The 21st century is an era that have witnessed the use of repealing laws that discriminate against women and girls, laws that created gaps between boys and girls in education, technology, public services.
Women who were before labelled as housewives, weaker vessels, Kitchen keeper, their husbands nurse; these special traits which was often manipulated to breed inferiority in women has been replaced through the advancement of education and exposure of women. Boys and girls now receive education, women are now given positions in many dominating professions such as Engineering, Military, computer programming and so on. The 21st century woman now occupies (26) percent of jobs in artificial intelligence. Greater representation of women now questions economic systems that fails to deliver economic progress.
However, while it is important to expound the fact that the 21st century woman can be anything she wants to be and can do everything that can improve the economic status, it is also pertinent to outline some negative trends women have been experiencing in this 21st century.
Women in this Century are still regarded as sex tools, business advertisements are void without nudity. Laws that would repressed underage marriage as seen in countries or regions with abstract laws have not been fully implemented. Women still experience abuse verbal, physical and domestic violence, laws that should enhance a woman's right against sexual violence particularly in marriage are not fully implemented.
Although women in the 21st century have made for themselves their place in the business world and are still striving, culture and social norms have kept them as minority. Recent research shows that in the world women still earns (77%) for every dollar received my men.
The 21st century woman has advanced and has gained recognition but this advancement will remain under threat if the women are still seen as second-class citizens and if adequate laws that will recognize the female gender are not entrenched. It is therefore, imperative that we join hands with organizers of women development programs, not just seeking for how to control power but more importantly on equal inclusion and protection of women's right.
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