Essay About Sudanese Women

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Sudanese Women and Gender Discrimination at Work “Leadership is the act of serving others and has no gender preference”. (Farshad Asl, N.D.) Gender inequality has become a major problem in our day and age especially in third world countries. Women are not given the same opportunities as men yet; expectations of them are very high. Sudanese women in specific face a lot of discrimination in many different aspects of their lives. Mertz states that many of Sudan’s female population is uneducated and are not even given the chance to attend schools and colleges if the family’s financial situation does not allow it. On the other hand, the case is exactly the opposite if a male family member is involved. This is mainly due to the country’s traditions and the firm belief that if a female went to school she would be corrupted and brings shame to her family…show more content…
(Mertz, 1991) This brings up a lot of problems for Sudanese women especially if they apply for jobs later on. In other words, due to the discrimination the Sudanese women face in their childhood, they are bound To face more discrimination at work in the future. This is very unfair to the sudanese women as they make up a large percentage of the sudanese population and they deserve to have the same rights as the men that live and work in Sudan. Some of the questions that would come up in this research are whether the educational factor really contributes to the inequality in women promotions at the workplace? What role does poor or low educational levels play in the renaissance of women workers in Sudan? How could gender discrimination be made a thing of the past in the Sudani context? Inequality happens due to several reasons including how women are viewed in the Sudanese culture and their education levels and certain steps are meant to be taken by individuals as well as by the sudanese governemnet to ensure that women in Sudan receive the right education and would be able to
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