Gender equality

1. IS GENDER EQUALITY
POSSIBLE?
GROUP 1 (GRYFFINDOR):
1. AATHIDYAA A/P KALEETHASON
(LEADER)
2. JEYAKIRSHNA A/L JEYAGOBI
3. GAN KIM SHIN
4. POR HUAI XUAN
5. VINDHYA A/P SUBHASH
6. MANRRITA KAUR A/P JESWENDER
SINGH
7. TARANISHTA KAUR BHOJWAL A/P
AMARPAL SINGH
8. SHARADHINI LIVERA TENNAKOON
9. ESTHER LIM CHING HUEY
10. DIVYASHINE SATYANANTHAN

2. WHATISGENDEREQUALITY?
• Women andmenshould betreated equally.
• Thestate of equalease of access toresources andopportunities regardless of gender.
• For example, it may imply that women and men should be paid the same for doing the
samework.
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3. HISTORY
Inthepast:
• Women werenot allowedto work.
• Saidtobelong inthe kitchen.
• Viewed as merely anobject.
Presentday:
• Women areallowed towork.
• Establishmentsof women organizations.
• InternationalWomen’s Day.
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4. BUT!
• Despite all these changes, havewetruly achieved genderequality?
• Forbothmenandwomen?
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5. THINKINGANDASSUMPTIONS
Respondent’s viewonwhether Gender Equality is
important.
Respondent’s view onwhether Gender
Equalitycanbeachieved.
Responses
YES NO DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION
85%
14.93%
Responses
YES NO MAYBE
15.67%
10.45%
73.88%
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6. POSSIBLE? IMPOSSIBLE?
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7. WHYISGENDERINEQUALITY
IMPOSSIBLE?
POR HUAI XUAN

8. TRADITIONALMINDSETONGENDERINEQUALITYSTILLEXIST
UNITEDNATIONSDEVELOPMENTPROGRAMME
•“Almost90%ofMen/Women
•GloballyAreBiasedAgainstWomen”
•Whyisitso?
POR HUAI XUAN

9. STATISTICS
• 91%of menand86% of women haveatleast oneobvious bias.
• 50% think men are better political leaders and 40% think men will be better
executives.
• Only aroundtheworld areheld bywomen.
• Lessthan arewomen.
• Out of 193 governments around the world, there are only as the
POR HUAI XUAN

10. UNNECCESSARYEXCUSES
• Biologicaldifferences whichisanunchangeablefactareused areexcuses.
• Men can't get pregnant and have children. Women can ask for compensation, however
there is nowayto measurethematter of compensation.
• Clearly, it is impossible to achieve gender equality if both men and women do not have
faithineachother toachieve greatthingstogether.
POR HUAI XUAN

11. POLITICS
• Malaysianwomenhave hadthe righttovote andtohold office.
• Women compriseone halfof theregistered voters andareactiveinpoliticallife.
• Only 17.9 % of women hold posts in Ministerial Position. This is lower compared to the
year 2018.
AATHIDYAA A/P KALEETHASON

12. 12
Gender roles
and ethnicity.
Cultural and
institutional
factors.
Society has been
socialized in ways that
promote stereotypical
images of women.
The limited platform for
women in the main
political party.
Thefactorsinthe
decrease ofthe
percentageof Women
inPolitics
AATHIDYAA A/P KALEETHASON

13. STATISTICS
AATHIDYAA A/P KALEETHASON

14. EDUCATION
• Lowparticipationoffemaleineducation.
• In West Africa, 43.6% of men have completed primary education as opposed to
35.4% of women.
• 6.0% of menhavecompleted secondaryeducationasopposed to 3.3% of women
• and0.7%of menhavecompleted tertiary educationasopposed to0.2% of women.
• Teacher'sattitudes.
• InparticularinGuinea,boys learnlessons better whilegirlsmakeless effort.
• In addition in both urban and rural schools analyzed, girls were expected to do the
manual labor to keep schools clean while this expectation was not held for the
boys.
Source:LiteraryEncyclopedia,EducationofWomen
GAN KIM SHIN

15. WHYDOFEMALESSHOWLESSEFFORTINSCHOOLS?
Theideologyof “male”breadwinners.
• Causes prioritization over maletodogoodinschool thanfemales.
Genderdisparitiesin thelabormarket.
• For example, West Africa women are seen as the primary providers of unpaid care
work.
• Offers competing demandsonthetime of girls.
GAN KIM SHIN

16. SOCIALSTATUS
• During the Movement Control Order (MCO), Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita,
Keluarga dan Masyarakat (KPWKM) uploaded a poster that was clearly criticized as
sexist.
• The poster stated that “If your spouse does something that you do not like, don’t nag
him. Use humour and tell him ‘this is the way you hang clothes, my darling’ (using
Doraemon’s tone andgiggling)
• Women’s rights activists have also called for women’s minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun
totakedownthe poster.
• These posters stereotype women asbeingbossy.
MANRRITA KAUR A/P JESWENDER SINGH

17. STATISTICS
MANRRITA KAUR A/P JESWENDER SINGH

18. VIOLENCE
• Malaysia’s Talian Kasih hotline had stated that there has
been an increase by 57% of calls since the country enacted
MCO.
• The ministry’s corporate communications department said
1,893 calls to the Talian Kasih helpline had been recorded
ever sincetheMCO started onMarch18.
• The victims are trapped in the house all day with their
abuser sothere is nochancethatthey areable to escape.
MANRRITA KAUR A/P JESWENDER SINGH

19. MILITARY
• In2019, inaSmithsonian study:
• 66percentoffemaleservicemembers reportedexperiencingsexualharassmentor
sexualassault—thatnumberiswayupfromthe 27percent thattheDefence
Department reported just4years agoin2015.
• Another investigation foundthat onein fivewomenintheUnitedStatesAirForce
reported havingbeen sexually assaulted byservice members.
VINDHYA A/P SUBHASH

20. VINDHYA A/P SUBHASH

21. SEXUALVIOLENCE
• Sexual violence againstmenandboysisasignificantproblem
• Elsewhere, menwhohavesexwithother menmaybe‘‘punished’’,byrape,fortheir
behaviourwhichisperceived to transgress socialnorms.
• Whyshould menbetakenlightlywhen theyare raped?
VINDHYA A/P SUBHASH

22. WHYISGENDEREQUALITY
POSSIBLE?
ESTHER LIM CHING HUEY

23. INITIATIVESINEDUCATION
• There has been much progress in increasing access to education regarding gender
equalityissues.
• Even though the progress is still slow in improving the gender sensitivity of the
education system, there are a lot of efforts to be implemented to achieve global gender
equality
• Includingtextbooks promote positive stereotypes.
• Girls areallowedto goto school.
ESTHER LIM CHING HUEY

24. INITIATIVESINPOLITICS
• Nowadays, women hold more and more powerful positions due to policy and social
reform.
• A study on gender and corruption from 2000 found that "cross-country data show that
corruption is less severe where women hold a larger share of parliamentary seats and
senior positions in the government bureaucracy, and comprise a larger share of the
labor force".
• One hundred and seventeen women won office in 2018, including ninety-six members
of the Houseof Representatives, twelve senators, andninegovernors.
• HillaryClinton’scandidacyforthe presidencywas asignificantstep
insplintering,ifnotyet shattering, one ofthehardest “glassceilings”
intheworld.
ESTHER LIM CHING HUEY

25. SPORTS
• Menandfemale athletefromthe soccerteamplaysoccerinthe samemannerand
energy.
• Previously, women didn’teven dosports.
• Sports competitions nowallowwomentotakepartinthem.
• Olympics
• SEA Games
• Commonwealth Games
Source:WomenSportsFoundation
DIVYASHINE A/P SATYANANTHAN

26. • Soccer isoneexample of genderequalityinsports.
• Theoutcome of the competitions arefairandequal (notfavorable oneither side)
• Women haveproven thattheytoo cantrainandcompete.
DIVYASHINE A/P SATYANANTHAN

27. FILMINDUSTRY
• We have seen that women and men are both allowed to work in public and corporate
sectors these days.
• There haseven been asignificantincreaseof women intheentertainment industry.
• In 2017, a comparison of the highest-paid male and female actors revealed an
average salaryof $57.4 millionformenand$21.8 millionforwomen.
• EllenPompeo, the titular role on"Grey's Anatomy," waspaid lessthanPatrick Dempsey,
whoplayedherlove interest.
• Why?
• Less marketable
• Don’t drawmuchas theirmalecounterparts
Source:HollywoodInsider
JEYAKRISHNA A/L JEYAGOBI

28. JEYAKRISHNA A/L JEYAGOBI
HOWHASTHINGSCHANGED?
• An upward trend in women starring in top movies shows the
narrowinggendergapinleadingroles from2011to 2020.
• A 2019 report found that there were 44.1% percent of female lead
actorsinfilms thatyear.
• In over 10 years of hit blockbuster movies by Marvel Studios, their
first female-led superhero, Captain Marvel was not released until
Marchlast year.
• This showsthatwomen aregivenmoreopportunities these days.
• This also proves that women have a chance of getting paid equally
andashighas maleactors.

29. ECONOMY
TARANISHTA KAUR BHOJWAL A/P AMARPAL SINGH

30. WHYTHEGOVERNMENT SHOULD HIREMOREWOMENINTHE
ECONOMIC INDUSTRY
TARANISHTA KAUR BHOJWAL A/P AMARPAL SINGH
WHENMOREWOMENWORK,ECONOMIES
GROW
• Productivity isboosted.
• Economicdiversificationincreases.
• Increasing female employment could
boost upGDP byover USD 6 trillion.
WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EQUALITY IS GOOD FOR
BUSINESS
• Estimated that companies with more
women in the higher position shows
higher score in all dimensions of
organizationalperformance.
• Example: Indra Nooyi, former CEO of
PepsiCo (foodcompany)

31. OURPOSITION?
GENDEREQUALITY
IS
POSSIBLE!
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32. CONCLUSION
• Basedontheresearch andsurvey conducted, wecanconcludethat
genderequalityispossibletobeachieved.
• Inordertoachievegenderequalityassoonaspossible,everyone
needtoworktogether.
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33. WHATCANWEDO?
1. Sharehousehold chores
• Responsibilityforthehouseholdchoresandchildren’scare
2. Notice signsofviolence
• Seekhelpandsupportifyouorsomeoneyouknowissufferinginanabusiverelationship
3. Provide orfightfor equalwages
• Supportinitiativeswithinyourcompanythatpromoteequalpayforemployeeswithequivalent
positions.
4.Get ridof biasnessandprejudice
• Womenandmenarenogreaterthaneachother.
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34. SHARADHINI LIVERA TENNAKOON

35. THANK YOU!
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