Gender Discrimination in India: Issues and Challenges

Abstract: Gender is a common term whereas gender discrimination is meant only for women, because females are the only victims of gender discrimination. Recognizing women’s right and believing their ability are essential for women’s empowerment and development. Gender Stereotype is a long-term problem in our society and females are discriminated various ways in India, although legally women have equal rights. So, there is a great need to focus the society on gender issues so that there would be no discrimination based on gender. Women empowerment through gender stereotypes is one of the key factors to unlock the potential of women. This paper elaborates strategies that should be adopted in our society to promote gender equality. As we know “Power of women as the greatest potential for the growth of the economy”. To achieve the empowerment of all women and girls will establish policies and institutions to build a society where men and women support each other. Many activities need to focus where we lack gender responsive indicators and sex disaggregated baseline data and having limited monitoring information. There should be study on some constraints to assess possible differences in participation, benefits and impact between men and women. Gender development or sustainable inclusive development is one the prominent phenomenon which has emerged after the publication of Human Development Report. 

Gender discrimination, women’s development, Empowerment, Gender Issues, Gender Equality

1. Agarwal, Bina, Are We Not Peasants Too? Land Rights and Women’s Claims in India, [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

2. Population Council, 4 (2002) [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

3. Razavi, S (2003), 'Women's changing roles in the context of economic reform and [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

4. globalization'. Background paper for EFA Global Monitoring Report 2003/04 [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

5. Dasgupta, P and M. Weale (1992): 'On Measuring the Quality of Life', World Development, 20(1), PP 119-131. [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

6. Sen, Amartya, Missing Women, British Medical Journal,304, 587-588 (1992) [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

7. Barro, Robert J., and Jong-Wha Lee (1994): Sources of Economic Growth, CarnegieRochester Conference on Public Policy, 40: 1-46. [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

8. Crocker, D. A. (1995): 'Functioning and Capability: The Foundation of Sen's and Nussabaum's [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

9. Development Ethic' in Nussbaum. M and Glover. J (Eds) Women, Culture and Development. [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

10. Agnes, Flavia Law and Gender Inequality: The Politics of Women’s Rights in India, OUP, New Delhi, 127-128 (1999); www.anna.iwate-pu.ac.jp [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

11. Berta – Esteve –Volast, (2007), “Gender discrimination and Growth: Theory and Evidence from India,” London, London School of Economics and Political Sciences. [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

12. https://www.sonata-software.com/sustainability/gender-equality [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

13. https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/causes-gender-inequality [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

14. Kabeer, N (1999) 'From Feminist Insights to an Analytical Framework: An Institutional Perspective on Gender Inequality' [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

15. https://in.one.un.org/page/sustainable-development-goals/gender-equalitysdg-5 [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

16. Agarwal, Bina, Are We Not Peasants Too? Land Rights and Women’s Claims in India, Population Council, 4 (2002) [Google Scholar] [Crossref]

• Exploring the Concept of Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Narrative Review
• Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Critiquing-Based Mobile-Web Employment Recommender System
• Integrating Bhagavad Gita Principles with Modern Supply Chain Management: A Framework for Ethical and Resilient Operations
• Soilless Indoor Farming: A Systematic Review of Iot-Based Monitoring Systems and Physiochemical Characterization Methods for Lactuca Sativa
• Financial Awareness: A Survey of Students in Bhopal