Research Paper on:
Belize and Conditions for Women

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offering great diving areas, Mayan ruins, lush jungles and tropical restaurants. But, there is an ugly side to Belize that doesnt quite make the chamber of commerce brochures. Many of  Belizes women still struggle for basic human rights in their country, including housing, voting rights, discrimination, and lack of equal opportunity. Belize has a population of nearly two hundred thousand  for its small island size, but is the least populated among the countries in the Caribbean. However, part of the internal problem comes from the fact that Belize is quite  diverse in its collection of ethnicities and cultures. For example, there are Creoles, Garifuna, Metstizo, Hispanic, Maya and English(Barry,96). Belize tends to export crops such as sugar, bananas, and  various citrus fruits, and are said to contribute nearly thirty percent of the Gross domestic Product(Belize, 2002). Nearly fifty percent of the coutnrys workforce works in some sort of agricultural  or fishing endeavor/occupation, including the tourism which results from the diving of their barrier reef system(Belize, 2002). There are not many labor unions and the workforce is mainly afraid or  unwilling to form them. The police, according to reports, work hand in hand with the owners of the larger industries and harass those who attempt to form unions(Belize, 2002). Therefore,  workers rights are in as much a quagmire as womens rights. So what is the solution? Identifying that poverty is one of the underlying causes would seem to state that  this crushing reality needs to be rectified. Also, more women need to be educated so that they can secure lucrative and secure jobs, thus making a living where they are  not as likely to contract the disease of AIDS. Though many have stated that health issues, especially those of reproduction, need to be discussed among the Belize women and contraceptives