more than 100 million women are missing

8/19/2019 More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing

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MORE THAN 100MILLION WOMEN ARE MISSING

Group 4

Andit, Sweet Baby JeanCeballos, Cindy Gel

Galos, ChristineLoyao, Althea

Nuneza, JillianVergara, Lalaine


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At birth, boys outnumber girls e erywhere in the world bymu!h the same proportion" #$ men and women re!ei e similar nutritional and medi!alattention and general health !are, women tend noti!eably longer than men" %omen outnumber men in &urope , 'S , and Japan the persisten!e o$ arious types o$ bias against women" (hisis partly the result o$ so!ial and en ironmental di)eren!

that in!rease mortality among men" #n Asia and North A$ri!a , the $ailure to gi e women med!are similar to men results in $ewer women sur i ing"$or e*ample, has higher rates o$ disease $rom whi!h womensu)er espe!ially in health !are and medi!al attention"


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%e !an estimate the number o$ +missing women in a!ountry, say, China or #ndia, by !al!ulating the number o$

e*tra women who would ha e been in China or #ndia i$ these!ountries ha e the same ratio o$ women to men re!ei ingmedi!al !are"

%hen that number is added to those in South Asia, %estAsia, and North A$ri!a, a great number o$ more than -..

million women are +missing "

(hese numbers tell us, a terrible story o$ ine/ualitynegle!t leading to the e*!ess mortality o$ women"


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(wo e*planations $or the negle!t o$ women0• Cultural !ontrasts between &ast and %est 1or between the

2!!idental and 2rient3

• 'ne/ual nutrition and health !are pro ided $or women


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2nly !omparing the &ast $rom the %est is not enough ine*plaining why there s a worsening relati e mortality o$ women

(he status and power o$ women in the $amily di)er greatly $romone region to another

An e*ample is the employment outside thehome and the owning o$ assets by women

Both men and women ha e interests in !ommon and !on5i!tinginterests that a)e!t $amily de!isions


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(he di ision o$ a $amily s 6oint bene7ts is li8ely to be lessun$a ourable to women when0

(hey !an earn an outside in!ome (heir wor8 is re!ognized as produ!ti e (hey own some e!onomi! resour!es and ha e rights to $allba!8 on

(here is a !lear9headed understanding o$ the ways in whi!hwomen are depri ed and a re!ognition o$ possibilities o$!hanging this situation


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A +gain$ul employment !an substantially enhan!e the deal that

women get" (hese are the reasons why0

2utside employment $or wages !an pro ide women within!ome

(he so!ial respe!t that is asso!iated with being a+breadwinner !an impro e women s status

2utside employment !an ma8e women less ulnerable andpre!arious%or8ing outside the home pro ides e*perien!e o$ the outsideworld $or women


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#$ di)erent Asian regionsand A$ri!an regions

1e*!ept China3 areran8ed a!!ording to thewomen in so9!alled+gain$ul employment0

Sub9Saharan A$ri!aSoutheast and &asternAsia%estern AsiaSouthern Asia

Northern A$ri!a

:an8ing the ratios o$li$e e*pe!tan!y o$$emales to those o$males would gi e us0

Sub9Saharan A$ri!aSoutheast and&astern Asia%estern AsiaNorthern A$ri!a

Southern Asia


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!ountry with traditional bagainst women

Chinese Leaders Revolution

General e*pansion o$ basi! health and medi!al ser i!esa!!essible to all#n!rease in women s gain$ul employmentGreater so!ial re!ognition o$ the importan!e o$ women in the

e!onomy and so!iety


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-;- (err ible $amine 0 re mar8a ble general e* pansion o$longeti ity

-;?; &!onomi! re$orms was introdu!ed 0 Chinese li$e e*pe!tan!yin!rease

%omen s li$e e*pe!tan!y at birth o ertoo8 that o$men@emale death rates de!lined sharply#n!rease the rate o$ e!onomi! growthBro8e the agri!ultural stagnation

-;?;9-;=> :emar8able a!hie ement 0 oubling agri!ulture output

But A$ter :e$ormsin!rease in general mortality rates

in!rease death rate than in -;?;


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Gain$ul employment is not only the $a!tor a)e!ting women!han!es o$ sur i al

@emale employment and $emale litera!y whi!h !ombine e!onoand !ultural e) e!ts are important ariables

&/ual politi!al : ights and nutrition as well are $a!tors o$ eimportan!e


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Ierala does not ha e a de7!it o$ women be!ause o$Gain$ul employments:emar8ably high litera!y#nherited properties

igh le el o$ !ommunal medi!ine

Countries Ratio of women to men

Ierala K -".H

&urope -".<

China .";4

%est Asia .";4

#ndia .";4


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#$ a great number o$ negle!ted women 1more hundred million3 will bea!8nowledged and situations

mentioned are !orre!ted by politi!al

a!tion and publi! poli!y then we !an!on$ront the problems $a!ing the world

today

more than 100 million women are missing

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