The Impact of Women’s Status on Human Development

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Title

The Impact of Women’s Status on Human Development

Subject

Development
Women's status
Child marriage
Fertility Rate

Description

This paper empirically analyses the effect of women’s status on human development. We define “status” in terms of economic opportunities, political empowerment, bodily autonomy and freedom of choice. Our study focuses on developing countries where patriarchal norms and gender discrimination play a major role in undermining women’s role in society. We find that, except political empowerment, all other dimensions have a significant impact on development. After examining the reasons behind the relationship between women’s status and human development, our study makes a compelling case for promoting gender-inclusive policy-making in order to attain national and global developmental goals. 

Creator

Bharadwaj, Tridisha
Siddharth
Alvan Das, Rijul

Source

Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 20 No. 4 (2021): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 59-84
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0975-329X

Publisher

Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

Date

2021-10-01

Rights

Copyright (c) 2021 Artha Journal of Social Sciences
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

Relation

Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Text

Identifier

Citation

Tridisha Bharadwaj, Siddharth and Alvan Das, Rijul, The Impact of Women’s Status on Human Development, Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 2021, accessed October 28, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/520

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