Women in the West

• after ww1 many women gained the right to vote
• at first, it was mainly war widows or mothers who could vote, but eventually, all women were given the right to vote
• they worked on the home front during WWI and WWII but were expected to go back to their domestic duties when the war ended
• in the 1950s and 1960s, women began to fight against domestic expectations and fought for equal power and earnings
• some statistics show that a woman earned 87 cents for every dollar a man made
• some argue that this is because women tend to work in occupations that pay less
• now, more women than men have post-secondary education

Women in the Developing world:

• Afghanistan: 87% of women admit to being victims of violence
• Iraq: women fear rape and kidnapping
• Western Sudan: abduction, rape, kidnapping
• Mali: female genital mutilation is extremely common