Rose-Marie Chaperon

Gender Inequality



Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011

by Rose-Marie Chaperon
Chaperon Consulting, LLC

Gender inequality started is taught to us from the time we were born. Girls are raised to be inferior to boys because the bible stated that God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man (The Bible, 2004-2011); therefore this stigma has existed from the time we were children. Gender inequality tend to exist all over the world, however is less common in the United States. Gender inequality exists in employment and education.

Professional inequality is a major issue worldwide, fortunately in the United States we have labor laws that prevent these types of discrimination from happening: In terms of employment as well as promotion in work and occupation, women often face greater handicap than men. A country like Japan may be quite egalitarian in matters of demography or basic facilities, and even, to a great extent, in higher education, and yet progress to elevated levels of employment and occupation seems to be much more problematic for women than for men. According to the US Census Bureau, women are relatively well-represented in the labor market, with a female participation rate of 65.6%; about 37 % of women work in management, professional and related occupations. Of these, 37 percent worked in management, professional and related occupations. In 2000, females with bachelor's degrees earned $35,408 in 2000, compared with $49,982 for males (Center for American Women and Politics, 2008).

Education is widely recognized as the gateway to economic security and opportunity- particularly for girls and women. When it comes to education, A 2000 U.S. Census Bureau report shows that women have almost achieved parity in education. In 1999, the same percentage of men and women in the U.S. graduated from high school. In many countries, women have only half as many years of schooling as men, more so, women in general enjoy far less employment opportunities than men the world over (Chaudhry, 2009).

Thanks to the fight for women’s rights, increasing participation of women in the job market and to the right to vote, women have emerged from the strictly private sphere to which they were formerly restricted. Women have broken the implicit social contract that for more than hundreds of years confined them to home, child rearing, household tasks and fieldwork, while men worked outside the home. When it comes to other nations, until nations are able to address this issue of gender inequality and resolve it, the vicious cycle of poverty will continue to pervade. This is because poverty leads to and aggravates gender discrimination – it is in the poorer sections and nations that instances of gender biases and inequality are more evident.
Rose-Marie Chaperon also works as a Director of Revenue Cycle for healthcare operations. Rose-Marie's experience is process improvement and redesigning patient access and patient financial services areas. Rose Marie is an exceptional A/R guru and has held many Business Office and Patient Financial Services positions throughout her twenty-year tenure in revenue cycle. She is a very proactive leader and the kind of person who can direct a group of people towards their goals. Rose Marie has experience with a variety of software systems and led three hospitals through a system conversion during her assignments there. Rose-Marie is a Certified Healthcare Access Manager (CHAM). Rose-Marie can be reached via e-mail: rosechaperon@hotmail.com or rchaperon@shenahaiti.org

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