How has technology advancement brought about breakthroughs for women, especially those in less-developed countries?
Technology advancement has brought about several breakthroughs for women in less-developed countries (LDC). Firstly, technological advancements has allowed women to have less children or the number of children they desire. This is made possible by the introduction of birth-control pills which have been highly effective in controlling the number of children a women has. This will allievate the burden a woman faces as she would have to feed less mouths. With this, the quality of life and standard of life a child experiences would be higher.
Furthermore, technological advancement has allowed women to be more accessible to work places and education. The invention of the motor scooter has allowed women to travel more distant places for education and work. This will drastically increase their working opportunities leading to a higher income and better standard of living. Also, women would be more productive encouraging firms to higher women for labour.
Also, technological advancements such as access to internet and mobile phones has allowed women access to information, education and communication. This results in them being less ingnorant and being more educated.
Hence, technological advancement has brought about breakthroughs for women in LDCs in several ways, through the introduction of new products as well as access to information.
Monday, April 26
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ReplyDeleteYes I agree to a certain extent that women in the developing countries had advanced with the help of technology. However this is only true when women are willing to accept the change such that contraception improves quality of life and employment boost standard of living.
ReplyDeleteWomen in LDCs are more confined within their own cultural societies and some of them resist the idea of birth control as they are indigenous to the idea and importance of it, also, not being able to fully appreciate it as they might not be fully conscious of the consequences of having a lot of babies. Information failure is the crux of the problem. For instance, many see condoms as a means of preventing sexually transmitted disease instead of contraception. Others would rather go for the traditional way of abortion as an alternative to unwanted pregnancies. This is because they are not fully aware of the importance of birth-control pills. Above all, they lack the financial ability to pay for these expensive pills thus even with technology, it does not imply that it will work effectively under such circumstances.
Yes, they will be more accessible to work places and education. However, it does not show how technology has helped women to “increase their working opportunities” and “higher income”. If I were to put it in another way, wouldn’t it cost them more to travel by “motor scooter”? I agree with your point that they can migrate in search for overseas employment in the domestic sector. But these are long-term commitments which can possibly hinder their decision to work overseas. On the other hand, since they are comparatively lowly affluent, how is it possible for them to get “access to internet and mobile phones” when they can barely support themselves?
Hence, I shall conclude that it is true that technology has helped to bring about breakthroughs but only to a certain extent.
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