Write about globalization in terms of gender opportunities. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages as well

Write about globalization in terms of gender opportunities. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages as well.

Emphasizes how globalization through trade openness; technological change; and diffusion can contribute to greater gender equality.

Trade openness and the spread of information and communication technologies (ICT) have increased women’s access to economic opportunities and in some cases increased their wages. ‘

In ICT-enabled sectors; physical strength is no longer a hiring determinant; and as cognitive skills gain in importance; female labor becomes more valued in the workplace.

As gender inequality becomes an impediment to international competition; globalization applies peer pressure for countries to ratify treaties against discrimination while media exposure and consumers’ demand better treatment for workers pushes businesses toward fairer wages and better working conditions for women.

Economic empowerment reinforces changes in the lives of women by influencing time allocation and decision-making power within households.