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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Indian women and the aspiration for equality: a Niti Aayog report -Manashi Sengupta

Indian women and the aspiration for equality: a Niti Aayog report -Manashi Sengupta

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published Published on Jan 16, 2019   modified Modified on Jan 16, 2019
-The Telegraph

Report on sustainable development goals showed that no state fared well on gender equality

All states and Union Territories, except for four, have fared poorly on gender equality indicators, a Niti Aayog report on India’s performance on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has shown.

The UN defines Sustainable Development Goals as the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The global target year for reaching the goals is 2030. The 17 goals address challenges related to poverty, inequality, climate and peace and justice. They are also interconnected to each other.

The SDG India Index, 2018, is the first attempt to score states and Union Territories on sustainable development indicators. While doing that, the Niti Aayog took into consideration the performance of each state and Union Territory on many of the central benefit schemes (state schemes were not taken into consideration, the report said).

The report reflects the action taken on 13 of the 17 SDGs for which information was available from across the country. Kerala and Himachal Pradesh have got the overall highest score of 69 out of 100. Kerala, which for several months is at the crossroads of a violent gender-and-faith tussle regarding the right of women to enter the Sabarimala temple, has scored better than most on gender equality too.

Uttar Pradesh scored the lowest overall: 42.

On gender equality, the cumulative score of states and Union Territories was the lowest among the 13 SDGs mentioned in the report.

What stood out in the scores was how poorly almost all states fared on gender equality - globally, Sustainable Development Goal 5 - as well as on indicators concerning women and girls that were factored in other sustainable development goals. For example, the availability of clean cooking fuel, which is part of the goal on affordable clean energy (SDG 7), affects women the most as they cook more at home than men.

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The Telegraph, 8 January, 2019, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/indian-women-and-the-aspiration-of-equality-a-niti-aayog-report/cid/1681191?ref=features_india-page


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