Global

Intersectionality Globally

Although women across the world may not experience the same type of oppression they all experience some type of oppression. They maybe oppressed by their families, their husbands, or even the laws and government. These different types of oppressions may deal with their race/class, sex/country of origin, and race/class /sex depending on the region. Although women's rights all over the world have started to increase and get better there is still a lot of work to be done for even basic human rights the many go without.

India

​Women all over the world are being affected by sexism whether it is their home life or career wise. In the film "A Suitable Girl" by Sarita Khurana and Smriti Mundhrathe, three women are interviewed and observed during the search to find a husband. The women are from Bhayandar, Mumbai, and Delhi all looking for husbands mainly based on income earnings and careers which could be considered another type of sexism.. The men however, are looking for women that will help take care of their family, cook and clean. Often times these women have higher education yet are reduced to house work and rearing children, sometimes miles away from their own families. These women often have to settle or remain living with their parents if suitable matches aren't available. This just shows another way in which women are oppressed within patriarchal societies. 

Africa

In some parts of Africa women of Ghana are barred from owning land, however they may work the land with permission of a husband or family (Bawa 2012). Africa has a patriarchal society that often prevents women from owning land and having access to other economic advantages.  Black Women are often casted in lower paying economic jobs such as agriculture and are considered less capable than their black male, and white male and female counterparts. The black women are often promoted at a lower rate, if at all, and are only considered for position if there are no white females or black males to fill the position, this causes a large disparity among black women when it comes to earning a livable wage. The disparity and lack of basic rights keeps the women dependent on their husbands and families for basic survival. 

Not Oppressed in All Areas

In the documentary called "Asante Market Women" that the women of Asante run their market and makes prices as they see fit however, with all this power in the marketplace when they go home, they are still the child raisers and are expected to take care of the home. They are again reduced to what is considered woman’s work. Trading and being market women has given these women financial independence from the men to whom they are married. The financial independence the women of the Asante Market is similar to that of the women of the US at the turn of the century. Women in the US have been integrated into the workplace although we are still fighting for pay and gender equality. This comparison shows that intersectionality not only applies to women in the United States, but to women all around the world: Muslim, African, Indian, Asian, black, latino etc.