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    Gender equality is a human right.

    Women are entitled to Gender equality will be achieved only when women and
    live with dignity and with freedom from want and from men enjoy the same opportunities, rights and
    fear. Gender equality is also a precondition for advancing obligations in all spheres of life. This means sharing
    development and reducing poverty: Empowered women equally in the distribution of power and influence, and
    contribute to the health and productivity of whole having equal opportunities for financial independence,
    families and communities, and they improve prospects education and realizing their personal ambitions.
    for the next generation.
    9. At home do you share the chores with your
    1.Have you ever discriminated against or being
    sister/brother? Give examples.
    discriminated because of your gender?
    10. Do your parents allow you both the same
    things?

    Despite many international agreements affirming their The ability of women to control their own fertility is
    human rights, women are still much more likely than fundamental to women’s empowerment and equality.
    men to be poor and illiterate. They have less access to When a woman can plan her family, she can plan the
    property ownership, credit, training and employment. rest of her life. Protecting and promoting her
    They are far less likely than men to be politically active reproductive rights – including the right to decide the
    and far more likely to be victims of domestic violence. number, timing and spacing of her children – is
    essential to ensuring her freedom to participate more
    2. Do women and men have the same rights and fully and equally in society.
    opportunities in your country? Give examples that
    prove it. 11. Do women and men have access to sexual
    education and contraceptive methods in your
    3. Do you know places where this doesn’t happen?
    country? Are these free or do they have to pay for
    Give examples.
    them?

    About two thirds of the world’s illiterate adults are


    women. Lack of an education severely restricts a
    woman’s access to information and opportunities.
    Conversely, increasing women’s and girls’ educational
    attainment benefits both individuals and future
    generations. Higher levels of women's education are
    strongly associated with lower infant mortality and
    - recent events have forced the issue of disparity in lower fertility, as well as better outcomes for their
    pay between female and male actors into view. As the children.
    Sony hack revealed, Jennifer Lawrence—the second 12. Do you know examples of ethnic groups or
    highest paid actress of 2014—alongside her co-star countries that don’t let girls go to school?
    Amy Adams, both received lower amounts of the back- 13. Why does that happen?
    end of American Hustle than their male counter-parts. 14. In your opinion which can be the benefits of
    In addition, two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank also having access to education?
    recently made headlines with her comments regarding
    the pay gap in Hollywood. According to Swank, “My
    male counterpart will get paid 10 times more than me
    —10 times. Not double, but 10 times for the same
    job.”  Source: http://www.unfpa.org/gender-eq

    4. How do you explain this gap in pay level?


    5. Is this the only field where this can happen?
    Do you know other similar examples?
    6. What do you think should be done to reduce
    the salary gap?
    7. What would you do if you were in Swank’s
    15.Comment these
    place?
    two quotes.
    8. Can an employer discriminate against you
    because of your sex?

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