Answer:

1. Gender biases: Viewing men as wage-earners and women as homemakers

PEOPLE in many countries and cultures believe tasks such as raising children and housework are women's

work, while venturing out to earn an income is the province of men. In such societies, work done by men

takes the visible form of income. In contrast, raising children and performing housework produces no

income and women are seen as living off the earnings of men and therefore of lower social status.

In fact, raising children and taking care of housework are strenuous tasks, in no way inferior to work done

by men. The following graph shows daily working hours for men and women. In every country, this graph

shows that women work more hours than men and that women also work longer at home. Nevertheless,

women earn only one-third of the income earned by men.

2. Fewer educational opportunities for women

The right to an education, a key to social and economical independence, is a fundamental human right.

Education opens the doors to a vast range of INFORMATION and social services.

However, there are many women with fewer opportunities for education in the whole world. Two-thirds of

the approximately 880 million ILLITERATE adults in the world are women. And two-thirds of the approximately

113 million children who are unable to go to school are girls.

Why do women have less access to educational opportunities? Many people around the world living in

poverty tends to lack the financial resources needed to educate all the children in a household. The result

is to ENCOURAGE education for boys, who have the potential to earn higher incomes, while girls, who are

not expected to earn an income, are made to work at home from childhood, doing housework or farm

work.

Imagine being unable to read; imagine venturing out into society lacking even the most basic education.

Imagine the uncertainties and near-insurmountable difficulties. In poor countries, some women are

unable to administer medicine to their children because they can't read the instructions.