefore clear that an empowered woman is important for the vitality of her household. Furthermore, empowered women are socially advantaged because it upgrades their social standing in society. In many countries, women are thought inferior to men, especially in developing countries. For example, â€Å"Swargo nunut neroko katut†means â€Å"Going to heaven or hell, a woman will merely go along with her husband†(Chrysanti 1998, p. 87). From this Javanese saying, it is possible to say that a married woman is limited by having no say in matters of the Javanese society, as even to the afterlife she is to follow her husband.Their being empowered may allow people in their society to seek advice from them, as they may be considered higher in standard by others. It is then safe to say that when women are empowered, they may have a higher standing in society than if they were not empowered. Moreover, involving women in politics is advantageous as women may provide fresh views. Politics is generally â€Å"male dominated†and decisions made are predominantly from a male point of view.A male cannot hold both male and female opinions and it is best that both genders be present in politics. For example, empowering women has provided for the need for equality to be heard. In the past, female doctors were unheard of and as time passed, the gradual empowering of women has led to women triumphing in medicine as doctors, nurses, lab technicians and so on. Once again, it is an advantage to a country and its citizens to promote female politicians in the government for the balance between views and opinions of males and females.However, being female disadvantages women economically as â€Å"women’s nature†may hinder success. A â€Å"woman’s nature†is generally thought of as emotional and hormonal, and, although not tr ue for all, it may be for some. For example, Chrysanti (p. 93) says that a typical Indonesian woman [manager]†¦ does not rely on her gut feeling and is uncomfortable with taking risks. Chrysanti further says â€Å"While this may serve her well in most instances, she would probably find it harder to make quick, aggressive decisions†.This implies that risks and aggressive decisions may do well to save companies, however the typical Indonesian woman might not take risks and her decisions might cost her and her company. So in order for a woman to succeed economically, she may have to put aside her emotions. Although empowering women may uplift them socially, discrimination from males is still evident. As aforementioned, women may be highly regarded in society due to their empowerment but due to male discrimination, it may be difficult socially.History has proven that only the male had paid jobs, whereas the female performed domestic duties. As Moengangongo (1986, p. 88) stat ed, â€Å"The traditional ideal is that the male has always been the provider and the female the homemaker†¦Ã¢â‚¬ and this is a common understanding in many countries, making it harder for women to be employed or empowered, and if they did, some men may make it hard for them at the work place. As Kibel (2012) reports, â€Å"Certain forms of discrimination against women remain widespread. Out of 121 countries covered in the 2012 SIGI, 86 have discriminatory inheritance practices or laws. This thus proves that male discrimination is still evident today. So although women are gradually being empowered, men become obstacles in their empowerment. Additionally, there is a lot of competition in politics making female empowerment difficult. Since politics is male dominated, there is already existing competition between male politicians; women entering politics can be sure of an abundance of competition, and as the saying goes â€Å"whatever women do, they must do twice as well [as men] to be considered half as well [as men]†.For example, in Tonga, women rarely hold high positions in the government because numerous male competitors prevent it. ‘Alisi Taumoepeau is an example of a rare successful woman in politics, and this may only have been due to her doubled efforts. Therefore, no matter how qualified or empowered a woman may be, she will still face competition and she may have to work twice as hard to even be considered in politics. To conclude, there are many advantages and disadvantages of being empowered as a woman, the three main reasons being economically, socially and politically.As can be seen, empowering of women helps financially; it helps women gain respect and gives women a voice. We can also see that although empowering women is widely promoted, there are still many obstacles for women to overcome. It is strongly suggested that each country have or support programs that are dedicated to empowerment of women, so that women can be emp owered for benefits of home and country. A country with empowered women is compared to a household headed by an empowered woman: wealthy, organized and cooperative. Empowering Women Abstract This essay will discuss the empowering women and consider its disadvantages and disadvantages. Firstly it will state the disadvantages of empowering women. Some of the disadvantages discussed in this essay are competition, moral problems and family problems. Furthermore, the essay will discuss some of the very important advantages of empowering women. Some of the important advantages are gender equality, leadership and education. Finally the essay will conclude with a thought that despite the advantages of empowering women, there are also some disadvantages that need to be considered.Essay 1: Empowering women Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of empowering women so that they can hold other positions apart from traditional ones. Empowerment is vital to sustainable development and the human rights of all. Empowerment is an important aspect of every woman’s life. According to the â€Å"Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary†this the term empowering women is t he breaking of personal limitation. Women empowerment is very important for the progress and development of any nation.The empowerment of women can take place through education that is enabling women into workforce. Empowerment also takes place by creating awareness programmes. This essay will discuss on the disadvantages of empowering women. To begin with, one of the disadvantages of empowering women is competition in the workforce between men and women. Competition enables women to enter the workforce. As most of the women are now educated they are likely to get employed. These women are more likely to get job which was dominated by men in traditional times.When women are empowered they are more likely to be powerful than men. Thus, this will create more competition in the workforce for the same amount of jobs and possibly the rate of reproduction. Problems that arise due to competition in the workforce are that there is too much stress and work pressure affects health of workers. Thus, competition has a fundamental disadvantage because it will create problems in the workforce. Moreover, empowering women also leads to family problems. Many women do not have a proper understanding about empowerment.As women are empowered and have a full control of their own self, they forget the responsibilities and they get so absorbed in learning new things that they their family. Women most of the times are out of house instead of spending time with family. Children are looked after by someone else and do not get sufficient love from parents. Therefore, this leads to increase in the rate of divorce because of the misunderstanding between the couples. Thus, empowering women is indeed a disadvantage. Furthermore, moral problem is also a disadvantage of empowering women.This is because when women are empowered there attitude changes compared to the attitude when they were not empowered. When they were empowered they do not care about the moral values. This leads to moral prob lems. This problems occurs because women are educated and employed, they try to rule the entire family. This leads to moral problems such as that they do not have respect for the elder ones. This empowered woman often talks back to their husband and also to other family members. Through this attitude the image of the family is gone bad.Therefore, empowering women does not show only the rights of the women but also responsibilities come with the rights. This essay has considered on the disadvantages of empowering women and now it will look at the advantages of empowering women. The advantages of empowering women are important because women has recognised as the central issue in determining the status in women. The advantages discussed about empowering women are gender equality, leadership and education. For once, one of the advantages of empowering women is gender equality.A critical aspect of gender equality is the empowerment of women, with a focus on identifying and redressing pow er imbalances and giving women more autonomy to manage their own lives. Gender equality helps in the development of Fiji through education, economically, access to resources and decision making. Gender equality is important for Fiji in the political arena not only at the national level but internationally as well. To gain equal rights, men and women should work side by side so our children who are our future would grow up in a secure environment free from violence.It leads to happy, loving and respectful families which lead to a better society as gender equality allows for sharing of powers within a family. While practising gender equality, people gain each other’s respect. Moreover, leadership is a very important advantage. Empowering women as leaders support women in achieving success through scholarships as well as mentoring and networking with other female professionals. Women leaders are the most untapped competitive edge for the future global economy. The most astute or ganizations know that women have unique strengths and perspective.Research has shown that having significant numbers of women in leadership positions encourages and sustains other women. Women gain leadership in politic areas, for instance, in 2012, women make up twenty four percent of elected positions in the house of representatives and thirty two percent of the senate. Thus, women joining in leadership are indeed an advantage of women empowerment. Furthermore, education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process.Education is important for everyone, but it is especially significant for girls and women. It is not only because education is the door to other opportunities, but also because the educational achievements can have ripple effects within the family and across generation. Investing in girl’s education is one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty . When women are empowered, whole Families benefit from them. This is because when girls are educated they have one thing at the back of their mind that after studying they have to support the family. Thus, education indeed is a very important advantage.Based on the evidence presented in this essay, one can conclude that it is vital to recognise the disadvantages and advantages of empowering women. Empowering women gives the opportunity for better education and it decreases the fertility rate. As the women are educated, they understand the importance of small family which helps in decreasing the fertility rate. Empowering education increases women’s access to educational opportunities, especially those in decision making process. Today many women are yet to step out of their domestic world; some have gained high position in their societies.University of the South Pacific UU114 English for academic purpose ASSIGNMENT 1 Name: Ashmeeta Nandini Id Number: S11096592 Due Date: 23rd March 2013 Plan Title: discussthe advantages and disadvantages of empowering women so that they can hold other positions apart from traditional ones Introduction Context: women Subject: empowering women Limited subject: Disadvantage and advantage Issue: it is important to recognize that empowering women not only presents some Advantages, but also it presents some of the very important disadvantages which should be taken into consideration.Thesis: this essay seeks to discuss the disadvantages of empowering women. Main idea one: disadvantages a)     Competition– work pressure -too much stress b)     Family problems – conflicts arise -family breakdown c)      Moral problems – no respect for the family members Transition paragraph – the essay considered the disadvantages – Will now look at the advantages of empowering women Main idea two: advantages                                                                                                a) Gender equality- development through education Equal rights between men and women b)     Leadership-   women have unique roles and perspective -they encourage and sustain other women. c) Education- educational achievement – Skills and self confidence – creates employment Conclusion Restatement of thesis- disadvantages of empowering women Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â à ‚                                                                                                 – competition                                              -family problems -moral problems advantages of empowering women – Gender equality -leaderships – education Implication – give opportunity for better education                      –   Decreases the fertility rate Recommendation – increases women’s areas to educational opportunities e specially in decision making process                                                                                                                       Thought– many women are yet to step out of their domestic world, some have gained higher positions in their societiesBIBLIOGRAPHY          ? Pasoni, D. 2012,†Empowering women†, The Fiji Times, 7th April, p. 7. http://www. empowerment. com Santiago,M. I. 1996, †Violence against women†, in E. Friedlander (ed) Look at the world through women’s eye, NGO forum on women, Beijing, pp. 179-180 ?Eagly, A. H. and Karau, S . J. (eds) 2002, The female leadership advantage, North-western University, Evanston. Lipi, 2009 Women Empowerment: Globalization and Opportunities, New Empowering Women The roles of women are gradually evolving to embrace what modern society offers them. Women are becoming empowered through education, jobs, promotions, through law and many other forms. It is not only seen in developed countries, it is also seen in developing countries as in the Pacific. Women are progressively being empowered to hold positions other than their traditional ones. Women being empowered have many advantages and disadvantages but it all comes down to three things: economic, social and political advantages and disadvantages.Firstly, the economic advantage of empowering women is that it helps improve their families’ living standards. Whether married or single, empowering of women, through an education or other means, helps to improve their family’s economic and financial standing. For example, according to Leach (1986, pp. 55-56), an estimated one-third of global households are headed by women, and they are responsible for feeding their families. Empowerment in the form of an education can secure for them a job, and hence ensures the continuance of their households.It is therefore clear that an empowered woman is important for the vitality of her household. Furthermore, empowered women are socially advantaged because it upgrades their social standing in society. In many countries, women are thought inferior to men, especially in developing countries. For example, â€Å"Swargo nunut neroko katut†means â€Å"Going to heaven or hell, a woman will merely go along with her husband†(Chrysanti 1998, p. 87). From this Javanese saying, it is possible to say that a married woman is limited by having no say in matters of the Javanese society, as even to the afterlife she is to follow her husband.Their being empowered may allow people in their society to seek advice from them, as they may be considered higher in standard by others. It is then safe to say that when women are empowered, they may have a higher standing in society than if they were not empowered. Moreover, involving women in politics is advantageous as women may provide fresh views. Politics is generally â€Å"male dominated†and decisions made are predominantly from a male point of view.A male cannot hold both male and female opinions and it is best that both genders be present in politics. For example, empowering women has provided for the need for equality to be heard. In the past, female doctors were unheard of and as time passed, the gradual empowering of women has led to women triumphing in medicine as doctors, nurses, lab technicians and so on. Once again, it is an advantage to a country and its citizens to promote female politicians in the government for the balance between views and opinions of males and females.However, being female disadvantages women economically as â€Å"women’s nature†may hinder success. A â€Å"woman’s nature†is generally thought of as emotional and hormonal, and, although not tr ue for all, it may be for some. For example, Chrysanti (p. 93) says that a typical Indonesian woman [manager]†¦ does not rely on her gut feeling and is uncomfortable with taking risks. Chrysanti further says â€Å"While this may serve her well in most instances, she would probably find it harder to make quick, aggressive decisions†.This implies that risks and aggressive decisions may do well to save companies, however the typical Indonesian woman might not take risks and her decisions might cost her and her company. So in order for a woman to succeed economically, she may have to put aside her emotions. Although empowering women may uplift them socially, discrimination from males is still evident. As aforementioned, women may be highly regarded in society due to their empowerment but due to male discrimination, it may be difficult socially.History has proven that only the male had paid jobs, whereas the female performed domestic duties. As Moengangongo (1986, p. 88) stat ed, â€Å"The traditional ideal is that the male has always been the provider and the female the homemaker†¦Ã¢â‚¬ and this is a common understanding in many countries, making it harder for women to be employed or empowered, and if they did, some men may make it hard for them at the work place. As Kibel (2012) reports, â€Å"Certain forms of discrimination against women remain widespread. Out of 121 countries covered in the 2012 SIGI, 86 have discriminatory inheritance practices or laws. This thus proves that male discrimination is still evident today. So although women are gradually being empowered, men become obstacles in their empowerment. Additionally, there is a lot of competition in politics making female empowerment difficult. Since politics is male dominated, there is already existing competition between male politicians; women entering politics can be sure of an abundance of competition, and as the saying goes â€Å"whatever women do, they must do twice as well [as men] to be considered half as well [as men]†.For example, in Tonga, women rarely hold high positions in the government because numerous male competitors prevent it. ‘Alisi Taumoepeau is an example of a rare successful woman in politics, and this may only have been due to her doubled efforts. Therefore, no matter how qualified or empowered a woman may be, she will still face competition and she may have to work twice as hard to even be considered in politics. To conclude, there are many advantages and disadvantages of being empowered as a woman, the three main reasons being economically, socially and politically.As can be seen, empowering of women helps financially; it helps women gain respect and gives women a voice. We can also see that although empowering women is widely promoted, there are still many obstacles for women to overcome. It is strongly suggested that each country have or support programs that are dedicated to empowerment of women, so that women can be emp owered for benefits of home and country. A country with empowered women is compared to a household headed by an empowered woman: wealthy, organized and cooperative.
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