The Millennium Development Goals- Quality and Empowerment of Women

Empowerment in women has come along way from WW1 in Canada but in terms of the world there is much more work to be done. North Africa and Western Asia in specific has fewer then one in five paid jobs outside of agriculture held for women. Meaning that their isn't much, other then farming and tending, that women can do. The completion date of the Goals is by 2015 meaning we only have 3 years left to go and with economic problems facing the entire globe, I can see how these haven't become a large priority. It seems that developing countries are ones that have much trouble with gender equality and for what reasons? The environment and is a large part on what makes them developing as the climate contributes to poverty. The jobs that are available other then agriculture are minimal and because of their culture men are traditionally the workers and women are the care takers. Culture is something that is a difficult hurdle to get over and considering most areas that have the most severe gender inequality are ones that have strong religious ties. In order to move forward, I believe that education is the only way, as educating younger generations will help for improvement in the future. Many religious beliefs are instilled from a young age, so change is very difficult with adults. My person belief that to abolish the inequality problems is to change peoples cultures and methods of thinking.