Language Argument.

Gender equality is crucial to the development of Society.

Gender Equality brings to light the notion that all men and women are equal regardless of their
gender, and should not be discriminated against based on it. Gender Equality not only brings us
together as a people, but it also has a direct effect on the economic prosperity of a society. The
denying of equal opportunity to women is a critical factor crippling the return of many nations to
their first ranks as global leaders in commerce, learning and culture. This decline in productivity
also helps perpetuate the further underdevelopment of these economies. Gender Equality would
allow men and women the opportunity to contribute equally in both the political and social
aspects of the decision making process. When both women and men are involved in all aspects of
political life, including as members of parliament, societies are more equitable and this serves to
strengthen and enhance overall democracy in a country. This in turn would allow for a better
development path and would help the implemented policies to better reflect the different
demographic aspects of society (1). Policies which represent the needs of all genders are what
help to bind society as it develops, they are the foundation in which new laws and rights come
into fruition. If the rules that help maintain society are created based on the needs of every
individual, many of the institutions that help form society would be able to develop efficiently
and help in the achievement of other development outcomes. As Society develops more and
more organizations are seeing the benefits that can be achieved through gender equality.
In the year 2000 the united nations met during the millennium summit and implemented what
would be known as the millennium development goals. One of the keys goal being To promote
gender equality and empowerment to women. This became the poster child for many of these
nations development policies which promoted gender equality. In 2007 came the birth of The
MDG Achievement Fund, which specifically helped governments to implement programmes that
helped advance the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) worldwide. As a result, the MDG-F
pioneered a dual strategy to strengthen women's rights and promote gender equality, with 13
programmes that directly bolstered womens representation in the decision-making process,
improved their access to resources , and reduced their vulnerability to violence and conflict.
Their work also improved legal systems to respect womens rights, particularly those of
marginalized indigenous and ethnic minority groups. This paved the way for greater political
involvement from women. For example in Nicaragua, nearly 114,000 women were consulted for
the formulation of gender responsive budgets and local gender policies, and more than
23,000 women participated in local government decision-making processes, both of which led to
gender mainstreaming in the national budget.

These organizations recognized that if women were allowed equal access to the same political
participation and representation as their male counter parts, not only would it bridge the gap of
power between men and women, but it would also become one of the key facilitators of social
change in society. No longer would individuals feel burdened through the pressure of societal
norms and gender based role allocation. With leaders of both genders in the political institutions
of society, many individuals would be inspired to reach new heights and develop to their full
potential, instead of being limited by prescribed roles based on misconceptions perpetuated
though gender inequality. Its absurd to think that even though women make up 50 percent of the
worlds population only 15 percent of the members of parliament worldwide comprise of
women. This alone shows the urgent need for gender equality in politics because ultimately,
politics are essential to the development of any society and can be one of the many driving forces
behind social evolution.
On the micro level this arguments goes both ways, in light of their being overwhelming support
for Gender Equality, others argue that any form of egalitarian theory which gender equality stems
from, would always result in statist control because they view it as being founded on principles
which go against the ontological structure of reality itself. To impose policies on society
promoting Gender Equality would result in the government forcing its ideologies upon its
people. Every individual has a right to self-worth, and in society there will be both men and
women alike, who feel like they are better and more entitled to resources than others. Who then
is Government to tell them they are not? What should be apparent is that within any society, they
will be inequality, rich or poor, black or white, male or female. It is something that has existed
for centuries and has become part of the social construct within society. It is therefore impossible
to eliminate, and would be a waste of crucial resources that could be used for development in
other areas. This is where the idea that through perpetuating Gender equality in society
governments would be negating individual identity by forcing people into a homogeneous mold
that is untrue to them and in the process they would be ignoring the importance of difference and
the understanding of the self as a pre-conditioned human need.
Ultimately whatever view is held on Gender Equality, Governments have to access its political
effect on development and the pros and cons of the perpetuation of it in society before any real
action can be done.
. The rule of law established in Southern Water Authority v. Pegrum and
Pegrum stated that ...in deciding whether the intervening cause affords a
defence the test is whether it was of so powerful a nature that the conduct of
the defendant was not a cause at all but was merely part of the surrounding
circumstances.