Gender Equality and Sustainable Development through the Concept of Women Empowerment in India

Abstract

Women perform a crucial role in environmental management and development. This participation is essential to achieve sustainable development and also to promote Gender equality. Firstly, gender equality is an issue across the world. This equality between men and women means to provide equal rights, opportunities, responsibilities as well as social justice to everyone irrespective of gender. Secondly, this equality is responsible to achieve sustainable development. Sustainable development means an equitable distribution of resources for present as well as for future. It is the development which meets the necessities of the present without compromising the future generation to meet their requirements and this cannot be achieved without gender equality. In this perspective, women empowerment plays a key role for gender equality which in turn helps to achieve sustainable development. Although women are considered as weaker sections of the society, they play a crucial role in developing sustainable development. Besides gender equality is a driver of sustainable development in every spheres including ending poverty, hunger, achieve prosperity and a progressive society. This paper therefore discusses the vital role of women empowerment in promoting gender equality and sustainable development which in turn will lead to a progressive and developed nation.