ANALYSIS OF GENDER INEQUALITY IN LITHUANIA

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ANALYSIS OF GENDER INEQUALITY IN LITHUANIA
PERIOD OF 2004–2008
FINAL COURSE PAPER
Zagreb, 2023

DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP AND ETHICAL RULES
I declare that I have written the paper “Analysis of Gender Inequality in Lithuania, Period of
2004–2008” that I submitted to my mentor doc. dr. sc. Marjeta Šinko for evaluation,
independently, and that it is entirely in my authorship.
I also declare that the paper in question has not been published or used to fulfil teaching
obligations at this or any other institution of higher learning and that I did not obtain ECTS
credits based on it.
Furthermore, I declare that I have respected the ethical rules of scientific and academic work,
particularly Articles 16-19 of the Code of Ethics of the University of Zagreb.
Greta Gaileviciute

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS ..………..……………………………… 4
2.INTRODUCTION………………….……………………………………. 5
3.THEORETICAL BACKGROUND ..……….………….…..………… 6
3.1.Promoting Gender Equality…… ………………………..…… 6
3.2.CEDAW …… …………………… …………………………….7
3.3.Ngo’s Shadow report …………………… …………………….7
4.LITHUANIA’S PERIODIC REPORT …………………………………..8
4.1.Violence against women……………………………………… 8
4.2.Gender division of labor .………………………………… ……10
4.3.Health issues.……………………………………………………..12
5.CONCLUSION………….….……………………………………..…… 13
6.LIST OF REFERENCES…………….……………….…………..……. 15
7.INTERNET SOURCES.………….…………………………… … 17

TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Table 1: Persons as victims of family members and close relatives (2005–2006) 9
Table 2: Graduated from university by degree (2006) ………………… …… 10
Table 3: Number of students in colleges by fields of education (2006–2007) 11
Table 4: The Main Causes of Death by Sex in 2006 …………………… … 12

INTRODUCTION
In theory, when enacting gender-neutral laws, the representatives of the state are obliged to
consider the views of all voters and enact laws that are favourable to each gender. In practice,
however, this policy is not possible because of the fundamental roots of patriarchy over the years
(Hughes & Paxton, 2019). Women, naturally perceived as the "submissive gender", have made
impressive gains in the last century in their quest for political and legal equality. However, it is
important to realise that the distortion of gender role models, which equates men's physical
strength and natural dominance with the right to take responsibility and control of the family or
larger community units, and women as submissive and confined to the private sector, is a
stereotyped attitude that is manifested in a variety of spheres, such as women's involvement in
politics, discrimination in the workplace, and violence in the domestic and social environment.
Globally, more than one in three women experience psychological and/or physical domestic
violence, which endangers women's health and reproductive systems, hinders their participation
in society, restricts their rights, and causes psychological suffering for both women and their
offspring.