Blog #2 Daniela S. Diaz
Introduction. Hello, everyone. For our second group presentation, we discussed four points: Gender Equality, Education Policy, Immigration Policies, and the Electoral Process. All the groups framed these issues within their historical context and current struggles. This blog summarizes the main points from all the presentations. Group 1: Gender Equality. This presentation was a deep dive into gender equality, a fundamental human right that has made great strides in the last few hundred years but still faces many of the same challenges. Gender equality used to involve exclusively equal pay and representation in leadership. Still, today, it is about a woman's rights over her own body, reproductive freedom, and stopping violence against women. Gender inequality remains a huge issue in many parts of the world, especially in conflict or more culturally restricted areas like India or Asia where there is still, in some places, the idea that the woman should only be in charge of household ...