UU200- CARTOON ASSESSMENT

UU200
ASSESSMENT 3: “ETHICAL” CARTOON ON SOCIAL
JUSTICE ISSUE
FINAL SUBMISSION
GROUP MEMBERS:
Nathaniel Suruj Lal - S11195846
Suresh Karan - s11049140
Losalini Bogiduailekutu - s11196371
Gresilla Mariane Visai - s11203932
Mareta Matatolu - s11036073

ETHICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR CARTOON
a. Why did your group choose this social justice issue?
The topic "Gender Inequality" has been selected by our group. The Pacific
Islands are dealing with a lot of problems, including gender inequality. For
instance, the pacific region is clearly seeing the effects of climate change, with
the oceans becoming warmer and the weather becoming more unpredictable.
Regarding gender inequality, there is a still-practiced belief in the Pacific that
men are superior to women, which is also clearly seen in the workplace. We
chose to draw a cartoon on gender inequality and climate change because we
recognized the seriousness of the issue and wanted to spread awareness of it
throughout society.
b. How does your cartoon design and content uphold ethical standards?
The content of the cartoon highlights equal opportunities that need to be given
to women in the changing in world environment. For example, right to
education and equal employment opportunities. This is evaluated and supported
in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women by UN – such as civil rights, reproductive rights and enlarging our
understanding of the concept of human right [that is moving away from the
traditional influence of culture in restricting women’s enjoyment of their
fundamental rights.] Our cartoon design and content is promoting the same that
is to move away from Gender Inequality.
c. Briefly analyze the message in your cartoon using two ethical theories?
The message presented in the cartoon is on the social injustice issue Gender
inequality in Education. Education is a basic human right to all children around
the world despite race, gender or ethnicity made available through United
Nations under its only agency responsible which is UNESCO. However, due to
unequal power relations practices in the past, social norms, discriminatory

practices and belief systems it has underpin gender inequality and exclusion in
society. "Girls education is at the intersection of two of the most challenges of
our time: Education and Gender equality" (Gender equality and education,
2019.) The priorities of UNESCO are the right to Education, gender equality in
education, Literacy and Teachers. The two ethical theories being compromised
here in the cartoons message is under Consequentialist Theories. Firstly the
Utility Principal which states that through all actions we should strive to
maximize happiness and minimize pain and suffering. According to the cartoon
character the little girl really wanted to go to school to become educated and be
able to have a career which in the long run will benefit her family and her
society but the Father being a Traditional/ Act Consequentialist decides that it is
of no use for her daughter to receive Education and it is good in his eyes
without knowing that she has the right to Education. He is not minimizing pain
but instead letting the daughter begging for Education. For a rule
Consequentialist this action the Father does is against the Daughter's right to
Education and those right rules are those that if everybody follows them than it
will produce the greatest good in the world today. Those rules are the basic
human rights made possible through UN. So the Father realizes that after a clear
explanation from the Teacher which also educates the Father on his
compromised judgments. "Gender equality is a Fundamental human right and a
necessary foundation for a sustainable, peaceful and prosperous world. Her
Education, Our Future" (Gender equality and education, 2019).

References
UN Women – Headquarters. 2022. Explainer: How gender inequality and climate change are
interconnected | UN Women – Headquarters. [Online]
Available at: (https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/explainer/2022/02/explainer-howgender-inequality-and-climate-change-are-interconnected)
[Accessed 5 October 2022].
United Nations Human Rights. 1979. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women. [Online] Available at: <https://www.ohchr.org/en/instrumentsmechanisms/instruments/convention-elimination-all-forms-discrimination-against-women>
[Accessed 12 October 2022].
Unesco.org.2019. Gender equality and education. [Online] Available at:
<https://www.unesco.org/en/gender.equality/education> [Accessed 13 October 2022]