How Graphics Depict the Gender Gap Globally
1- Line Graph
This line graph shows how women entered schools and had access to education throughout the past years. Previously, it was very hard to have girls in schools, they would be preferred to stay at home. In Morocco, which is part of the Arab Region, girls were under the dominance of patriarchal systems. However, with the cultural developments and with the openness to knowledge, higher number of girls breeched into schools.
The key indicators are easy to observe and study with the variation of percentages with respect to years development. This graph is important to show how societies had developed from ignorant people who don’t let females to enter schools. Females were encouraged to have their right to education and have a positive step forward into attaining equality between genders in the educational fields.
2- A Pie Chart
This pie chart shows the overall percentage of women in labor force around the main regions in the world depicting a huge variation between each. The middle east, which is considered an under developed area, effectively proves the lowest number of women participating in labor force. The lowest percentage is screened with a sad color, grey, referring to the sad truth of women’s engagement in the society. The dominating colors are dark since they label a bold interaction between men and women in the society. A reality that women are stepping out and seeking jobs. The reality that feminine colors aren’t necessary pink and purple, so now femininity of these women doesn’t have to be shown with pink. The higher the percentage, the more bold the color is, illustrating bravery and resistance.
Women were oppressed since ages, under the patriarchal systems that govern the countries. Long time ago, women wouldn’t be allowed to go outside their homes, not for college neither for work. The masculine dominance throughout old centuries was terrifying to a certain limit; if a girl is banned to do something, it’s a very serious issue.
However, the disappointing fact of showing a small change in the percentages from year 1990 to 2017, which is a long timeline, certifies the slow progress of the populations in updating their social systems.
Furthermore, the slow progress confirms that there is an ultimate need for this data to provoke the people encouraging them to move a step forward, after showing them a below-average of cultural advancement.
3- A Bar Chart
This bar chart shows the evolvement of women participating in agricultural work fields within different regions throughout a range of years. The percentages are vividly decreasing since 2000. The percentages are relatively low except for South Asia. Even though the percentage of women employed in South Asia is relatively high, it slows down rather than increase. In the other countries, this graph shows that male dominancy especially in agricultural field is still ruling. Regardless to the stereotypes that we live in of the superiority of men on women, we can see that it’s actually true in work, from the previous graph to this one.
Since 2000 till now, a lot of movements that encourage women to participate in work fields have risen; yet, the implementation is obviously not as motivating as the demands are.
The key elements are provided, using numbers and labelling the axes so the graph would be easily grasped. Women used to be sorted out to participate in agriculture specifically in rural areas, but the graph tells us that even this essential participation is not high. This chart is interesting since the cultural norms generally tend to categorize women in specific dimensions of work fields, and when it comes to agriculture the norm says “it’s hard on women” and tend to symbolize men with agriculture.
4- Heat Map
This graphic shows news that very few know about. People would expect the US or a developed famous country to have the highest number of females participating in the Parliament. This graph shows that Cube and Iceland are the countries who most support women’s participation in governmental positions.
The colors used for this graph are not related to feminism or any stereotype that labels women with certain color. It’s a simple graphic and easy to understand just like the FOB graphics in the ‘Did You Know’ section.
