WOMEN: CRUSADERS FOR EQUITY IN CULTURE

Gender discrimination is the worst thing can happen to a human and their constitutional right to attain mankind. The agenda of achieving 100 percent literacy is not possible without the inclusion of females, queers and transgender people. Toxic masculinity puts challenges and obstacles to the advancement of these groups because it can create struggles in their existence and they can feel the centuries of prejudice which is intolerable. After decades of uproar and multiple researches, the injustice that was persisting for females and the LGBT community has certainly been reduced by specific policies and laws that have taken shape on a global level, but there is a long way to go…
Education and educational mediums are the tools to sensitize people. Teachers, while transacting pedagogical content, can create a conducive and inclusive culture for a better future. Equity and equality, social justice, etc. topics can create respect, empathy and acceptance for others. Several education policies, acts, framework are working to stimulate the process of enrolment, retention and jobs with certain reservations. UNESCO is working to bridge the gap of rural areas and urban areas, aboriginal strata where discrimination is prevalent, tribals, physically and mentally challenged people and other underprivileged humans. The Goverment can formulate policies and laws to enforce the equal treatment but unless society and people will start practice it, this dream will never become a reality.