Women in the Developing World Third World Countries Term Paper

Women in the Developing World

When one goes back in time we see that women have always been the target of the male gender. They have tried to control their thoughts, actions and feelings. Their opinions and ideas have not mattered and to the male gender, women were nothing but an object of pleasure and were considered to be their possession. With time the civilized part of the world realized that women are no one's possession and are just as humans and have feelings just like the males do. However even today when the world has become a global village, there are some third world countries where women are subjected to the same old ideas and their voice is suppressed. They are not allowed to do a number of things and their role as described by the males is limited to taking care of the household and the kids. They are not allowed to receive proper education and are also not given access to health facilities. The males don't realize that it is a God given right to the women to receive appropriate health services.In many third world countries, large numbers of women die due to pregnancy related causes. "An estimated 529,000 women died from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in 2000, virtually all in developing countries" (BBC). The cause to such incidents taking place is the fact that there these the males do not use family planning. They do not use contraceptives and to them women are just a machine created to produce babies. Men simply do not care about the health of their wife as to them the wife is of no value. "The limited power many women have over their sexual and reproductive lives and lack of influence in decision-making are social realities which have an adverse impact on their health" (UN). In such places, awareness of family planning should be brought about in the societies and many who feel that they are religiously bound to not use contraceptives should be taught that no religion requires a baby to be born at the expense of….....