Women empowerment and the equality of the women

Running head: GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUALITY
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GENDER EQUALITY1
Introduction:
Women empowerment and the equality of the women, across the world, is a burning
issue since a long time now, and the importance of the same has been felt at all the levels. At the
socio- political level, as well as, at the cultural level the need of equality of women has been
realized. Gender equality or the sexual equality, refers to providing the women of the society
with all the opportunities and resources that are available for the men of the society. This
includes, the accessibility of the economic or the financial resources, the accessibility to the
socio- political resources, as well as the accessibility to the educational resources (Prügl, 2015).
From the ancient trine, sit is been observed that women have only been faced with exploitations
and inequal situations, which have affected their social positions as well as their experiences in
daily lives. More importantly, this particular form of behaviour had been specific to the women
only, leaving the men of the society to enjoy all the socio- political opportunities and economic
resources. However, it is important to note, that this inequal forms of behaviour had been
practiced only by the men of the society (Bustelo, 2016). Therefore, in the following report, a
brief discussion regarding the concept has been provided.
Discussion:
In order to understand about gender equality it is important to understand that, it does not
necessarily mean that both the men and women are same, but rather, it means that, the women
must be provided with all the rights and the social and economic opportunities, which are
provided to the men of the society. There are certain biological and natural differences between
men and women, but that must not determine, that both the gender strata will not be provided
with equal opportunities (Keller, & Ringrose, 2015). It is the social distinction that had been