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Women are more and more entering the workforce and many couples are dual earning families due to this powerful new ideology and the present day economy. Research shows that in 1960 only 15% of married women with children worked outside the home and in 2007 60% of those women are out at work.




Although many women are continuing to enter the work force, most are segregated into the secondary sector. Meaning, they are typically with low pay, no authority, no autonomy and therefore easy to fire and refill. And usually these jobs/occupations are female dominated where females are concentrated into. Most low wage workers are white, high school educated females with family responsibilities. Because of all this, women tend to make less money and their career ladders are cut short with their mobility stopped by male domination and this idea that men are "better" than women not only in the workforce but many other aspects.

If you are a women in the labor force needed help or simply interested in further information on how to help please visit this website,


http://www.timeschange.org/

For centuries, women have been inferior to men, not only in the workforce but in the home. Over time things have been changing. Today's society has begun to realize the full potential of women and have started to treat them with the respect the deserve. With the help of sociologists and education this issue of gender has began to ask questions and get answers.

For me, being a women, I understand the struggles females face simply because of their sex. There are many stereotypes attached to women that make them seem inferior and incapable of doing a good job. There are still people out there who think that the women's place is in the home. Coming to college I have realized how much women have gone through to get to this point where women are doctors and lawyers. Its amazing to see how far women have come because it gives hope to how much further we can go until men and women are in complete equality. Change in this case is such a good thing because its for the better.


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resource guide

Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Global_Competitiveness_Reports/Reports/gender_gap.pdf

Pamphlet explaining why gender discrimination exists and how the world/society/culture contributes to this issue

Discrimination and Obstacles Women Face in Workforce as They Face Barriers to Reach Their Full Potential

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2798466/discrimination_and_obstacles_women_pg2.html?cat=31

Great article that talks about how discrimination prevents females mobility in the work force along with examples showing how this issue persits

Women's Continuing Struggle with Inequality in the Workforce

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/527753/womens_continuing_struggle_with_inequality.html?cat=3

discussion of historical conten, glass ceiling, statistical evidence

Gender Inequality in the Workplace

http://socialissues.wiseto.com/Articles/FO3020630304/?page=1

discussion on discrimination, male domination, wage gap

Gender Discrimination in the Workplace

http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/10/09/gender-discrimination-in-the-workplace/8868.html

Studies showing how gender discrimination still exisits globaly today

The Working Woman: a "Second Class" Worker

http://www.newyouth.com/archives/interviews/working_woman__a_second_class.html

information on low pay, childcare and maternity leave, health and saftey at work and sexual harrasment in China unemployment

Inequality among women explored

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/05/07/inequality_among_women_explored/

Discusses difference of work in regards to race, also gives valuable statistics

WORKING WOMEN IN CHINA

http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=365&catid=9&subcatid=60

issues aound Discrimination,Chinese Women in High Positions, Factory Workers, Poor Working Conditions

China forcibly relocates Uyghur women and girls for factory work

http://womenmakenews.com/content/china-forcibly-relocates-uyghur-women-and-girls-factory-work

Influence of Chinese government, forced labor, intimidation, deprivation

Women vulnerable to gender discrimination in workplace

http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/commentary/2009-06/438474.html

Includes a cartoon expressing gender discrimination in the workplace as well as imformation on China's Acts that ware supposed to help women but have continued to be ammeneded

Women Suffer Most in Garment Sweatshops in Bangladesh

http://cawhk.tripod.com/9904/9904art05.htm

Examples of low pay, poor working conditions, and physical harm in sweatshops

Women and Sweatshops

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/sweatshops.html

Talks about working conditions in sweatshops, popular US companies that use sweatshops, global sweatshops, along with information on efforts to end sweatshops

Sweatshops and Third World Living Standards: Are the Jobs Worth the Sweat?

http://www.independent.org/publications/working_papers/article.asp?id=1369

Questions wheather sweatshops are worth it and graphs with evidence on horrible working conditions

Sex Discrimination and Gender Discrimination in the Workplace

http://www.hrhero.com/topics/sex_discrimination.html

Lists the laws and acts that are used to help prevent discrimination in the workplace

Dealing with Discrimination in the Workplace

http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/laws-government-regulations-employment/11554-1.html

Gives tips on how to prevent and help discrimination in the workplace


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