Gender Equality and Women's Work in Organizations: A Research Analysis

This report investigates the critical topic of gender equality within organizations, focusing on the position of women and their involvement in the workplace. The research explores various aspects, including community organizations, cross-cultural challenges, and the challenges and improvements needed to achieve gender balance. The report highlights the imbalance of gender equality and the challenges women face, using the case of Amazon to illustrate these issues. It examines the importance of women's involvement in decision-making processes, the impact of cross-cultural characteristics, and the need for policy changes to ensure fair recruitment and equal opportunities. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of managing gender equity, understanding the needs of different sexes in an organization, and creating a sustainable environment where women can thrive.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Analysis..................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Community organisation..................................................................................................3
2.2 Cross-cultural challenges.................................................................................................3
2.3 Challenges and improvements.........................................................................................4
2.4 Future vision.....................................................................................................................5
3. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Topic: Position of women and their work involved in an organisation: A research on
Gender Equality.
1. Introduction
The fundamental right of human is violated in case of inequality of human. In the past
few decades women empowerment enriches at a good level but some situations and their
consequences are not changed. There are different organisations present still now, which
offers more jobs to men, not the women. The decision-making progression are coming from
the management level so the decisions are not considered as biasness. However, most of the
countries take some good steps in budget allocation for women and that delivers some extra
advantages for women (Van der Vleuten, 2016). This is itself a conflict scenario that already
declares women on that end, where their improvements are needed to be done, so they are
already in a backward position. In the previous study, the situation Amazon is still facing due
to their women recruitment. They have women managers than men, and some of the dealing
problems and societal imbalance is still there.
The thesis statement signifies the imbalance of gender equality and the place of
women in this modern times. The equality is not there in some cases and Amazon case was
highlighted in this paper and that delivers some challenges like leadership and
misunderstanding in the organisation. There are some community-based problems and
women are not allowed in that kind of section, if when they are capable enough to do such
jobs, still the position and decision making restrict them from that situation.

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2. Analysis
2.1 Community organisation
Community organisation delivers a series of activities that covered in the
organisation. Individual and group activities are conducted through this and the process of
community development is based on the employees and their productive opportunities.
Women are not involved in decision-making processes and their involvement in the
organisation is also less (Keskinen et al., 2016). The community difference persists, in that
case, is about the non-diligences for women and their lower position in the organisation.
National Organisation for Women (NOW) or The Association of Women's Rights in
Development implement some changes and sustainable development of women’s human
rights. The association is the key approach in that case and discrimination between men and
women is nullified through the process.
2.2 Cross-cultural challenges
Cross-cultural characteristic is the major process in that organisation and most of the
problem cases are found in such situations. In sales manager, 20% of female employees are
associated with the system. 18.5% of women are associated with HR and Training and only
8.7% are associated with the financial analyst. The reason behind the process is the
educational background and the belonging they are coming from. Amazon faces the situation,
where only 24% of women employees are in the managerial post (Scraton, 2017). Gender
equality is not there and the major reason, in that case, is the belonging of the people and the
cross-cultural challenges faced by the company. 73% of women are associated with the e-
commerce platforms irrespective of their backgrounds. Leaders have to play a major role in
e-commerce and decision making approaches comes from that end. The communication
problem is there and some interactive session will be helpful for mitigating the situation.
Women are the intrigued part of the society and their involvement in such cases is important

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and it demands proper care to justify their existence (Karim & Beardsley, 2016). The most
important part of the cross-cultural approach is the background all the employees belong and
Amazon is vast at its range and they have all kinds of segmented departments to involve in,
but the positional layer of female employees are less in number and that creates an imbalance
situation for the organisation.
2.3 Challenges and improvements
The main challenge faced in the situation is the impunity of women and the external
barrier imposed over them. There are some law practices for the widely used informal
process, but the violence over women is still going on. In the case of developed countries,
legal protections and enforcement for women is there but that ended with social stigma and
financial constraints for women (Iris, 2017). Weak coordination and mechanism at the
national level are another challenges that come in the case of gender equality and monitoring
is the only way to mitigate that process. Women are not in priority in most of the
organisation, still, there are some changes in policies to involve them with the organisation
but in some cases, that would be a force one. In Amazon, the limited scope for women is
there and they have less percentage of women employees are present in such a case. The
primary approach needed by the company is to analyse a fair deal of recruitment and they
have to recruit some effective women employees to balance the situation.
The improvement is based on the new policies set by the company or in case of
societal changes. The changes are analysed strategically and have a fair balance in between.
The decision-making ability can come from women employees so the position of holding a
place in the organisation is important. Global campaigns are aimed at such things of gender
equality. 16 days of activism is against the gender-based violence and it is celebrated by UN.
The improvement in the case of Amazon will come from the recruitment and their on-field
women engagement (Ferree & Zippel, 2015). The engagement is the decision of management

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and will-power of employees to engage with the organisation is the key step in the case of
Amazon. The wage gap persisted in some organisations but the improvement in such
situation also is noticed in Amazon. The wage of male and female in the organisation is same
and that is the improvement that Amazon has done in the recent past (Oakley, 2016). The
company has provided a fair position for women employees as well and that is the reason
globally, the range of wage gap in gender reduced to 28% to 20%. The improvements in all
over the sectors help all other companies to set their range and women engagement makes a
good move in societal balance.
2.4 Future vision
The vision for the future is depending on the wellbeing of employees and maintain
equal wage an equal position in the organisation. The process of recruitment in Amazon
needs to be revised in future and enrolment from female employees is important and that
needs to happen. There must be parity in society and educating women are coming from a
good background makes better opportunities for women employees in Amazon. Relatively
effective interview for the best employee in that position helps to choose the right employee
at the right position (Ahl & Nelson, 2015). Gender Equity Index may not apply in the
organisation but in social approach, the dimensions are important for the organisation and
economic participation and empowerment of women will find a better way for the
organisation and for a global approach.
3. Conclusion
Therefore, the report can be concluded that the dimension of gender equity needs to
be managed in a better way and importance of different sex in an organisation needs to be
understood by the administration. Education, background, an approach for the company,
work capability, customer dealing and organizational advance for including a woman is

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important in that and their approach to equity makes a sustainable environment in the
organization. The change in the societal treatment of protection, fair bits of opportunities,
resources, and respective needs are there and that instigate a better opportunity for balancing
the situation.

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