Equality opportunities and Human rights

Equality is about ensuring that every individual has an equal opportunity to make the most of their lives and talents and believing that no one should have poorer life chances because of where, what or whom they were born, what they believe, or whether they have a disability.  (Equalityhumanrights.com, 2018) 

Unfortunately, not everyone shares the same views.

Equality recognises that historically and still now certain groups of people with particular characteristics e.g. race, disability, sex and sexuality, have experienced discrimination.  (Equalityhumanrights.com, 2018)

Equality needs to be embraced at every level and every structure, even Fine art which suffers from gender discrimination.

As you look closely, every successful artist is mainly man. My success story also is abaut a male -   Leonardo who lived in Renaissance Italy. At that times attitude towards women was even worse. During feudal times women were given more liberties and enjoyed freedoms. They could own land and had many of the rights men had. However, this period where so many great changes had been made in the church, in literature, and in all other artistic areas, women took a big step backward in their fight for equality. (The British Library, 2018)

In Renaissance women were thought of as property, owned first by their fathers, and then their husbands.(Vam.ac.uk, 2018)
Some upper-class women had the advantage of receiving an education. However, they were forced to give up their studies once married. And marriage back then was in quite youn age. A women's priority was to be a good wife and to please her husband. The thoughts and feelings of women in Renaissance society were not expressed, they were not considered important.(Vam.ac.uk, 2018) 

Now days situation is much better, but there is still gaps to be filled. If we walk into an art museum, we are much more likely to see a woman’s form being represented in art then art created by a woman. 

Personally, I am fine with that, as woman is much nicer to look at rather than naked man, but it is the shame than female artists don’t get much of the spotlight for many reasons known and unknown.

Gender inequality still seems to be a problem within contemporary art no matter than most arts organisers have long been women.  

There is lot to be done, but I’m glad I’m living in part of the world women are recognized as equal, as many places on this planet still live in dark ages.

 

The Human Rights Act 1998 is setting out the fundamental rights and freedoms that everyone in the UK is entitled to, therefore there is better chances for us not to be discriminated.(Equalityhumanrights.com, 2018)

More about Human Rights 


Related links:

Act itself: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights/human-rights-act

http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=123876 
https://theconversation.com/still-counting-why-the-visual-arts-must-do-better-on-gender-equality-87079
https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/women-and-contemporary-art-why-gender-inequality-is-still-an-issue 
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en

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Equalityhumanrights.com. (2018). Understanding equality | Equality and Human Rights Commission. [online] Available at: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/secondary-education-resources/useful-information/understanding-equality [Accessed 20 Mar. 2018].

The British Library. (2018). Women in medieval society. [online] Available at: https://www.bl.uk/the-middle-ages/articles/women-in-medieval-society [Accessed 20 Mar. 2018].

Vam.ac.uk. (2018). Women in the Renaissance - Victoria and Albert Museum. [online] Available at: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/w/women-in-the-renaissance/ [Accessed 20 Mar. 2018].