Gender Equality

If we search the development of human history in

any part of the world we can see that male

dominated patriarchal society was the prominent

one. It was only during the initial decades of 19th

century many feminist activists were emerged and

started to protest for their liberty and equality.

Today many international organizations have been

working against the gender based discriminations.

Gender based discriminations permeates all cultures

and is often manifested in laws, policies, practices of

institution. For example, in many countries, women

are not afforded the same inheritance rights and

property rights as men. Although inequalities still

exist, it is the women’s natural right to share equal

opportunities and properties unless there is a sound

of biological reason for different treatment. Women

education may be the proper instrument to be used

to empower the female society and raise the

standard of their life in all sectors of society.

Author: Anu S Kumar