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Women's representation in the Media is gaining great significance in our region day by day. On reflecting on such an issue, many questions come to mind: Are women well pro-May Elian portionally represented in this field? Is their gender an obstacleto a career? Is it just a question of gender or capacity and qualifications?

Gender and Politics in Sudan, by Sondra Hale - Westview Press, 1996

Economists contribute to the decision-making process by proposing alternatives & by outlining the implications of choices. Economics as a profession contains very few women; in a 1970 census, only 11% of economists were women (US Bureau of the Census, 1970). Economics deals with people's roles in economic activities as producers & consumers, neither of which is wholly masculine or wholly feminine. But women have been differentiated from men in their roles, & a simple model of economic activity can be used to review the distinction. For example, within the framework of all the alternatives to work, the woman's choice is different from that of the man because society has assigned to woman different roles as a producer. In the role of consumer, the income women spend accrues chiefly because of their dependence on income earned by men. Because in most developed countries women make most of the household purchases, they are seen as consumers. It is important to note that the activities that women perform in the home, such as cleaning & cooking are also available on the market. The continuing growth in the number of working women ranks first as an economic phenomenon demanding attention. Only recently has it become evident that women's jobs differ from men's in pay & position. Women exist separately from men because of their poverty. The gender of economics is "indubitably M." 2 Tables, 1 Figure. R. Lent.