Gender Inequality In Brazil Essay

Brazil is located in South America, takes up almost half of the continent, and is the fifth largest country in the world(1). Problems of poverty are prevalent in Brazil 40% of the county’s income goes to the top 10% of financially richest people where only about 1% of the income goes to the bottom 10%(1) about 35% of Brazil’s population lives in poverty(19). As of 2010 90.4% of Brazil's population is literate (17), out of Brazil’s total population approximately 50.8% are female although women only take up 43.7% of the workforce (3). Thanks to a proposal by feminist Brazilian Bertha Lutz the Commission on the Status of Women was created by the United Nations which helped to include “women as a category under international human rights.”(13). Women were allowed access to formal education as well as allowed to participate in the workforce in 1933 but it was not until 1988 that legal equality was decreed constitutionally (2). In 1985 Brazil became a democratic state and in 2010 President Dilma Rousseff is the first female to be elected in Brazil (4). . Brazil “ranks third overall; first in women's
Since practical application from “The Role of Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality” Brazil has seen increased condom use and decreased rates of sexually transmitted infections. Brazil has also implemented fatherhood training programmes to reach out to young men so they can be a part of eradicating violence against women. By increasing the participation of men with work in the household, such as childcare and chores, you can increase women acceptability in the workplace(9). Since women are one of the most susceptible to poverty, as well as indeginious and young peoples, 27% of poor people are accounted for by households headed by women(19). Main contributions to poverty include land tenure and lack of access to formal