Gender Equality: A Key to a Nation's Success

Authors

  • Kirti Miglani Assistant Professor, Tecnia Institute of Advanced Studies, Delhi, India
  • Mandeep Kaur Assistant Professor, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Management and Information Technology, Delhi, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/arss-2023.12.1.3288

Keywords:

Women Empowerment, Education, Gender Equality

Abstract

Educated Women play an important role in a country’s development. Education is one of the important weapons through which women’s empowerment can be made. Women’s education is needed for society’s development. It is the need through which we can reduce inequality, improve family status and reduce poverty in society. Empowering women has become one of the most important focuses and points of discussion. The purpose of this paper is to explore what are various initiatives taken by United Nation to achieve sustainable development goals. The paper investigated the various considerations which are taken to address human population growth prospects and remove disparity.  In this paper, we have discussed various initiatives which have been taken to empower women. In this paper case from ITC is taken wherein various initiatives have been taken to empower women and how they have achieved success is discussed.

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Published

06-03-2023

How to Cite

Miglani, K., & Kaur, M. (2023). Gender Equality: A Key to a Nation’s Success . Asian Review of Social Sciences, 12(1), 63–67. https://doi.org/10.51983/arss-2023.12.1.3288