Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and the Sustainable Development Agenda in Asia

Women of Asia ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 16-32
Author(s):  
Eugenia McGill
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Agenda

Women Empowerment is needed to Boost Gender Equality in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-107
Author(s):  
Shadiya Mohamed S. Baqutayan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
International Community ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Women And Girls

While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including equal access to primary education between girls and boys, the women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world. The SDGs aim to build on these achievements to ensure that there is an end to discrimination against women and girls everywhere. Although many governments and organizations claim to be tackling the issue of inequality, there are still approximately 1.4 billion women and girls who are still victims of discrimination, violence, and sexism. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to address the issue of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Malaysia context in order to close the gap existed in gender inequality. Data were collected through in-depth individual interviews; the participants interviewed included nine women leaders in the public and private sector. The finding of this research indicated that women need personal, relational, and environmental empowerment that boost gender equality in Malaysia. As a conclusion, this finding will open the eyes of civil society, local grassroots advocacy initiatives, men & women, national governments, religious groups, tribal structures, international community, academia & research, as well as media in solving women related issues. This research carries values to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in enhancing the policy on gender equality; this would be the most appropriate tool in addressing and empowering Malaysian women in particular and ensuring inclusiveness and equality for them, as well as calling on the international community to reduce inequality within and among countries.

Women's Empowerment as a Tool for Sustainable Development of Higher Education and Research in the Digital Age

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-172
Author(s):  
Lina Kurchenko ◽  
Evhenia Kolomiyets-Ludwig ◽  
Denys Ilnytskyy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Women's Role

The chapter deals with the global issue of advancing women's role in higher education and research (HE&R) as a mechanism for reaching the Sustainable Development Goal 5 – gender equality. Gender analysis method is employed to identify historical and current differences between women and men relative to their participation in HE&R and access to decision-making and resources therein. The focus is on the global challenge of gender disparities, including horizontal and vertical segregation, the androcentric academic culture, and the gender pay gap. The authors warn of possible contamination of AI with human gender biases, which can be detrimental to academic hiring and assessment procedures. Summarizing gender-equality policies and practices available worldwide, the authors give recommendations on women's empowerment in HE&R on the global, national, and organizational levels.

scholarly journals Gender Equality and Sustainable Development

Economics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (10-12) ◽  
pp. 28-40
Author(s):  
Bela Kutibashvili Bela Kutibashvili ◽  
Tariel Kikvadze Tariel Kikvadze
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

The article discusses gender equality as an integral part of democratic values. It is a democratic state that should be based not only on political and social, but also on the idea of gender equality, which means ensuring equal rights and responsibilities, responsibilities and equal participation in socio-political life. The 5th goal of the United Nations-Sustainable Development is to ensure gender equality in society. Therefore, the Government of Georgia is actively working to ensure economic empowerment of women and equal economic opportunities in the country by 2030 and to protect the gender balance in the decision-making process. According to global studies, female potential is the least used economic resource in the world, and a pandemic exacerbates this problem. According to world studies, globally, the rate of job losses in women due to pandemics is about 1.8 times higher than the same rate in men. The article extensively covers additional risk factors for gender equality, such as poverty, as women often do not have access to adequate nutrition, fresh air, water, doctor visits, and housing. For example, the production of textiles is one of the most important polluting industries in the world. 90% of the employees in this field are women. Similarly, in Georgia, the majority of employees in garment factories are women. Our observations show that women earn an average of 400-500 GEL per month, in return for having to work hard, working overtime, which also increases their health risks. Similar problems exist in other industry conditions. For example, the city of Rustavi, where the degree of air pollution is 3-4 times higher than the allowable norms. That is why most women complain of weak immunity, various allergic and oncological diseases. It should also be noted that in Georgia, the integration of gender issues in the development of legislative policies, laws, strategies and programs does not happen often and, unfortunately, the state puts the interest of business profit ahead of the needs of society. The UN Office in Georgia has set up an Extended Gender Thematic Group (GTG) to achieve the goals and objectives set out in the 2021-2025 Partnership Agreement, which brings together all gender contacts and works to promote gender equality and women's empowerment in the country. Keywords: Gender equality, sustainable development, cooperation agreement, women's empowerment, women's rights.

Transformative Equality: Making the Sustainable Development Goals Work for Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Fredman ◽  
Jaakko Kuosmanen ◽  
Meghan Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Transformative Approach

It is generally agreed by most observers that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have fallen short of achieving gender equality and women's empowerment. Today, women continue to be more likely than men to live in poverty, and more than 18 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa are out of school. One of the crucial reasons for the failure of the MDGs in relation to women was their inability to address the deeply entrenched and interlocking factors that perpetuate women's disadvantage. The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as articulated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, constitute an improvement over the MDGs. Goal 5, which enshrines the stand-alone goal on gender equality, is comprised of nine specific targets, including the elimination of gender-based violence and access to reproductive health. In addition, gender equality is mainstreamed into numerous others goals. Given that the global community is now poised to implement the SDGs, the challenge is how best to integrate a transformative approach into the planning, implementation, and delivery of the specific targets so that the SDGs contribute to achieving gender equality and women's empowerment.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL: GENDER EQUALITY FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 72-82
Author(s):  
Sudershan Kumar Pathania
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Equitable Distribution ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Women And Girls

Empowerment of women and girls is to be realized through sustainable development. Sustainable development depends on an equitable distribution of resources and it cannot be achieved without gender equality. Gender Equity is the process of allocating resources, programs, and decision making fairly to both males and females without any discrimination on the basis of sex…and addressing any imbalances in the benefits available to males and females. Diane Elson, an adviser to UN Women, argues in her contribution that "the disproportionate responsibility that women bear for carrying out unpaid work is an important constraint on their capacity to realize their rights... Both women and men need time to care for their families and communities, and time free from such care." Women’s empowerment is a key factor for achieving sustainability.  Sustainable development and sustainability have various meaning .Sometime it may be equitable distribution of resources and opportunities or living within the limits or sometime it may be defined as understanding the interconnections among economy, society, and environment. Sustainable development is based on the principles of democracy and the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights including freedom and equal opportunities for all. Sustainability cannot exist without equity in the distributional process. Women and girls are crucial contributors, implementers and beneficiaries of sustainable development. At the Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030. Women’s empowerment through gender equality is a cross-cutting development issue, and unless addressed in multidimensional way, gender equality will not become a reality. Women’s contribution to sustainable development must be recognized. Women have a strong role in education and socializing their children, including teaching them care and responsibility. In order to build women as catalyst for sustainable development, their role in family, community and society at large has to free from socio-cultural and religious traditions that prevent women participation. The secondary data will be used for this paper. The objective of this paper is to highlights the essentials of women contribution in sustainable development as partner and beneficiaries.

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