1. Where are Samoan Islands?
The Samoan Islands are a part of a large group of small islands in the southern part of the Pacific ocean.
2. What is gender inequality?
Whenever distinctions are made between men and women and an unequal treatment is done between them, it is called gender inequality.
3. What are the duties of a domestic worker?
The duties of a domestic worker include sweeping and cleaning, washing clothes and dished, cooking, looking after children or the elderly.
4. What is double burden of women’s work?
Women have to work hard both inside and outside the home. This is often referred to as the double-burden of women's work.
5. What does Indian constitution provide about equality?
The Indian constitution promotes equality of men and women. The constitution bans any type of discrimination between man and a woman.
6. Has the goal of Indian constitution of equality been realised?
Even though the constitution promotes equality of men and women, inequality between the two sexes still exists. The burden of child care and housework falls upon women in addition to the work they do outside.
7. What is identity?
Identity is a sense of self-awareness of who one is. Typically, a person can have several identities.
8. What is care-giving?
Care-giving refer to a range of tasks related to looking after and nurturing. Besides physical tasks, they even involve a strong emotional aspect.
9. What is de-valued?
When someone is not given due recognition for a task or job one has done, one can feel devalued. For example, if a boy has put in a lot of effort into making a special birthday gift for his friend and this friend does not say anything about this, then the boy may feel de-valued.