Group8_D | SDG 5: Gender Equality
Gender equality Right from the beginning of human evolution and civilization, women had to face the sharp end of the stick when it came to liberal progress. Some of it made sense back then, some of it was harakiri, but the sheer ignorance that we have had towards 50% of the women population for so many years to date, is absurd, to say the least. " Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender ," is the official definition by UNICEF. If this is followed holistically, we empower and elevate half of the population. Why is this still a foggy dream? The answer lies inhabit. The habit of the status quo, which is patriarchal, misogynistic, and non-liberal, is ingrained in the minds of people. Education and the ...