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Sexism in Asia

Nowadays, luckily sexism is controlled in USA and other developed countries by the law. Women have the same rights and privileges as men. However, in developing countries, especially in Asia, sexism is still a current issue that is not likely to be solved in just a short period of time. Sexism in these countries has been preventing women from accessing occupational opportunities and also form equal opportunities in education, health, property and justice.

As an evidence of sexism in Asia that is depriving women of education, occupation, health care opportunities, let’s look at the sad reality in Nepal and other Asian countries. According to a report released in November 2000 by The Mahbub Ul Had Human Development Center in Kathmandu city, Nepalese women did not have enough access to education as statis


Finally, in the aspect of justice, as foreign workers to work with low pays in domestic service, Asian women are afforded with minimal labor law protections, which shows that women are not enjoying justice as a result of sexism. As an example, according to an article on the Human Rights Watch website, many Asian women go to Kuwait to work in domestic service. The labor code here provides limited labor rights, and even worse, these rights are ignored by the state enforcement mechanisms. In addition, female domestic workers are treated as sexual preserve for the males in the house. As foreign workers and as women, they are not credible as complainants. Domestic women workers are targeted for violence and sexual abuse but are not protected. Many rape cases are not reported because they are not believed.

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