Global Gender Inequality: Review and Analysis
Keywords:
eradication, gender, global, globalization and inequality.Abstract
Gender inequality is one of the most pervasive forms of inequality in the world.
This is not just because, it is present in most societies, but also because; it cuts across other
forms of inequalities in human endeavour. This paper shows that, the geography of gender
inequality reflects systematic regional differences in institutions of Kinship and family, the
household patterns they have given rise to and the associated gender division of resources
and responsibilities. Thus, a great deal of human behaviour is not the result of individual
preferences. Rather, it is governed by institutional rules, norms and conventions that have
powerful material effects in people’s lives. These rules may be written or unwritten, explicit
or implicit, statutory or non-statutory, but sanctified by religion, upheld by convention or
embodied in the standards of family, community and society
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