Essays on Gender Equality

Gender Pay Gap and its Impact on the Society Gender pay gap remains a significant issue in the US society. Research shows that the working women in the American society earn about 80% of what their counterpart men earn. This gap tends to intensify across the races with African American and...

Pay Equity and its Importance Pay equity simply means equal pay commensurate to the value. Hence such discriminations based on color, gender and ethnicity pursuant to the wage setting system should not suffice (Bishu, Sebawit and Mohamad 97). Favoring Pay Equity Policies Do you favor or oppose pay equity policies. Why? Yes! I favor...

Bias can be defined in so many different ways. However, one general definition brought out clearly by Turban, Freeman, and Waber ((2017) states that bias occurs when two or more groups of individuals act in an identical manner but are treated as if they were different. The triggers to such...

I chose to write on gender inequality in workplaces since it was a pressing issue in my previous working place. It was superficial that women were discriminated in workplaces which makes them feel sort of lesser human beings. Despite the constitution’s laws instituted for protection against gender inequality, there has...

Women’s education, empowerment and gender equality are among the most crucial factors of development in the twenty-first century, especially in the developing nations. It is very to examine the assumptions under which projects, programmes, and policies are formulated towards this goals. Empowerment is tied to the range of activities women...

Gender Equality Gender equality is a state where both men and women have similar access to opportunities in all spheres of life which include financial and decision-making processes. However, it is not the case. Women face continued discrimination in almost all areas of life. In turn, it hampers their abilities and...

The purpose of this essay is to summarise an academic article on “Knowledge Combination Capability and Innovation: The Effect of Gender Diversity on Top Management Teams in Technology-Based Firms” by Ruiz-Jime´nez, Fuentes-Fuentes, and Ruiz-Arroyo (2016), published in the Journal of Business Ethics. Study objectives The overall aim of the study was to...

Research shows that what one earns in the US is hinged on his or her education, industry, ethnicity, geographical location, occupation and gender among other factors (Abousamak, 2018). Various calculators consider innumerable measures when determining wage differences, which gives rise to variance in wages differing from calculator to calculator, besides...

The Allegations Against Microsoft The article by Fiegerman discusses the allegations against Microsoft on the issue of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The author notes that employees of Microsoft have reported 108 cases of sexual harassment and 119 incidences of gender discrimination between 2010 and 2016. Apparently, the company has allowed...

The purpose of this study The purpose of this study will be to explain the reasons behind better opportunities for women in western countries compared to the eastern nations that have a long history of gender discrimination. The eastern world has adopted a conservative nature in determining the social order, and...

This research paper aims at comparing western and eastern culture based on how social media has positively influenced western women more than eastern women. The main difference between the east and the western culture is that the eastern people are known to be more conservative and traditional compared to the...

Brene Brown enlightened me on various aspects of vulnerability. My initial misconception was that vulnerability was a weakness. This notion seemed to be consisted with Brown’s audience’s reaction, as most of her listener had the same misconception.  The speaker made me understand that vulnerability is all about taking emotional risks...