GENDER DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION: AN OBSTACLE IN THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN By Asst. Prof. Mrs. Vandana C. Kakade Ph.D. Research Scholar‚ Department of English‚ JJT University‚ Zunzunu‚ Rajasthan. Kakadevc@yahoo.co.in ABSTRACT The present paper focuses on the gender disparities in education which are an obstacle in gender equity and the empowerment of women. Gender equity and the empowerment of women is necessary to bring about the socio-economic development of country. Education is
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Gender Inequality and Post-Secondary Education in Canada INTRODUCTION Historically‚ gender differences have been at the core of social and economic injustice and women have faced fundamental disadvantages (Tepperman & Curtis‚ 2011‚ p. 351). Despite recent changes in formal equality – the introduction of protection for women in the Constitution Act‚ 1982 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms‚ for example - informal barriers are still present which lead to the discrimination of women (Tepperman
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A Bias for Action Heike Bruch Sumantra Ghoshal Harvard Business School Press‚ 2004 Often managers spot a chance to do something valuable for their company‚ but for some reason‚ they cannot get started. Even if they begin the project‚ they give up when they see the first big hurdle. The inability to take purposeful action seems to be pervasive across companies. Managers tend to ignore or postpone dealing with crucial issues which require reflection‚ systematic planning‚ creative thinking‚ and above
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decision maker may response differently with same problem. Why does this happen? Because of bias. Bias is a subjective ideas or thought. Sometimes it is injustice to receivers who got the outcome from the decision makers. There is a kind of division got from the internet: class‚ racism‚ culture‚ media‚gender‚linguistic‚ politice‚religion‚statistical number(sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias Aug‚ 9 2008)‚ which is based on external environment around. Under circumstance‚ decision maker
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Bias in College Admissions There is no mistaking that getting into college is highly competitive‚ a college degree is now more necessary than ever. There are many kinds of bias race‚ gender‚ grade point average‚ financial ability and more important class. The Oxford American College Dictionary defines bias as "Prejudice on favor of or against one thing‚ person‚ or group compared with another‚ usually in a way considered to be unfair. Many in this country view the college or university admissions
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challenges of policing and dealing with hate and bias crimes. Considering that since the beginning stages of immigration we have tried to support successful assimilation‚ hate and bias crimes create a huge barrier. Hate and bias crimes “occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group‚ usually defined by race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ ethnicity‚ nationality‚ age‚ gender‚ gender identity‚ or political affiliation” (en.wikipedia
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Kathleen Okruhlik: Science Cannot Escape Bias In Kathleen Okruhlik’s paper‚ she strives to show that the practice of science as a whole‚ cannot escape bias‚ particularly bias in relation to the different sexes. Her argument is thorough‚ but flawed as it is possible for science to be unbiased. She includes many outdated papers showing how the science was skewed by only using male models‚ or how scientists are basing assumptions on the idea that male is superior to female‚ so they use males in their
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Bringing Bias into the Light 1. In the first part of this article it talks about a strong woman named Jennifer Allyn and how she embraces her womanhood and breaks the stereotypical notion of women being houses wives. She got a degree from Harvard Kennedy School and has served as an HR consultant to Fortune 500 companies and is leading diversity efforts for PricewaterhouseCoppers LLP. She is doing very well for a “woman” but even with all her accomplishments Jennifer still associates women with families
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Discuss the view that research practices in psychology are culturally bias. (30) Cultural bias occurs if psychological research when the psychologist uses participants from only one culture and then generalises it to others‚ without validation. There are two main types of cultures which psychologist have studied‚ these are individualist and collectivist. Individualistic culture emphasises the importance of an individual whereas collectivist cultures (who are more specifically eastern societies)
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Labelling bias occurs in everyday society. For example‚ within mental illness (Rosenhan‚ 1973). Evidence show that‚ labelling bias is putting‚ or forcing a unique individual in a specific group‚ and the assumptions others may have of that label (Fox & Stinnett‚ 1996). Labels are evocative‚ whether they are for the better‚ or for the worse. This goes to show that label bias are‚ too narrow and very limited of a conception to really define an individual. According to Rolision and Medway (1985) there
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