"Women will never enjoy the same rights as men." Do you agree?(Cam, Nov ' 06)

I do not agree that women will never enjoy the same rights as men. If we were in the past, I would say that women might not be able to enjoy the same rights as women as men. However, in the present context, i would say that it is possible for women to enjoy same rights as men. In fact we are already seeing it happen and gradually improving. Women have been enjoying same rights in different areas.

In the society, women have achieved more equality and their status are improving. More and more women are allowed to enter workforce instead of staying at home to be a housewife, taking care of the family. In Singapore, the government have been trying hard to woo back non- working women due to the need to take care of women as the government feels that by adding in these in the workforce, it would help in our economy. Thus we can see that the women are allowed to enjoy the same rights as men to work, and it is possible that it happens

In addition, in the workforce, women have increasing opportunities to not only work but also hold managerial positions. They hold the same rights to become executives. In the case of South Africa, thw women in executive position have been increasing. According to the Business women Asscoiation 2007 census of South African women. There were 298 women directorsholding 385 directorships. The number of women of CEOs and chairs have increase0.02%. This has shown that women are increasingly able to gain rights to me in a more powerful position than men. Therefore I would say that in time to come, not only would women be able to enjoy same rights as men but a larger amount of women too.

In the political arena, the number of women involved in the politics area have increased. Some countries have increasing number of women in the cabinet. Just this year, Spanish new cabinet has nine women and eight men. This is the first time women have outnumbered men. Thus, we can see from this example that it is possible not only for women to enter into areas that they have never done it before and also to enjoy the same rights if not more in these areas.

In conclusion, I do not agree that women will never be able to enjoy the same rights. Women's status have been getting better over the years with the efforts put in by associations to push for further equality. Hence, in my opinion, in the years to come, women might be able to enjoy same rights as men in more areas.