2. Agenda
. What is Gender?
• Society Difference.
• Gender is a social Construct.
• Defination of G. E.
• Sustainable Development
• Male female ratio
• Gender parity index(Education)
• Gender parity index( Literacy Rate)
• Labour Force Participation
• Political Participation
• Gender Audit
• Benefits
• Our Duty.
• References
3. What is Gender?
Natural Gender differences
*There are natural difference between the sexes based on biological
factors.
*There is a natural difference also in the relative physical strengths of
the sexes.
4. There is a difference that society has made between females
**Family :- A girl being born is considered inauspicious. Where as the
birth of boy is a cause for celebration.
--- Important decisions are taken by the male and the female have no
or little say in it
**Society:- The percentage of females to mails in politic is also
less(Though 33% of the seats are reserved for women if is only for
name sake.)
Education:- Normally the boys are educated at the bet institutions
where as the girls are educated in institutions where the fees are less.
5. Gender is a social construct.
• This bias has to be removed. Both males and femals are equally
capable of doing things.
• Toys for girl Toys for boy.
Discrimination starts form the childhood itself.
6. Definition of Gender Equality:-
•The concept that women and men, girls and boys
have equal conditions, treatment and
opportunities for realizing their full potential,
human rights and dignity, and for contributing to
(and benefitting from) economic, social, cultural
and political development.(Cont…)
7. Cont-- - is long term goal
- is the process of being fair to women
and men
* - According to article 15 of our constitution
-you can not discriminate people on the
basis of religion,caste,gender.
- means that people of both sexes get equal
Opportunities.
-This concept is study area of the subject
SOCIOLOGY.
Gender
Equality
8. Gender Equality is sustainable Development
Goal.
• On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by
world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit
• This goals is also called as Millennium Development goals. Good
health, removing poverty, pure water supply… these are 17 goals.
• Gender Equality is 5 th goal. This Goal is related to social
development.
9. Male Female Ratio in states and India
STATE 1991 2001 2011
ANDHRAPRADESH 972 978 993
KARNATAKA 960 965 973
KERAL ( Top State) 1036 1059 1084
MAHARASHTRA 934 922 929
HARIYANA 865 861 879
TAMILNADU 974 987 996
INDIA 927 933 943
10. Gender Parity Index:-is a socioeconomic index usually designed tom
measure the relative access to education of meals and females . This index is released by UNESCO.
COUNTRY 2012 2014 2016 2017
ICELAND 1 1 1 1
PHILIPINES 8 9 7 10
JAPAN 101 104 111 114
INDIA 105 114 87 108
NEPAL 123 112 110 111
BANGLADESH 86 68 72 47
11. Gender Parity Index:-Related to literacy in india. If it is less than one it
is in favour for MEN. If it is greater than one it is favour for WOMEN. As compared to literacy
factor in 1981 it was 52.3%. In 2011 it was 79.7 % It is hopeful for all of us.
STATE 1981 1991 2001 2011
BIHAR 0.3555 0.436 0.557 0.727
KARNATAKA 0.565 0.659 0.753 0.822
KERALA 0.862 0.920 0.933 0.958
MAHARASHTRA 0.589 0.683 0.783 0.840
RAJASTHAN 0.313 0.372 0.580 0.654
INDIA 0.523 0.613 0.722 0.797
12. Labour Force Participation Rate: is decreasing since 2011 to 2017.
In 2019 only 28% women were on the managerial posts
Male Female Ratio (in labour participation)
YEAR FEMALE % MALE % F/M
2011 35 85 0,42
2012 35 85 0.42
2013 30 83 0.36
2014 30 84 0.36
2015 29 83 0.35
2016 28 82 0.34
2017 28-5 92 0.35
13. Political Participation of Women
• Indian women represent only 11.8 percent (64 MPs) of the 542-
member Lok Sabha (Lower house of the Parliament),
• 11 percent (27 MPs) of the 245-member Rajya Sabha (Upper house)
and 18.5 percent (five ministers) in cabinet.
• Now in panchayat raj system MAHILA SARPANCH are doing the part.
But they are not in the position to take their own designs . But it is
hopeful as consider the gender equality part
14. Gender Audit
*A gender audit is a tool to assess and check the institutionalization of
gender equality into organizations, including in their policies, programmes,
projects and/or provision of services, structures, proceedings and budgets.
*The purpose of gender audits is to lead to changes in public policy that
contribute to an increase in gender equality.
*Gender Audit(tool) ---- Gender mainstreaming (strategy) gender
equality(gool).
* Identify strengths and weakness in promoting equalities issues.
15. Benefits of gender equality
• Better business
• Better economy
• Reduced poverty
• Better health
16. What should we do for :------
*More girls would be educated.
*More women would be in the workplace (and workplace
leadership)
*Families would be stronger.
*More women would participate in politics.