In many third world countries women have difficulties to find a job. Although they have studied and proved their performance, they stay unemployed.
In this video Aïcha, a girl from Pakistan, explains het situation. She has two master degrees, one in communication and one in English literature. Her achievement was well. She even received a golden medal for great performance in mass communication.
After graduation she did different interviews to apply for a job. Her expectations were high, but she got disappointed more and more. Eacht time the companies hired her and then refused at the last moment, without giving a reason.
With this coverage they want to prove they are still living in a male dominated society. This has to change. Among them, it is the responsibility of the government and private organisations to create job opportunities for graduating students, whether they are male or female.
Source: Dawn News Pakistan, 20/03/2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb9WNrfC2mg
Could you imagine that all these years of studying and persisting would have been for nothing?
I think it's really sad that despite all her enthusiasm and performance, she stays unemployed.
With this interview she proves how brave she is. I can imagine it will bring a lot of commotion in her country. I hope she won't get too many problems by expressing her opinion. Somebody had to do it. It is time to wake up the world and bring some changes!
Aïcha blames the government and private organisations. She thinks they have to provide jobs for graduating students. Actually, I don't think they have to provide jobs for them. But, they definitely should do something about this discrimination.
First of all I think they have to bring justice by creating some new and very clear laws about discrimination.
On the other hand I don't think they only have to blame the government. People also should give the right education to their children. They should treat their daughters and sons the same way and start with zero toleration for discrimination at home.
Being treated the same way as all the other people belongs to human rights. So, in short I think there shouldn't be any discrimination, in any country. People should think about this and make it one of their priorities.
But how about you? What would you do if you were Aïcha and how do you think we can change this?
Let me know! Maybe your ideas could make the difference...
Anaë Huybrechts
I've watched the video of Aïcha and it's true, it's very sad to see how a talented woman bumps each time into that man-dominated society.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIf I was Aïcha, I would be really frustrated because there's hardly anything you can do about it. I don't understand why a woman who has the right degrees can't do the job just because she's a woman. I'm glad that the situation in Belgium is slightly different. The fact that she did that interview might be a first sign that the situation and the mentality is changing. I hope she has the courage to continue her fight for the job she deserves but I would understand it if she would search her future abroad.
Jolien Van Poecke