To what extent has women's empowerment evolved throughout the years?

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[...] Women's empowerment in politics is important because everyone needs to participate in order to maintain democracy. Women's leadership should be enhanced. But global statistics show that women are underrepresented as leaders and voters this limits their participation in the political process. Representation and image in media Media -film, radio, TV, social media, advertisements, can contribute to women's empowerment. Women have long been underrepresented in media. A study shows that from the 50s to the 70s, TV programs in America only presented 30 to 35% female roles. [...]

[...] Movies like The Piano should be more common, and strong women figures such as Ada should have a more important place in mass media. Indeed, media exposures shape the perception of people and play a major role in the establishment of social norms. This prevalence of media should contribute to women's empowerment rather than putting a stop to it. If female characters received as much screen time as males, were positive and assertive and had realistic bodies and behaviors, media would stop sending a message that women have less value. Feminity is not biological but a cultural and social construct. [...]

[...] A drastic change in women's image and representation would help modify perceptions and stereotypes, and therefore create a new notion of feminity, sounder and more realistic. From a marginal mindset defended by a few activists like the suffragettes to a more global movement like the #MeToo affair, feminism and women's empowerment have known a favorable evolution. This change was enabled by girls education and politics. But even though women's cause is now acknowledged, sexist inequalities and prejudices still persist. To make a major change and permit the evolution of the idea of feminity and people's mindsets, measures should be taken by influent actors and media. [...]

[...] To what extent has women's empowerment evolved throughout the years? We will first focus on their empowerment concerning education, then the political field and finally their representation and image in media. Education Women's empowerment evolves shoulder to shoulder with girls education. A report published in 2013 by the UNESCO and entitled "Girls' education: the facts" gives precise statistics about girls' education. It explains that millions of girls around the world are still being denied an education. Thirty-one million girls of primary school age are out of school, and two thirds of the 774 million illiterate people in the world are female. [...]

[...] To what extent has women's empowerment evolved throughout the years? The word empowerment refers to the process of giving authority or power to someone. Empowerment allows repressed people or minorities to become stronger and independent and permits the claim of their rights. For one to be empowered, they must come from a position of disempowerment. What has always taken women away from empowerment is the gender gap, caused by sexism. Sexism is used to refer to discrimination based on genders or sexes. [...]