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Every year on March 8, the world celebrates the International Women’s Day (IWD). Globally, women face numerous societal and institutional challenges which hamper their overall well-being and productivity. While the Nigerian constitution advocates for the empowerment of women and kicks against their discrimination in any form, women’s participation in the labour force and representation in government is greatly limited, thereby pinpointing obvious gender disparity.
Some of these issues have their roots in cultural practice, discriminatory laws, family and child care commitments. We’ll take a look at the biggest challenges faced by women today.
Gender Discrimination
It is saddening that regardless of a woman’s experience, education or abilities, our society nurtures the view that women are less competent and qualified. Despite the gains of feminist movements around the world, a lot of people still believe women are less worthy of opportunities given to men.
Political Segregation
In political leadership and corporate boardrooms, the lack of women in top positions negatively affects progress on relevant issues like pay, aid provision and widespread discrimination. Though some organizations and governments are already setting remarkable examples with gender-inclusive leaderships, more efforts need to be made to ensure that more highly competent women are appointed to leadership roles.
Sexism and Economic Inequality
The combination of these two awfully potent aspects are characteristic of great systemic power imbalances which work hand-in-hand. Even down to our basic lives, we hear people say things like “why are you nagging like a woman?” These comments are stereotypical, dismissive and should not be made.
Trauma-centered feminism
As the name implies, the focus of this feminism is on the protection from men. An environment riddled with fear and panic has poisonous implications on the survival of that society. Brave and resolute women have taken on a march to sensitize the public and reduce the impact of widespread fear.
Shuffling career and motherhood
Some talented women may choose to pause their careers in order to prioritize family life and the choice is solely theirs. Therefore, reabsorbing a mother into a workforce she left due to childbirth should be common practice.
If we want a strong society with best practices and solutions, we should be ready to give smart, dynamic and intelligent women a seat where decisions are made on all fronts.
At Redcare HMO, women meritoriously constitute more than 40% of our workforce and they have consistently demonstrated exemplary professionalism at all levels of management, leading the organization to greater heights. We remain committed to fostering an inclusive work environment free of gender discrimination and enabling measures that would serve the best interest of all.
