Participation of rural women in sustainable development - demographical and socio-economic determinants

Rural women are often termed as ‘agents of change’ for a successful development intervention. Women collectives as a tool/medium of change has in recent years, gained recognition as an effective intervention to empower women in developing countries. Sehgal Foundation (SF), an NGO based in Haryana, India, spearheads women collectives since 2014 to impart confidence among women representatives and strengthen their bargaining power in all walks of life. This gender-focused intervention leads to externalities that may be uncalled for and is inadequately acknowledged in the literature. An assessment of SF’s work in Nuh, Haryana points to need to include men in the programme to facilitate a long-lasting and meaningful change in gender dynamics. This prerequisite to warrant social change is often implied in various research areas, that is, the importance of focusing on the community, specifically, males, for sustainable development. This essay provides empirical evidence to the same and proposes a gender-transformative approach to interventions as a solution to address gender specificity in development interventions.

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Socio-economic determinants of the ecosystem of sustainable development of Ukraine

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/915/1/012019 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 915 (1) ◽

pp. 012019

Author(s):

H Lopuschnyak ◽

N Chala ◽

O Poplavska

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Key Factors ◽

Economic Determinants ◽

The World ◽

Ethical Norms ◽

High Standards ◽

Definition Of ◽

Economic Nature

Abstract Now the world has felt the effects of events (pandemic, digitalization, etc.), which provoked a change in the socio-economic ecosystem, which the authors propose to understand as a set of objects and subjects, and grouped according to certain interests, including on professional interests related to the definition of priorities and directions of adaptation of society and the state to the existing environment, which includes rules, laws, moral and ethical norms, and thus forms a single whole with them. Realizing the irreversibility of these events and their consequences, it becomes obvious that the transformation of national ecosystems is accelerating, especially under the influence of the ecological program. Thus, the process of adaptation to the new ecosystem of state development and ensuring its sustainability actualizes the study of determinants of socio-economic nature. The author’s research, based on his own methodology, proves that the key factors in ensuring the sustainability of this ecosystem are compliance with high standards of quality of life, maintaining partnerships and public trust in various institutions, taking into account various aspects of security (individual to collective), assessment of the present and forecasting the future.

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Rural Women Exodus and their Role in Sustainable Development. The case of Spain

10.29327/xxivshe.421124 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Teresa Rojo ◽

Selda Dudu ◽

Carmen Solís-Espallargas ◽

Dolores Limón-Domínguez

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Women

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Women’s Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Development in Rural Sialkot, Pakistan

10.26686/wgtn.17011538.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Sadia Munawar-Ishfaq

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Rural Women ◽

Elderly Women ◽

Local Level ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Inclusive Development ◽

Human Welfare ◽

Development Framework

Sustainable development has become a global imperative in recent times that needs to be taken seriously more than ever before. While it is globally acknowledged that sustainable development is indispensible to holistic global development, inadequate attention has been paid to alternative modes of achieving sustainability, examples of which exist in traditional knowledge systems of many rural and indigenous communities. This research tries to explore the intricate link between traditional knowledge studies and sustainable development, with a particular focus on the environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects of human welfare. This is done by placing the concepts of ‘traditional knowledge’ and ‘sustainable development’ in the wider development framework, and by analysing their theoretical and practical underpinnings at the global and local level. Drawing upon a research carried out in Pakistan, the study adds to an existing body of literature that confirms that traditional knowledges of rural women are a valuable resource, which can constructively contribute to sustainable development objectives. The evidence is collected from four villages in rural Sialkot, where elderly women were interviewed about their knowledge systems and changing social roles in the context of local socioeconomic and environmental change. A major finding of the study is that local women’s traditional knowledge, which has for long provided the foundation for sustainable living, is being displaced as globalisation invades rural life. This is indirectly resulting in a loss of sustainable livelihoods and local biodiversity. The problem is aggravated by the low value that is attached to indigenous know-how and practice at the community, and national and international level. The thesis concludes that women’s indigenous knowledge needs to be recognised and mainstreamed in important development strategies in Pakistan for a more inclusive development.

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Gender Equality as a Precondition for Meeting Various Challenges like Reducing Poverty, Promoting Sustainable Development and Good Governance: A Discussion

IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) ◽

10.21013/jmss.v14.n2sp.p4 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 28

Author(s):

Fatiimah Waariithah Ahsan

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Rural Women ◽

Good Governance ◽

Gender Inequalities ◽

Skilled Attendant ◽

Male And Female ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The World ◽

High Level

Gender equality and poverty are presented as two interrelated parameters. There is a negative correlation between the two concepts (Accordingly, when gender equality is enhanced, poverty decreases). The United Nations have religiously been there to tackle poverty, provide good governance and minimize the gender inequality gap. Much of the talk with gender equality and tackling poverty now is in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the focus on development. Goal 5 of the SDGs is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. But how far are these goals being achieved is still a growing question to debate about.Amid all the discussion about inequality, gender voices are still a grey issue in many sectors. Even within the UN, most of the high-level policy debates are composed of men. There are not many women in the conversation. Gender inequalities vary considerably between goals. While young women in Africa are between two and four times more likely than their male contemporaries to be infected with HIV, globally girls are no more likely than boys to be underweight. In Bangladesh, it's the poorest boys who are less likely to go to school than the poorest girls.Gender is just one of a multiplicity of inequalities that combine to form the patterns of poverty and exclusion that we see in the world today. Other inequalities are also hugely significant. In Vietnam, for example, only 7% of ethnic minority households have access to improved sanitation, while the figure for the majority Kinh and Chinese groups is 43%. In India, more than 90% of rich urban women have a skilled attendant with them when they give birth, but for poor rural women, the figure is less than 20%.Gender equality is one of the most important branches of development in the world more so in the developing nations. It has created much buzz in recent times than ever before. What really is gender equality is an objective question. Is it the same rights for both the sexes or is it having to recognize the male and female values as the same or is it having the same pay scale for both male and female? Typically, when talking about gender equality, scholars, writers, bloggers and activists are concerned with giving women the same or similar rights as men. The issue is are men superior to women and whether this male-dominated society is decelerating sustainable development and good Governance.

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roundup-56th-session-of-csw-rural-women-agents-of-change-indispensable-for-sustainable-development

Human Rights Documents online ◽

10.1163/2210-7975_hrd-9823-0038 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Women ◽

Agents Of Change

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Assessment of the ecological potential of the region using the method of regression analysis and the coefficient of elasticity for sustainable development

RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA ◽

10.3280/riss2021-001007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 111-131

Author(s):

Olga M. Gusarova ◽

Svetlana L. Lozhkina ◽

Tatiana V. Reger ◽

Elena V. Tarasova ◽

Gleb A. Agapov

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Environmentally Friendly ◽

Municipal Waste ◽

Economic Determinants ◽

Solid Municipal Waste ◽

Coefficient Of Elasticity ◽

Regional Product ◽

Ecological Potential

One of the fundamental economic determinants of sustainable development is the optimal use of limited resources and the use of environmentally friendly-nature, energy, and material-saving technologies, including the extraction and processing of raw materials, the creation of environmentally friendly products, minimization, processing and disposal of waste. In this study, in order to clarify the indicator "ecological potential of the region", it is proposed to consider a number of indica-tors that, according to the authors, have a significant impact on this phenomenon. One of the significant indicators for assessing the ecological potential of the territo-ry is the indicator of the area of landfills for the disposal of solid municipal waste (MSW) in a particular region. The authors hypothesize that the change in the vol-umes of landfills for the disposal of solid municipal waste (MSW) in a particular region depends on the type of development of the territory. As the main defining indicators (factors-arguments) of the development of the region were chosen: the number of manufacturing enterprises, population and gross regional product (GRP) per capita. The authors have developed a regression model to determine the degree of influence of a number of socio-economic indicators on the volumes of landfills for the disposal of MSW. Significant parameters were determined for terri-tories with different types of regional development (extensive type of develop-ment. Using the method of regression analysis, it was found by calculation that for regions of all types of development, the decisive factor that affects the volume of landfills for the disposal of MSW is the population of the territory. With the help of the coefficient of elasticity, the closeness of the relationship of the considered fac-tors-arguments was determined.

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