During the last 10 years, the economic and educational opportunities afforded women have enabled their voices to be heard at every level of government. In fact, the educational deficit between men and women has largely disappeared.
Gender inequity is still widespread and affects girls more profoundly than is commonly assumed.
There are still many chasms to bridge. This means that a woman can expect to earn 72 cents to every dollar a man earns. Women are overly represented in low-paying jobs. There are other concerns. No one is quite sure, but it seems likely that the basic causes for gender inequity concerns can be found in schools, advertising, fashion magazines, television, religion, sports, all of which, at times, by their content and programs, sap the confidence and sense of worth and entitlement which girls should have and cultivate in their early years.