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GENDER EQUALITY: WOMEN CAN EQUAL MAN

History tells us that barely half a century ago women were mere shadows, their duties confined to
keeping their men and children happy and doing household chores. We have come a long way though.
Today, "a woman can do what a man can" and "a woman can be as good as a man." Gender Inequality
has always been a wide topic for a very long time. The world is changing rapidly and this change has
opened doors for women to fully participate in social, economic and political life. Despite this optimism,
gender norms still hold women and girls back. Today, "a woman can do what a man can" and "a woman
can be as good as a man."

Women can equal Men in some aspects such as in the workplace. According to the youth organization,
women before are expected to stay at home and do household chores, while men should go out to work
but according to Catalyst, as of January 1, 2019, there have been only 73 individual women in Fortune
500 CEO roles in total and back in 2018’s Fortune List, only 24 women (4.8%) were CEOs. Furthermore,
it’s estimated that 24% of women have senior management roles globally. Another study suggests that
firms with more than 10% of women managers have incomes 41% higher on average than those with
only 5%. Work life quality is also likely to improve when more women are part of a company’s
management board. According to a study conducted in the United States, on average, both male and
female employees are more enthusiastic and committed to work when a woman is their direct manager.
Overall, women look like they’d be better managers under certain circumstances. They tend to
encourage their colleagues to work and better monitor their progress. In fact, employees with women
managers say 1.26 times more than those managed by men that their development is encouraged in
the company. And this is likely to create an exciting and more motivating environment.

Aside from that research from the article “Management Women and the New Facts of Life” by Schwartz
(1989) says that like many men, some women put their careers first which are called as career – primary
women. They are ready to make the same trade-offs traditionally made by the men who seek leadership
positions. They make a career decision to put in extra hours, to make sacrifices in their personal lives, to
make the most of every opportunity for professional development. And career-primary women have
another important value to the company that men and other women lack. They can act as role models
and mentors to younger women who put their careers first. According to Hive, women work 10 percent
harder than men in today's offices. This conclusion is the product of two other statistics. First, both men
and women actually complete about 66 percent of their assigned work. However, women are assigned
10 percent more work than men these days — that they achieve the same completion rate tells us that
they're being more industrious.

A new LinkedIn report sheds light on some positive momentum women are making at work. According
to the networking site's analysis of U.S. member profiles across 568 occupations, hiring in 23
occupations has flipped from majority male to majority female in the past five years. The job that saw
the biggest gain in new female employees is the role of retail operations manager. In 2015, 47% of new
hires were women; in 2019, 65% of new hires were women. Other jobs that have reached hiring parity
include roles across marketing, business operations and health care. The number of women being hired
improved for 68% of the occupations LinkedIn analyzed.

Before, men is the one who is dominant and are the one who made the decision making but between
70% and 85% of daily purchases in developed countries are made by women. When it comes to buying
products, women are the ones who purchase and use household items the most. Yes, women have an
extraordinary decision power as they decide on 68% of car purchases, 93% of agri-food purchases, and
92% of holidays and recreational activities.

Women is equal to man in decision making process, with particular emphasis on political participation
and leadership. In accordance with the multi-year programme of work for 2001-2006, the Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW) will consider “Equal participation of women and men in decision-making
processes at all levels” as one of two thematic issues during its fiftieth session in 2006. Article 21 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right of every person to take part in the
government of his or her country. Equal access of men and women to power, decision-making and
leadership at all levels is a necessary precondition for the proper functioning of democracy. Equal
participation of men and women in political affairs makes governments more representative of the
composition of society; it makes them more accountable and transparent, and ensures that the interests
of women are taken into account in policy-making. Women, however, have traditionally been excluded
from power and decision-making processes. The 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) provides the basis for realizing equality between women and
men through ensuring women's equal access to, and equal opportunities in, political and public life,
including the right to vote and to stand for election, as well as to hold public office at all levels of
government (Article 7). States parties agree to take all appropriate measures to overcome historical
discrimination against women and obstacles to women’s participation in decision-making processes
(Article 8), including legislation and temporary special measures (Article 4). Women can equals man in
education. Before, girls and women are discriminated against during education in terms of access,
permanence, completion, treatment, learning outcomes and career choices, resulting in disadvantages
that go beyond schooling and the school environment. Across socioeconomic classes, women are
increasingly enrolling and completing postsecondary education, while, even as opportunities for people
without a college education shrink, men’s rates of graduation remain relatively stagnant. In 2015, the
most recent year for which data is available, 72.5 percent of females who had recently graduated high
school were enrolled in a two-year or four-year college, compared to 65.8 percent of men. That’s a big
difference from 1967, when 57 percent of recent male high-school grads were in college, compared to
47.2 percent of women.

This gender gap in college completion has been a long time in the making. In the early 1900s, when
some elite colleges started opening up to women, women quickly got better grades than men, according
to Claudia Buchmann, a professor of sociology at Ohio State and the co-author of The Rise of Women:
The Growing Gender Gap in Education and What it Means for American Schools. In the 1970s, as more
women started attending college, they started graduating at higher and higher rates, while men’s
enrollment and graduation rates remained relatively flat.
After many of years of male dominance, we now stand at the beginning of the feminine era, when
women will rise to their appropriate prominence, and the entire world will recognize the harmony
between man and woman.