Role of Gender Equity in Sustainable Development


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Authors

  • Supriya Das

Keywords:

Sustainable development, women, access to resources, rural development, agriculture, education, health

Abstract

Equity is an essential building block in sustainable development of every sphere of society.
Gender analysis is a tool to better understand the realities of the women and men, girls and
boys whose lives are impacted by planned development activities. Sustainable
development requires the full and equal participation of women at all levels alongside
men. It is clearly inappropriate to try and address problems, to identify strategies, or to
implement the programmes, if only half of the population (men/women) concerned is
involved in the process. Partnerships and equality between men and women are the basis
of strong families and viable societies in a rapidly changing world. Women have been
consistently excluded from decision-making across history and societies; which resulted
imbalance, marginalization, suffering and conflicts. Creating greater gender equity will
contribute to building peaceful, democratic and prosperous societies. Even in sustainable
development of agriculture, role of women is of paramount importance and there is urgent
need to devise women specific technologies for better participation and involvement of
women in decision making.

Author Biography

  • Supriya Das
    Bengali Department, Government Degree College, Dharmanagar, Tripura (N)

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Submitted

2018-03-20

Published

2018-03-20

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Das, S. (2018). Role of Gender Equity in Sustainable Development. Indian Journal of Hill Farming, 30(2). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJHF/article/view/77143