THE ROLE OF GENDER EQUALITY AND THE WAYS OF GENERAL AMELIORATION OF THUS FIELD

Аннотация

Abstract: Gender equality can be understood as part of the long-term historical struggle for equality  and democracy. In this process, gender equality interventions are important tools in enhancing  women’s rights and participation, yet this striving for greater gender equality is  by no means unproblematic,   for   example,   as   demonstrated   by   LGBTQI  movements.   There   are   many  arguments   for  gender  equality   – feminist   transformation,  gender  justice,  gender   difference, realization of individual and collective potential, and its fuller use – and many ways of framing gender equality. Within liberal reform feminism, gender equality involves realizing the potential of women and men equally within the current gender order. In resistance feminism, the gender order cannot be made equal through gender balance, as men’s dominance is too strong. Rebellion feminists seek to take apart the gendered social order by multiplying genders or doing away with them. Gender policy operates differentially at   organizational   and   occupational   levels, and in public   and  private   sectors,  with  extremely   variable  historical  contexts.   Major  supranational bodies, such as the United Nations, the European Union, and the Council of Europe, have been prominent in promotion of gender  equality. Various critiques of gender equality  are outlined. Future challenges facing gender equality and gender equality policy are noted.