The position of women has changed a great deal in many societies over the past 50 years. But these societies cannot claim to have achieved gender equality. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The bar graph illustrates how many trips were made by
children
to
school
and from
school
in one nation in 1990 and 2010 by various modes of transports. Overall, most
children
travelled by walking in 2010.
however
,
children
who travelled by car were highest in 1990.
In contrast
, the lowest
number
of
children
travelling by car was seen in 1990 and fewer
children
used the cycle to go to
school
in 2010. The
number
of car passengers was just over 4
million
in 1990 which was less mode of transport used by
children
to travel to and from
school
but
this
mode of transport was most popular in 2010. , the total of
children
who went by walk was just over 12
million
in 1990 it means most
children
went to
school
by walk in 1990 and 6
million
used to go to
school
by walk. Cycling,
on the other hand
, was least popular than other modes of transports in 2010 which was only 2
million
but the
number
of
children
travelling by cycle was accounted for just over 6million in 1990. The
number
of
children
used to go both by walking and bus was just under 6
million
but the
number
declined to just around 3
million
in 2010. 7
million
in 1990 and 5
million
were used to take the bus to travel to
school
.

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