Tag Archives : gender inequality

In Iraq, there is a piece of news that’s more exhilarating than Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds ‘trying to resolve tough procedural issues over oil rights and shares of seats in parliament’ and preparations for a landmark democratic election proceeding full speed ahead towards its January schedule. The other good news, eclipsing the otherwise bleak [...]

During her official trip to Africa, Hillary Clinton had planned to impress upon her interlocutors the need to fight against corruption. The head of American diplomacy even insinuated that people take to the streets to protest against their corrupt governments. Among the themes that the US Secretary of State had chosen for this trip is violence against [...]

One of the countries known to be notorious in violating women’s rights is finally making into law a measure that makes violence against women a criminal offense. At least, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is about to sign the bill into law. If the law, indeed, gets passed, ‘men who bar women from getting an education, working, or obtaining healthcare [...]

Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women has led to attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping. More often, this stereotype is comparatively considered ‘less,’ ’weak,’ and ‘inferior.’ At times, the attitude towards the disadvantaged sex is contempt, disregard, or hatred. Sexism occurs when [...]

Mahasweta Devi’s ‘The Hunt’ is a story of gender roles and their reversal as a form of seeking justice to gender inequality and oppression. It is also a story of one woman’s triumph over her vulnerability in a patriarchal system and male-dominated society. At the most, it is a critical response to a macho culture. The oppression of woman in [...]