The best and the worst country to be a woman!
Gender Inequality: The Best and the Worst country to be a
woman!
By: Miha, Ena, Sarah
BEST
WORST
SWEDEN
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan
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Swedish woman
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Culture
Sweden
Afghanistan
Highest %of professional and technical workers are women.Jobsin
private/ public sectorsChief executives tend to be malePrimary
school teachers female.Feminist movementMarrying for money and
security is rarePublic schools inaugurated modern sex education in
1955 family planning.free or subsidized contraception family
planning.
High female traffickingTribal/religious practicesArranged
marriagesAcid attacksChild and forced marriages45% beaten ,
slapped, kicked75% battered woman try to commit suicide77% felt
their masculinity threatened if their wives didn't listen to
them.55% perceive violence as normal part of their marriages.Woman
work, feed, educate and raise children, take care of house while
men only work.Numerous school for girls have been burned down and
little girls have even been poisoned to death for daring to go to
school.
Status of woman
Sweden
Afghanistan
High paying jobsAble to take care of family,Some women are
politicians,women =equal rights as men do in health careWork more
and get more money
oppressed &discriminated -healthcare, educationForced
marriagesChildhood marriages:60% to 80% of all marriages, a wife
could not leave her house without the permission of her
husband,Onlyinherit moveable property, and that the wife is bound
to preen for her husband, as and when he desires.Limitations if
allowed to work outside
Education
Afghanistan
12.6% of women age 15 and over can read and write7 years of
education87 %and 9/10 = illiterate30 %=access to education
Education
Sweden
99% =read and write, have degrees
Total Birth ratios
Sweden
Afghanistan
0.98 male per female
1.05male per female
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Ratio of above 1 = more males that females.Ration below 1 = more
females than males1:1 = equal
When woman become literate = birth rate falls
Health: Afghanistan
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Limited access to doctors. 1 in 11 chance of dying in child
birth. 1 in every 3 experience physical, psychological or sexual
violence. Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies during
childbirth.
Health = Sweden
Birth rate: 10.18/1000Death rate: 10.2/1000 Infant mortality:
2.74/1000Life expectancy: 81.07 years Total fertility: 1.67
children born/woman0.1% adult HIV prevalence Drinking water source:
100% of populationSanitization facility access: 100% of
population
Employment
Sweden
Afghanistan
68% = employedWoman and men :treated equallyWoman and men: work
togetherParental leave
Taliban rule= 1996 2001Restricted to work in public.Allowed to
set up a business at homeMedical can treat woman onlyMother NOT
allowed to work1999 = widows allowed to work (extremely
limited)woman earn 80% less than men.
Empowerment
Sweden
Afghanistan
45.3 % of the elected candidates=women for parliament50 %of
ministersAcknowledge - involving women in politicsHave well defined
goals for womens participation in politics
uprooting traditional gender rolesleadership positionsPolice
women -help family abuse victimswomen can drivewomen = governor
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Life expectancy
Sweden
Afghanistan
84 yearsMoney ,goodhealth and high paying job.
44 years
Family size
Sweden
Afghanistan
Fertility ratesdecliningAverage woman 2 children(1985) ,1 child
(1995)Women=attending school longerPostponing childbearingHighly
educated women = fewer childrenLarge%-labour force,more
education,high paid jobs = no time for children.Slow population
growth rate (0.01% per year)
Average =7.5Poor = largerfamilyBegging, no family planning.Keep
on reproducing until they have a male.
Migration
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Sweden
Afghanistan
1.65 / 1000High paying jobs and in general a better quality of
life.People who did migrate to Sweden or return - feel exclusion,
higher unemployment rates.Poverty rate and crime = low
Femalesassist the men.Men dominance females dont go
alone.Taliban strict rules and brutal ways hard to cross border.Few
did try to illegally migrate to Pakistan's border.1980s , many
migrated to India as refugees.3.31/1000 = Net migration
Number of refugees which migrated
Legal Rights
Sweden (gender equality policy 1970)
Afghanistan
The same opportunitiesEqual conditions and opportunitiesEqual
accessWomen support themselves for true freedom and
independence.Equal access to education and trainingShared
responsibility for childrenFreedom from sexual (gender-related)
violenceViolence of human rightsRoks(national organization for
women/girls shelters, there are 160 of them, run by
volunteer.OperationPeavefor Women also help women who are exposed
in violence
only 25.9% seats in the parliament - lack of economic rightsNot
allowed to be outsidenot allowed to put nail polishwoman voted for
the first time in 2004
Land Tenure
Sweden
Afghanistan
Ever since 1874, Sweden women were able to own properties.
Women were not able to own any properties only men.
Gender Equality Index
Labor Force = woman who do speak up or take roles that challenge
ingrained stereotypes such as policemen or news broadcasters are
often intimidated or killed.
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food, customs,
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