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

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Swedish woman http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/_mfiZXVtt8b/Sweden+Training+Press+Conference+FIFA+Women/myM-CBrIOMg/Sara+Thunebro

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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