Sunday, December 9, 2012

Formal Paper #2 Final Polish (for some reason some paragraphs appear in different font size)




Alex Uribe
S. Knapp
English 1A





November 21, 2012

All Men Around The World

Dear To Whom It May Concern:

Do you agree with “It’s a man’s world”? Think again, because this is the reason why our world isn’t fully developed.  I would like to address some global problems that our world is facing now due to this bias. For years, our world society has been relying on patriarchy at large, and it has caused many gender inequalities throughout the nations. Gender Inequalities are not happening just in one country or two, but in all countries around the world. Some countries have it worse than others, but they all are experiencing a form of it. Even in those so called developed countries like the United States are keeping this unbalance alive. Inequities vary from educational inequalities to workforce and beyond. Contrasts between men and women have affected our world in many ways. Since men favor themselves, only especially, in those developing countries, they are creating tremendous impacts on their country’s development, world health, and their country's economy. Our world society structure has made the man believe men are the superiority while women are the inferiority. The male population views the female population as lower-class and less important which should not be the case; therefore, many women have to experience unpleasant depressing difficult lives because of these inequities our male society has created.  All men come from a woman, for we shall all have the exact equal opportunities in all matters as human beings.

If you were treated unequal for your gender status, would you be anxious to make a change, or would you ignore it and deal with it?  Gender inequality is a very serious issue although most men are not fully aware of the real outcomes. First of all, women/girls are having miserable lives in many ways compared to us men/boys because of the cultural gender myth that has lived on for generations, reinforcing that men are more doable in life.  According to The World Bank, “Nearly four million women go missing each year in developing countries, 'About two fifths of girls are never born due to a preference for sons, 'A sixth of girls die in early childhood, and over a third die in their reproductive years.” Sadly these are the real outcomes of gender inequality. Two fifths is a large portion of poor little girls, who never get to see sunshine because they are girls and that definitely is not the right thing that should be happening. This percentage is almost half of the total girls that are born. There shouldn't be a preference for sons for anyone, to the point, where they abort a child for developing into a girl. Fetuses don't get the option of choosing what gender they want to be born as, so there shouldn't be cruel actions committed against them. Many of those discarded girls could have been very smart and maybe even their country's leaders one day. Not to mention the sixth that die in early childhood because of neglect of food and healthcare. Society is making a big mistake by fallowing this wrongful supposition because no child needs to experience these awful experiences regardless of their gender. By having even-handed equalities, girls will experience happier lives because they will have a higher self-esteem level, and they won't feel worthless for the fact that they aren't boys.

Furthermore in Afghanistan, domestic violence is a major issue because women are treated roughly by their husbands, in-laws, and by the justice system. Many women have to experience torture and abuse by their husbands, and often they prefer being dead. This happens because men have the belief of “it's a man's world” and believe it’s’ right to be extremely superior to their women. For instance, most girls are forced to marry an older man at a very young age, which causes the man to feel more superior, and makes him aggressive against her. Some girls get married around age ten, and that is way too young if you ask me. As these girls grow up into young women they feel miserable to the point that they want to commit suicide. It has become common for women to burn themselves alive, because they claim it's the only way to escape the horrible lives they have to live. RAWA News describes the issues women in Afghanistan have to face due to Islamic law by stating:  
Women's rights groups say domestic violence and discrimination is common and usually have no access to the justice system; 'Divorce is rarely an option in a county where about 80 percent of women are illiterate and often have no knowledge of their rights; 'Islamic law in Afghanistan also favors men; 'A wife must prove her husband can't provide for her, is absent for long periods, or abuses her to the point where her life is at risk; ' She also needs witnesses and often his permission to divorce; 'Even then she's unlikely to keep her children and it's that prospect which drives women like these to seek other more desperate ways to escape.
A woman shouldn't have to seek for her own death because of the way they are treated by their husbands or society. Women need to have the opportunity to be independent if they have to be, and to be educated and informed about their rights. It is unfair for a woman to be suffering for the fact that they have no choice. There needs to be an opportunity available for women to divorce if she wants to not having to get permission by her husband. These requirements for divorce can lead to the death of a woman, because it might be too late by the time she collects all requirements. Afghan Men in this case have to look closer at these inequalities because their causing severe damage to women.

HIV has become a pandemic disease, and every day it keeps on pushing its way to new victims; however, gender inequality plays a big role on the expansion of this unwanted disease. This is an enormous impact on the health of our world and its happening because of the limited privileges available for women.  According to the World Health Organization, “Norms related to femininity can prevent women -especially young women- from accessing HIV information and services, Violence against women (physical, sexual and emotional), which is experienced by 10 to 60% of women (ages 15-49 years) worldwide, increases their vulnerability to HIV.” According to the 2008 UNAIDS global figures, “only 38 percent of women have accurate, comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS.” This is not even half of the world's female population being fully aware of the disease; thus, HIV keeps on expanding at a dramatic rate. Women need the privilege to be able to go out and be enlightened about such subjects like this one, because the whole world can benefit from it. On the other hand, masculinity has made the man be violent against women to where rape takes place while the man or woman could be infected with the disease, and this is another reason why this disease expands. Our world can use some help in sanitation, and gender equality can bring better health to the world by helping slow down the HIV expansion. I know everybody would like that to happen, because no one would like to be infected with this virus. Gender equality needs to be accomplished throughout the world in order for this to happen.

Business markets have major gender inequities, because women don't have the same access to resources as men do. Women and girls constantly face downsides in the business-force and work-force in most divisions. The United States Agency of International Development explains the disadvantages women face throughout the business world by indicating:  
In agriculture, women make up more than 40 percent of the labor force, but only represent between 3 to 20 percent of landholders, 'In Africa, women-owned enterprises make up as little as 10 percent of all businesses, and in South Asia only 3 percent, 'Women compromise less than 20 percent of the world's legislators. 
Women are neglected throughout the globe at a massive level that we cannot continue ignoring. A very small amount of women-owned businesses and land are registered to women. They could only do so much with the opportunity's they are offered. If precise gender equality is available for all women and men the world can achieve greater success in economy and human needs. The USAID claims that “just by empowering women farmers with the same access to land, new technologies and capital as men, we can increase crop yields by as much as 30 percent and feed an additional 150 million people.” Many countries can use this additional food since there are a large number of people who don't get to eat three meals a day; however, this is only possible by having gender equality throughout the world. We need to emancipate women from this bias society has constructed, and achieve human potential. 

The United States of America is the one of the most developed countries; however, even here there is gender inequities well existing as of today. Women here in the U.S have most if not all the same rights as men do, but they still have disparities in the workforce. According to the Washington post, “Women earn only 77 cents for every dollar men earn, with women of color at an even greater disadvantage with 64 cents on the dollar for African American women and 56 cents for Hispanic women.” This shows the discrimination that is taking place not just in gender, but as well as in race. Progress; however, is happening. According to The Christian Science Monitor, “Recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data for full-time workers show women earn 82 percent as much as men, up from 64 percent in 1980.”  Almost 50 years ago in the year of 1963, congress passed the Equal Pay Act, which enforced all employers to pay the same amount of wages to men and women for the same work, but clearly in the year of 2012 there is still the same issue at hand. This has caused single mother's to struggle trying to make ends meet to provide for their families. All people need to be provided with an equal balanced pay scale. I am a college student father to a 3 year old beautiful girl, and I want precise gender equality to be available by the time she is graduating from a college, or university. Since my daughter is Hispanic she has a higher level of risk to gender, and race discrimination in the workforce. I want my daughter to be able to earn the same wage as a man would for completing the same tasks regardless of her gender and race. As the country of the United States of America, we have to abandon gender inequality to develop into the country with exact equalities for both men and women.


In the essay “The Death of Macho” by Reihan Salam, the author explains how women are elevating to higher grounds in the labor force during the downturn of men due to the recession. Salam assumes in his article, that men can either adapt to or rebel against their declining power in the work force. For example he states, “How will this shift to the post-macho world unfold? That depends on the choices men make, and they only have two. The first is adaption, then however, there's the other choice: resistance.”  I believe we do need to adapt to our declining power, but we also have to provide women with the same pay as we did with job positions. Women are now stepping in offices they never could in past years, but they are not getting paid the same as men in the same office. Equal employment opportunities and equal pay is the key to equality. By men adjusting to a balanced society between men and women, society will find itself living more comfortable, because there won't be any disadvantages for any one. This can be the best choice we have ever taken in history, and it will drive us to nothing but success.(633)

Our world has experienced downfalls especially in developing countries due to these gender inequalities. Economic, health, and domestic relationship impacts have been building up because of this bias men have adapted to. It's like were only using half of the world’s brain, because were leaving most women out. Women can think the same way as men if they are equally educated. The only way to achieve a successful globally development is to have equal settings for all genders.  This is a very sick and ill world, but I believe we can make a change. We need a world were gender doesn't matter and all humans have the same social status. Gender equality worldwide is the key to bring the best in our modern civilization for the next generations. I am a man, but I am putting my voice out there for women because it is a serious issue that we need pay closer attention to, because it's affecting the whole world whether you want to believe it or not. By doing so, undeveloped countries will develop faster and developed countries will improve. We need to take action against this bias as men for the sake of our women, and our world.




Sincerely,



Alex Uribe
Watsonville, CA 95076



                                                                       



















Works Cited
Clinton, Hillary. “Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy.” usaid.gov. usaid.gov, March 2012. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.
Kessler, Glenn. “The White House’s use of data on the gender wage gap.” washingtonpost.com. washingtonpost.com, 5 June 2012. Web. 22 Nov. 2012
Marzel, Lee. “Afghan Women Burn Themselves To Flee Abuse.” rawa.org. rawa.org, 22 November 2009. Web. 17 Nov. 2012.
Paulson, Amanda. “Gender pay gap is eroding, especially among younger women, US data show.” csmonitor.com. csmonitor.com, 27 November 2012. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
Salam, Reiham. “The Death of Macho.” Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. Eds. Colombo, Gary, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford, 2010. 629-37. Print.
“Gender Inequalities and HIV.” World Health Organization, 2012. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.
“WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development.” The World Bank, 2012. Web. 11 Nov. 2012.

                                           Annotated Bibliographies
World Bank-
Gender equality is a worldwide issue because in developing countries women and girls are most likely to experience very harsh moments of life more likely than men or boys. According to The World Bank, “Nearly 4 million women go missing each year in developing countries,''About two fifths of girls are never born due to a preference for sons,''Globally, only 10 to 20 of every 100 land owners is a woman,''A sixth die in early childhood, and over a third die in their reproductive years.” These are realistic outcomes that happen due to the inequality between women and men. They claim that by making a change of gender inequalities, it will help developing countries develop in a faster and healthier way. This is the best choice we have ever taken because it will make a big difference in our world society. We have to make modern day society into its best for the next generations.

World Health Organization-
HIV has become the top pandemic disease and gender inequality plays a role in the expansion of the epidemic at large. The World Health Organization explains how and why this is a major key driver. For example, the WHO states, “Norms related to femininity can prevent women -especially young women- from accessing HIV information and services.” According to the 2008 UNAIDS global figures, “only 38% of women have accurate, comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS.” This is a very low percent of the world's female population who actually are fully aware and educated of this harsh disease. This is an outcome of the educational gender inequalities that take place in many developing countries still today. Another key drive to this issue is violence against women which could be physical, sexual or emotional. This violence is experienced by 10-60% of women (ages 15-49) worldwide and increases their vulnerability to contracting the disease. For example, by forced sex taking action there could be tears or laceration to the body and which will highly increase the risk of catching HIV.

USAID-
Long-term, sustainable development will only be possible when women and men enjoy equal opportunity to rise to their potential. But today, women and girls continue to face disadvantages in every sector in which we work, while in some cases, boys are falling behind.
In agriculture, women make up more than 40 percent of the labor force, but only represent between 3 to 20 percent of landholders. In Africa, women-owned enterprises make up as little as 10 percent of all businesses—and in South Asia, only 3 percent. And despite representing half the global population, women comprise less than 20 percent of the world’s legislators. If we can erase these inequities—and put women on equal footing with men—we know that we can unlock human potential on a transformational scale. Just by empowering women farmers with the same access to land, new technologies and capital as men, we can increase crop yields by as much as 30 percent and feed an additional 150 million people. For decades, USAID has been leading global efforts to achieve gender equality. While great strides have been made, gender inequality remains a significant challenge across every development initiative worldwide, from education to global health.

RAWA-
Women in the country of Afghanistan are being tortured and mistreated by their husbands or even their in-laws. These poor women set themselves on fire to escape their violent marriages which make their life miserable. Many of these women are very young in age, some are as young as 17, and they were married at a very earlier age to older men. These women claim when they set themselves on fire it brings peace to their lives that they never had. Many of these women if not all were forced to marry older men. Under the Taliban woman weren't allowed to work or get an education. But even now - eight years after they were overthrown - there's evidence their suffering continues. Women's rights groups say domestic violence and discrimination is common and women usually have no access to the justice system. Divorce is rarely an option in a country where about 80 percent of women are illiterate and often have no knowledge of their rights. Islamic law in Afghanistan also favors men. A wife must prove her husband can't provide for her, is absent for long periods or abuses her to the point where her life is at risk. She also needs witnesses and often his permission to divorce. Even then she's unlikely to keep her children and it's that prospect which drives women like these to seek other more desperate ways to escape.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

FINAL DRAFT/ Formal Paper #2

Alex Uribe
S. Knapp
English 1A





November 21, 2012

All Men Around The World

Dear To Whom It May Concern:

Do you agree with “It’s a man’s world”? Think again, because this is the reason why our world isn’t fully developed. I would like to address some global problems that our world is facing now due to this bias. For years, our world society has been relying on patriarchy at large and it has caused many gender inequalities throughout the nations. It is not happening just in one country or two, but in all countries around the world. Some countries have it worse than others, but they all are experiencing a form of it. Even in those so called developed countries like the United States are keeping this unbalance alive. They vary from educational inequalities to workforce and beyond. All these contrasts between men and women have affected our world in many ways. Since men favor themselves only particularly in those developing countries, they are creating tremendous impacts on their country development, world health, and economy. Most women have to experience unpleasant depressing difficult lives because of these inequities our male society has created. Our world society has made the man believe men are the superiority and women the inferiority. The male population views the female population as lower and less important which should not be the case. All men come from a woman and there is no possible way us men are better in any way than women because biologically the only object that divides us are sexual organs, for we shall all have the exact equal opportunities in all matters as human beings.

Gender inequality is a very serious issue although most men are not fully aware of the real outcomes. If you were getting treated unequal for your gender status would you be furious to make a change, or would you ignore it and deal with it? Women/girls are having miserable lives in many ways compared to us men/boys because of the cultural gender myth that has lived on for generations. According to The World Bank, “Nearly four million women go missing each year in developing countries, 'About two fifths of girls are never born due to a preference for sons, 'A sixth of girls die in early childhood, and over a third die in their reproductive years.” Sadly these are the real outcomes of gender inequality. Two fifths is a large number of poor little girls who never get to see sunshine just because they are girls and that definitely is not the right thing that should be happening. There shouldn't be a preference for sons for anyone to the point where they abort a child for developing into a girl. Fetuses don't get the option of choosing what gender they want to be born as, for there shouldn't be these cruel actions being done to them. Not to mention the sixth that die in early childhood because of being neglected to food or healthcare for them being girls. Society is making a big mistake by fallowing this wrongful supposition. This is a big issue because no child needs to face these awful experiences regardless of their gender. By having even-handed equalities, children “girls” in particular will experience happier lives, because they will have a higher self-esteem level and they won't feel like their worthless just for the fact that they aren't boys.

Furthermore in Afghanistan, domestic violence is a major issue at hand because women are treated like garbage by husbands, in-laws, and by the justice system that they prefer being dead. Many women have to experience torture and abuse by their husbands just because men have the belief of “it's a man's world” and believe its right to be extremely superior to their women. Most girls are forced to marry an older man at a very young age. Some girls get married around age ten, and that is way too young if you ask me. As these girls grow up into young women they have a very low self-esteem level. They feel worthless to the point when they want to commit suicide. It has become very well heard of women starting to burn themselves alive because they claim it's the only way to escape the horrible lives they have to live. According to RAWA News, “Women's rights groups say domestic violence and discrimination is common and usually have no access to the justice system; 'Divorce is rarely an option in a county where about 80 percent of women are illiterate and often have no knowledge of their rights; 'Islamic law in Afghanistan also favors men; 'A wife must prove her husband can't provide for her, is absent for long periods, or abuses her to the point where her life is at risk; ' She also needs witnesses and often his permission to divorce; 'Even then she's unlikely to keep her children and it's that prospect which drives women like these to seek other more desperate ways to escape”. A woman shouldn't have to seek for her own death just because of the way they are treated by their husbands or society. Women need to have the opportunity to be independent if they have to be, and to be educated and informed about their rights. It is not fair for a human to be suffering regarding of their gender. Men have to look closer at these inequalities because their causing severe damage to society.

HIV has become a pandemic disease, and every day it keeps on pushing its way to new victims; however, gender inequality plays a big role on the expansion of this unwanted disease. This is a enormous impact on the health of our world and its happening because of the limited privileges available for women. According to the World Health Organization, “Norms related to femininity can prevent women -especially young women- from accessing HIV information and services.” According to the 2008 UNAIDS global figures, “only 38 percent of women have accurate, comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS.” This is not even half of the world's female population being fully aware of the disease thus HIV keeps on expanding at a dramatic rate. We need women to be able to go out and be enlighten about such subjects like this one because the whole world can benefit from it. Women need the opportunity to actually get educated equally as men and not refused in any way. This can bring better health to the world, and it can help slowdown the HIV expansion which I know everybody would like that to happen and no one would like to be infected with the virus.

The business markets have major gender inequities because women don't have the same access to resources as men do. Women and girls keep facing disadvantages in the business-force and work-force in most sectors. According to the United States Agency of International Development, “In agriculture, women make up more than 40 percent of the labor force, but only represent between 3 to 20 percent of landholders, 'In Africa, women-owned enterprises make up as little as 10 percent of all businesses, and in South Asia only 3 percent, 'Women compromise less than 20 percent of the world's legislators.” This a very small amount of women-owned businesses and land. Women could only do so much with the opportunity's they are offered. If we have precise equality for all women and men we can achieve greater success in economy and human needs. The USAID claims that just by empowering women farmers with the same access to land, new technologies and capital as men, we can increase crop yields by as much as 30 percent and feed an additional 150 million people. Many developing countries can use this additional food since there is a large number of people who don't get to eat three meals a day, however, this is only possible by having gender equality throughout the world. We need to unlock human potential and emancipate our society.

The United States of America is the one of the most developed countries; however, even here there is gender inequities well existing as of today. Women here in the U.S have most if not all the same rights as men do, but they still have disparity's in the workforce. According to the Washington post, as of 2011 women were gaining 77 cents for every dollar a man earns and it gets worse for African American and Hispanic women, because they are earning less than those 77 cents. African American women are gaining 64 cents for every male earned dollar and Hispanic women are gaining 56 cents. Progress, however, is happening. According to The Christian Science Monitor, women are now earning 82 cents per dollar in the year of 2012. Almost 50 years ago in the year of 1963, congress passed the Equal Pay Act, which enforced all employers to pay the same amount of wages to men and women for the same work, but clearly in the year of 2012 there is still the same issue at hand. This has caused single mother's to struggle trying to provide for their families. We need to provide all people with a balanced pay scale. I am a college student father to a 3 year old beautiful girl and I want precise gender equality to be available by the time she is graduating from a college or university. Since my daughter is Hispanic, she has a higher level of risk to gender and race discrimination in the workforce. I want my daughter to be able to earn the same wage as a man would for completing the same tasks regardless of her gender and race.

In the essay “The Death of Macho” by Reihan Salam, he explains how women are elevating to higher grounds in the labor force during the downturn of men. The author suggests in his article that, men can either adapt to or rebel against their declining power in the work force; however, I agree we do need to adapt to our declining power, but we also have to provide women with the same pay as we did with job positions. Women are now stepping in offices they never could in past years, but they are not getting paid the same as men in the same office. Equal employment opportunities and equal pay is the key to success. By men adapting to a balanced society between men and women, it will bring many new things to our world that we have never seen, because we will be using a full brain instead of half. This can be the best choice we have ever taken in history and it will drive us to nothing but success. Men have been the dominating the world for centuries, but the time has come to leave that behind and come forward with gender equalities .

Our world has experienced downfalls especially in developing countries due to gender inequalities. The effects that are currently occurring due to this cause are economic, health, and domestic relationship impacts. It's like were only using half of the world’s brain, because were leaving most women out. Women can think the same way as men if they are equally educated. The only way to achieve a successful globally development is to have equal settings for all genders. This is a very sick and ill world, but I believe we can make a change. We need a world were gender doesn't matter and all humans have the same social status. Gender equality worldwide is the key to bring the best in our modern civilization. No human likes to be treated unequal in any way for being part of a certain group, for we should provide equality for all genders. I am a man, but I am putting my voice out there for women because it is a serious issue that we need pay closer attention to because it's affecting the whole world whether you want to believe it or not. By doing so, undeveloped countries will develop faster and developed countries will improve. We need to take action against these gender inequalities as men for the sake of our women, and our world.




Sincerely,



Alex Uribe
Watsonville, CA 95076



Sunday, November 25, 2012

ROUGH DRAFT-Formal Paper #2 GENDER

November 21, 2012

All Men Around The World

Dear To Whom It May Concern:

Hello my name is Alex Uribe, and I hope who ever reads this letter is doing well. I would like to address some global problems that our world is facing now, and I want to make it clear that it is and has been creating tremendous impacts on our civilization development. For years our worldwide society has been relying on patriarchy at large and it has caused many Gender inequalities throughout the nations. It is not happening just in one country or two, but in all country's around the world. Some country's have it worse than others, but they all are experiencing a form of it. From educational inequalities to workforce and beyond. Many women have to experience harsh lives because of these inequities our male society has created. Domestic Violence is a huge issue on this, because men feel like the hi-powered individuals and they see women as the helpless victims, so they take advantage and abuse the women. The male population views the female population as lower and less important which should not be the case. All men come from a woman and there is no possible way us men are better in any way than women the only object that divides us are sexual organs, for we shall all have the exact equal opportunity's in all matters.

Our world civilization has had large downfalls especially in developing country's due to gender inequalities. The effects that took place and are currently occurring due to this cause are economic, health, and domestic relationship impacts. It's like were only using half of the worlds brain, because were leaving most women out. Women can think the same way as men if they are equally educated. The only way to achieve a successful globally development is to have equal settings for all genders. By having even-handed equalities, children “girls” in particular will experience happier lives, because they will have a higher self esteem level and they won't feel like their worthless just because they aren't boys. This is a very sick and ill world, but I believe we can make a change. We need a world were gender doesn't matter and all humans have the same social status.

Gender inequality is a very serious issue although most men are not fully aware of the real outcomes. Women/girls are having miserable lives in many ways compared to us men/boys. According to The World Bank, “Nearly four million women go missing each year in developing countries, 'About two fifths of girls are never born due to a preference for sons, 'A sixth of girls die in early childhood, and over a third die in their reproductive years.” Sadly these are the real outcomes of gender inequality. Two fifths is a large number of poor little girls who never get to see sunshine just because they are “girls” and that definitely is not the right thing that should be happening. There shouldn't be a preference for sons for anyone to the point where they abort a child for developing into a girl. Fetuses don't get the option of choosing what gender they want to be born as, for there shouldn't be this cruel behavior being done to them. Not to mention the sixth that die in early childhood because of being neglected to food or healthcare for them being “girls”. This is a big issue because no child needs to face these kind of sick experiences regardless of their gender.

Furthermore in Afghanistan, domestic violence is a major issue at hand because women are treated like garbage by husbands and society. Many women have to experience torture and abuse by their husbands just because men have the mentality of “it's a man's world” and believe it's right to do so. Many girls were forced to marry an older man at a very young age. Some girls got married around age ten, and that is too young if you ask me. As these girls grow up into young women they have a very low self esteem level and they feel worthless to the point when they want to commit suicide. In this matter women have started to burn themselves alive because they claim it's the only way to escape the horrible lives they have to live. According to RAWA News, “Women's rights groups say domestic violence and discrimination is common and usually have no access to the justice system; 'Divorce is rarely an option in a county where about 80 percent of women are illiterate and often have no knowledge of their rights; 'Islamic law in Afghanistan also favors men; 'A wife must prove her husband can't provide for her, is absent for long periods, or abuses her to the point where her life is at risk; ' She also needs witnesses and often his permission to divorce; 'Even then she's unlikely to keep her children and it's that prospect which drives women like these to seek other more desperate ways to escape”. A woman shouldn't have to seek for her own death just because of the way they are treated by their husbands or society. Women need to have the opportunity to be independent if they have to be. It is not fair for a woman to be suffering for their gender. Men have to look closer at these inequalities because their causing severe damage to society.

HIV has become a pandemic disease, and everyday it keeps on pushing its way to new victims; however, gender inequality plays a big role on the expansion of this unwanted disease. According to the World Health Organization, “Norms related to femininity can prevent women -especially young women- from accessing HIV information and services.” According to the 2008 UNAIDS global figures, “only 38 percent of women have accurate, comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS.” This is not even half of the world's female population being fully aware of the disease thus HIV keeps on expanding at a dramatic rate. We need women to be able to go out and learn about such subjects like this one and all other subjects. Women need the opportunity to actually get educated equally as men and not refused in any way. This can bring better health to the world, and it can help slowdown the HIV expansion.

Businesses have major gender inequities because women don't have the same access to resources as men do. Women and girls keep facing disadvantages in the business-force and work-force in most sectors. According to the United States Agency of International Development, “In agriculture, women make up more than 40 percent of the labor force, but only represent between 3 to 20 percent of landholders, 'In Africa, women-owned enterprises make up as little as 10 percent of all businesses, and in South Asia only 3 percent, 'Women compromise less than 20 percent of the world's legislators.” This a very small amount of women-owned businesses and land. Women could only do so much with the opportunity's they are offered. If we have equality for women and men we can achieve and unlock human potential. The USAID claims the just by empowering women farmers with the same access to land, new technologies and capital as men, we can increase crop yields by as much as 30 percent and feed an additional 150 million people. Many developing countries can use this additional food since there is a large number of people who don't get to eat three meals a day, however, this is only possible by having gender equality's throughout the world.

As Reihan Salam suggests in his article “The Death of Macho” that, men can either adapt to or rebel against their declining power, however, I believe we still have many inequalities to worry about and after we do fix that then we will have to adapt to our end of “Macho”. By men adapting to a balanced society between men and women it will bring many new things to our world that we have never seen, because we will be using a full brain instead of half. This can be the best choice we have ever taken in history and it will drive us to nothing but success. Men have been the dominating the world for centuries, but it's time to leave that behind and come forward with equalities for both women and men.

Gender equality worldwide is the key to bring the best in our modern civilization. No human likes to be treated unequal in any way for being part of a certain group, for we should provide equality for all gender's. If you were getting treated unequal for your gender status would you be furious to make a change, or would you ignore it and deal with it? Women have to face a lot of struggles because of the cultural gender myth that has lived on for generations. I am a man, but I am putting my voice out there for women because it is a serious issue that we need pay closer attention to. By doing so, undeveloped countries will develop faster and developed countries will improve. We need to take action against these gender inequalities as men for the sake of our women, and our world.

Sincerely,



Alex Uribe
Watsonville, CA 95076


Sunday, November 18, 2012

Annotated Bibliographie 2

Sources-

“Afghan Women burn themselves to flee abuse.” RAWA News, 22 November 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.

“Gender inequalities and HIV” Gender, Women and Health. World Health Organization, 2012. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.

“Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy” United States Agency International Development, March 2012. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.

“WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development.” The World Bank, 2012. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.


        RAWA-
           Women in the country of Afghanistan are being tortured and mistreated by their husbands or even their in-laws. These poor women set themselves on fire to escape their violent marriages which make their life miserable. Many of these women are very young in age, some are as young as 17, and they were married at a very earlier age to older men. These women claim when they set themselves on fire it brings peace to their lives that they never had. Many of these women if not all were forced to marry older men. Under the Taliban woman weren't allowed to work or get an education. But even now - eight years after they were overthrown - there's evidence their suffering continues. Women's rights groups say domestic violence and discrimination is common and women usually have no access to the justice system. Divorce is rarely an option in a country where about 80 percent of women are illiterate and often have no knowledge of their rights. Islamic law in Afghanistan also favors men. A wife must prove her husband can't provide for her, is absent for long periods or abuses her to the point where her life is at risk. She also needs witnesses and often his permission to divorce. Even then she's unlikely to keep her children and it's that prospect which drives women like these to seek other more desperate ways to escape.

      World Health Organization-
             HIV has become the top pandemic disease and gender inequality plays a role in the expansion of the epidemic at large. The World Health Organization explains how and why this is a major key driver. For example, the WHO states, “Norms related to femininity can prevent women -especially young women- from accessing HIV information and services.” According to the 2008 UNAIDS global figures, “only 38% of women have accurate, comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS.” This is a very low percent of the world's female population who actually are fully aware and educated of this harsh disease. This is an outcome of the educational gender inequalities that take place in many developing countries still today. Another key drive to this issue is violence against women which could be physical, sexual or emotional. This violence is experienced by 10-60% of women (ages 15-49) worldwide and increases their vulnerability to contracting the disease. For example, by forced sex taking action there could be tears or laceration to the body and which will highly increase the risk of catching HIV.

           USAID-
               Long-term, sustainable development will only be possible when women and men enjoy equal opportunity to  rise to their potential. But today, women and girls continue to face disadvantages in every sector in which we work, while in some cases, boys are falling behind.
In agriculture, women make up more than 40 percent of the labor force, but only represent between 3 to 20 percent of landholders. In Africa, women-owned enterprises make up as little as 10 percent of all businesses—and in South Asia, only 3 percent. And despite representing half the global population, women comprise less than 20 percent of the world’s legislators. If we can erase these inequities—and put women on equal footing with men—we know that we can unlock human potential on a transformational scale. Just by empowering women farmers with the same access to land, new technologies and capital as men, we can increase crop yields by as much as 30 percent and feed an additional 150 million people. For decades, USAID has been leading global efforts to achieve gender equality. While great strides have been made, gender inequality remains a significant challenge across every development initiative worldwide, from education to global health.

         World Bank-
              Gender equality is a worldwide issue because in developing countries women and girls are most likely to experience very harsh moments of life more likely than men or boys. According to The World Bank, “Nearly 4 million women go missing each year in developing countries,''About two fifths of girls are never born due to a preference for sons,''Globally, only 10 to 20 of every 100 land owners is a woman,''A sixth die in early childhood, and over a third die in their reproductive years.” These are realistic outcomes that happen due to the inequality between women and men. They claim that by making a change of gender inequalities, it will help developing countries develop in a faster and healthier way. This is the best choice we have ever taken because it will make a big difference in our world society. We have to make modern day society into its best for the next generations.