UN Sustainability Goal: Gender Equality
Gender inequality did affect the ʻāina in European history. Because of gender inequality, most women at this time couldnʻt do anything without their husband’s permission. “Women in Medieval Europe were legally dependent on their husbands. In the scope of civil law, women were restricted from signing contracts, being witnesses in court, or borrowing money in their names. All of these had to be carried out under the legal authority of their husbands.”(Daileader) Since women werenʻt able to do anything independently this weakened them and made them feel like they were being controlled.
The impact of gender inequality on the people was that it made women feel weak. Since women couldnʻt do anything without their husband’s permission that made them dependent. Also since rape at the time wasnʻt a serious law that showed no care towards women. They never had any rights so they felt unpowered because they couldnʻt say anything. This connects to our flip lecture about the industrial revolution. We learned that in the industrial revolution women and children were used as cheap/slave labor in factories. This connects to gender inequality because women werenʻt treated equally in these periods. - Kain Tubania People addressing the gender inequality issue in Hawaii are a few non-profit organizations, but mainly volunteers and people who want to participate in the marches. There are organizations like Women's March Global which also is in Hawaiʻi and people like Alex Miller who organize marches and rallies. On marches and rallies like Alex Millerʻs, hundreds of people show up to spread awareness on gender inequality.
The challenge to the aid is gender inequality isnʻt something you can fix tomorrow. It will take a long time and still there might be gender inequality. The leadership from these organizations impacts the future of Hawaiʻi by speaking up and spreading awareness. It also shows that you can advocate for what you believe in. The leadership of these organizations is like the leadership of Gandhi. Gandhi wanted to help the people in India, same with the people in these organizations. The people in these organizations also want to help but they want to help people suffering from gender inequality. -Kain Tubania There are solutions to address the gender equality topic in Hawaiʻi. The most important way to address this topic is to inform the public. If you can inform the public through marches, posters, etc, then people will understand the life of a māhū or of women's inequalities. Once people understand the lives of these people they can come to accept them more and treat them equally.
Another way to address this topic is to inform young people. Since children are the next generation, telling them about māhū and women equality is important. We can teach children to not be mean to someone who is different and to treat everyone equally. A bigger solution to this topic would be to make stronger laws to prevent human trafficking, rape and abuse. “Women and girls are vulnerable to human trafficking as they account for 71 percent of all human trafficking victims.”(Thelwell) If laws had greater punishments maybe these numbers would go down. These solutions are important in addressing gender equality. -Kain Tubania Resources: https://borgenproject.org/five-ways-to-fight-gender-inequality/ Thelwell, Kim. “Five Ways to Fight Gender Inequality | the Borgen Project.” The Borgen Project, 30 May 2019, borgenproject.org/five-ways-to-fight-gender-inequality/. |
Gender inequality in Hawaiʻi is real. Although Hawaiʻi is one of the leading states in working towards gender equality many women struggle with the biased minds of the government. 8.9% of women in Hawaiʻi live in poverty because of the lack of money and childcare. Unfortunately because of the social and educational class of women, they are treated differently and many are judged by their race. Women in Hawaii typically make $0.83 for every dollar paid to men and the national figure is $0.82.
Many bills and laws are trying to be passed to help with gender equality such as the “Equality Act.” Many campaigns from local organizations are helping to promote equality. Child care is something that many women struggle with, especially single mothers who hold down two jobs so their children can eat. In Hawaiʻi, child care is expensive and many women use a good portion of their income on it. Some short-term solutions for promoting gender equality are by protesting, marching, sharing on social media, or simply helping out a woman in need. - Koʻiahi Pūnua |
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