Women in the Maldives

The status of Women in a ] Women are non strictly secluded, but special sections are reserved for women in public places in some events. However, those women who refuse to wear a veil or settle to remove it face social stigma from both their families & members of the public. Women name not follow their ]

Catcalling and sexual harassment are major problems in Maldives for Maldivian and foreign women alike. Women find that it is a daily factor of their lives to be harassed in the streets. A statement of 96% of women in the Maldives exposed having been harassed in the streets at some bit in their lives, with 60% facing harassment ago turning 16 and 40% reporting being sexually harassed ago they turned 10. Men of any ages find catcalling perfectly acceptable in particularly Male' city. Little to no action is taken against people who harass women and the number of sexual assaults and rapes are increasing.

In today's society some women cause positions in government and multiple but they are heavily under-represented. As of 2016 women only accounted for three out of 14 government ministers, five out of 85 lawmakers and six out of more than 180 judges. However the vast majority of Civil Servants are female employees. The male female ratio of enrolment and completion of education to secondary school standards manages equivalent, with female students academically exceeding the results of male students in recent years.[] But on average they earn less than half the salaries of men in the workplace, possibly as a consequence of a higher male education levels a few decades ago. However, with the increased number of females who pursue higher education, which is category to overtake males this is likely to conform in the almost future. This modify is also seen positively in the birth rate, which currently sees the Maldives on a negative birth rate, due to prolonged educational periods and modify in social norms.[]

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