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Introduction 70% of African women with disabilities get them from their husbands. In Africa, most women have little or no rights. ... Women throughout time, especially in African culture, have always been subservient to men. The status of women in Africa is second-rate. In countries like the United States, women have the same rights as men and are almost equal. ... Women have to know that they should be equal to men. ... DEFINE THE PROBLEM Women, unfortunately, have been very discriminated against, even in this century. Women are so cruelly thought of that now, women see nothing wrong with mental and physical cruelty towards them. Since the status of women in Africa, is so low, it has caused many men to overpower women…physically. More and more women are being beaten and thinking that it is okay because the women think men are superior to them. A frightening fact is that 16 2/3 percent of women are battered by their partners and 46% of these cases the children are beaten too. ... A woman named Geli wrote about her life in which she says, "My mother…she constantly suffered terrible physical and mental abuse from him…" Fifty percent of women in Africa women will be raped in their life time. ... " Geli wrote, "Being raped doesn’t mean it’s by some you don’t know, I was raped by my husband and his friends…" In conclusion, when men over power women, women feel less and less important and the status of women becomes worse. ... They don’t necessary get shot or killed, they end up not being able to climb out poverty and get a decent job, especially women. Women in Africa are forced to be prostitutes because they need to support their family. When women do this they end up having a bigger family. Women live in poverty in a disproportionate number. ... " "Why have women become so much poorer? ... In countries like Kenya and India, cut backs resulting from the International Monetary Fund’s and Structural adjustment policies (SAP’s) have affected women most because they are the main recipients of education and health." There are more women than men in poverty. ... 3 million displaced 80% of them are women. In a study carried out over 20 years the number of rural women in poverty has increased by 50% reaching an awesome 565 million. "Poverty has influenced women’s lives more than any factor over the last decade." If women are in poverty they will not be able to help fight to gain their rights. ... Lindy Mieza once said, "If you look at our country, it is the women who are the first to dropped at school to give places to their brothers. ... Women should be able to go to school just like men but, "Only the wealthiest girls are able to obtain an education. ... Because women are that last ones in schools and the first ones out, obviously they are the ones who can’t read. If one took out nine hundred illiterate people, women would out number men two to one. ... 3% of the women can not read. If women aren’t educated then they won’t get jobs and will have no way for a secure future. Causes Women are taught in their tribes and cultures that it is all right for men to mistreat them. This is not helping women realize that they don’t have to be treated the way they are. Tribal women are brought up thinking it’s okay for them to be men’s slaves.
Approximate Word count = 2908
Approximate Pages = 11.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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