Critical Review of Past Literature on Gender Inequality in the World

Abstract

Now a day gender inequality is a great problem in the world. This problem has developed the poverty in particularly, in the developing country. Seeing to its importance the present study was arranged to critically review the inequality in the world between men and women. The study based on secondary data. Total 17 past studies were downloaded from the net and critically reviewed each study 20 times and analyzed the situation. The review explains that women have treated very bad and the men is considered superior in the world society and women is only regarded as the caretaker of the home and no share in land is giving to them in inheritance. On the birth of son the people fire for congratulation while on the girl, parents express grief at their home. When male child is born, the status of the mother confirmed as a wife in the family. In food, education and health etc attention is paid to son while daughters are ignored. The quota in government employment is less than the men while wage and salary is also less than them. Economically men are considered stronger than women. The number of seat in the parliament is less than the female in the world. In European countries the gap between male and female is less however in Asian Countries gap is high. There are 16 countries of the world Turky, Pakistan, Saudia Arabia, Iran etc the women population is higher than the men while due rights are not given to them in country politics. The study further explains that in Pukhthun culture women is gifted as compensation in the time of dispute settlement. There are few lag behind the bar which not allow female for education. The society focus on purda and consider co-education problematic for their girls. However on the other side poverty is also a great hurdle which not affords the cost of the education to send their daughters to school. Security is the third option in the developing countries which make terror for parent to not send their daughters to colleges or schools due to sexual harassment and honor killing. Islam has focus on female education and told that if possible they will have to go to China for getting education while women are tortured everywhere in the world and do not give due attention to their rights. On the basis of problems the study recommend that to multiply female colleges and schools ; provide free education to girls and facilitate good security to girls and boys in the world particularly in the developing countries: Give due share to them in their land according to law. Without equality the development of the world is impossible.

Keywords:- Critical review, Past Literature, Gender , Inequality, World