Elimination of Discrimination against Women – A Shared Value of Social Work: Some Preliminary Observations

Abstract

Women are suffering from many social issues such as gender inequality, discrimination, domestic violence, unequal payment, sexual harassment, exploitation, trafficking and so on. Women ate suffering from discrimination in all context such as social, economic, political, educational etc. There need of women-centered services to remove discrimination. Women's issues need to be taken seriously because discrimination affects them in many facets of life. Despite controlling a little percentage of resources, women perform the majority of the work in the globe. The fact that women have independent needs unrelated to their roles in the family or as carers for children, the elderly, and the disabled is one of the most important concerns facing social workers. Social workers may respond in ways that are repressive or detrimental by unconsciously adopting specific opinions about what women ought to be doing in accordance with conventional gender roles. This paper will based on the secondary data and review exiting data regarding the practices of social work for elimination of discrimination against women, its aim will to find out social work practices related to women for their empowerment and development.