Gender Mainstreaming as a Tool for Women Empowerment

Running head: GENDER MAINSTREAMING
Gender Mainstreaming
Name of the student
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Equality refers to a particular state of the affair where all the people enjoy the same
status in relation to certain respects. Equality can refer to concept pertaining to economic
equality and health equality. It includes the equal opportunities and the obligations within the
framework of a society. Social equity refers to the concept that deals with justice and fairness
pertaining to social policy. Social equity is made use of in various contexts like education and
the public administration (Mukhopadhyay 2016). The difference between equality and equity
lie in the fact that equity is indicative of fair provision of the resources that is allocated to
individuals. Equality on the other hand denotes the provision of the same resources being
given to the people. It is indicative of state of being same in terms of status, rights and the
opportunities. A particular domain of life that needs equalizing pertains to my workplace. In
my workplace I have seen incidences of gender discrimination that deprives the workers of
their rights. The female employees are not provided all the provisions and the opportunities
and they are discriminated against in the organization. It has a detrimental effect on morale of
the female employees and reduces their productivity in the organization (Staudt 2018). The
women in the workplace earn less as compared to the men that discourages the female
employees in Australia. Equality given to the women in the workplace can help in removing
barriers that can ensure their equal participation in the organization. Equality being provided
to the women can help them in enjoying the various professional positions like leaders,
managers and the directors. Equal benefits given to the men and the female employees can
increase their productivity in an organization that can pave the path for economic growth of
the country. It can augment the performance of an organization and enhance ability of the
company of attracting and retaining the employees. It can play an important role in enhancing
the reputation of the organization in front of the rest of the world (Vickers 2015). Equality in
the workplace can provide them with respect that can help the women in getting proper
respect in the society. The equality given to the women employees can help the women in

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gaining respect that can help in protecting them from incidences of domestic violence. It can
strengthen them that can help them in fighting the injustices prevailing in the society.
The Equal Treatment Perspective talks about providing the same status in society to
the male and the female gender. The Women’s perspective is consistent with that of equal
treatment perspective. They both talk about the rights of the women in the workplace and
how the providing of equal opportunities can act to the benefit of all the workers in an
organization (Alston 2014). The main argument that the author is making is that the
perspectives are consistent with that of the strategy pertaining to mainstreaming. Women’s
perspective talks about the denial of certain privileges that causes the women to lag behind in
certain respects in the society. The equal treatment perspective talks about the women getting
access to the resources that can make them a strength of the nation. It can help them in the
aspect of decision-making that can provide them with a dignified position within the
framework of a society. Both the perspectives talk about the right of the women of having
control over body and the aspects of sexuality. Family planning is an important aspect that
can prove to be helpful in empowering the women in the society. It can be said that equal
treatment is meted out to women if they can decide number of children that they are going to
have and intervals in between the births. There are crimes against women that are often
ignored by the authorities. The women are not provided with the opportunity of being given
access to the legal institution. I agree with the key argument of the author because I feel that
the men in the society wanting to meting out proper treatment to the female can help the
women in getting a dignified position in the society. The Woman’s perspective talks about
the right of the women in every sphere of life and I think that the men giving space and
opportunities to the women can prove to be instrumental in safeguarding the position of
women within the framework of the society. The men in the society wanting to provide equal
treatment can help them in securing a strong position in society (Parpart 2014). The Women’s