Since time immemorial science and scientists have always tried to disapprove the existence of God as the creator of the universe. They have come up with diverse theories trying to explain why things are the way they are. With people tilting towards modernisation and globalization it was initially thought that this would affect the people’s perception and relationship with God. However as things stand as at now the more modern and global people have become the more modern and global people have become the more they seek God’s face and favour.In the majority of the countries the religious groupings have shaped the politics in their respective countries.
Their voice in the contemporary issues like democracy, corruption, child trafficking , rape and abortion, gender issues is taken seriously and has always been timely. According to www. foreignpolicy. com examples of religious grouping that have shaped politics include Iranian revolution in 1979, Taliban in Afghanistan, the shia revival and religious strife in post-war Iraq and Hamas in Palestine.
The vocal religious headers in countries like South Africa harsened the struggle against apartheid.The people have always preferred leaders whose religious upfront is stronger regardless of their gender, age or class. The more people have become educated democratic and can embrace political freedom weather this has not dampened their resolve to embrace religious beliefs. How to promote female leadership in the third world For many years the role of women in leadership has been elusive. In his book (Martin M. Chemers, 1997), said that the general perception was that women were insulted for managerial roles and would make poor leaders, as they lacked skills and traits necessary for managerial success.
As the world tilts towards modernisation and globalisation there is an urgent need to address the gender discrepancies. Women must be involved in leadership roles to tap in their inverse and unused potential. There has been a conscious effort to promote women in leadership and various measures have been employed. Women, already springing from a disadvantaged position need affirmative action in such sectors as education where cut off marks should be lower than those of their male counterparts.
In the same way, there is need for financial boosting where women can access loans to start up business and pay at lower interest rates. There should be an elaborate sessions where women can be given skills to take up roles and demystify the perception of them as homemakers only. The government should reserve at least 1/3 of its positions to women and hence nominate the women according to merit. The education system should also incorporate topics in the syllabus that deal with issues on leadership to help nurture young women during their formative years.Occupations that attract highest proportions of third world women and why women gravitate towards them.
The third world countries, henceforth referred to as developing countries are still grappling with the issue of unemployment. With most of these countries tilting towards agriculture as their main source of income, many women especially in rural areas find themselves entangled in the menial jobs of farming. Due to cultural and gender stereotypes, most women are believed to be homemakers and hence can only work in areas of agriculture, hotels, secretaries librarians and those lucky enough can be teachers or nurses.There is actually an overrepresentation of women in the lower cadre jobs in almost all sectors of the economy like. health, education, trade and industries, transport, communication and the like. Few or no women are working in production or management levels and this also translates in to poor or low pay for majority of women is the field that has a majority of women is the field of sales and marketing as they are viewed as more attractive and hence will promote sales for the companies.
One of the major reasons as to why women are in these jobs is actually the cultural and gender stereotypes.The African culture has relegated women towards jobs of child bearing and homecare. It is common to see girls denied education at the expense of their brothers. Most girls don’t go past the elementary education and hence it’s a bit difficult for them to find better paying jobs. Those who pursue higher education are discouraged by societal expectations from science oriented courses like engineering and do art oriented course like education, sociology anthropology e.
t. c. when it comes to the job market they will definitely go to the ones that befits training.
