Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …

have the potential to positively influence the quantity and quality of women’s participation in agriculture in India …’s North Eastern Region. Women in agriculture in this part of the country, are going to get more and more employments both in … bring in miseries to the women folks. However, in the long run, women in this region are going to gain the lion’s share of …

‘threatening’ planning for Women in Development (WID) to the more ‘confrontational’ gender planning with its aspiring goal of …The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives …. This development has been informed by a remarkable though gradual shift in the perception about women, from the stature of …

ability of UK women-owned firms to obtain external finance. In this paper we use an econometric approach to explore the effect … Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK 2004 database. Standardising for a range of individual characteristics, we find that women are around … barriers are linked negatively to the start-up decision, stronger perceptions of financial barriers among women are having a …

Although at the beginning of the 21st century, over 95 percent of all countries in the world have granted women the … right to vote and the right to stand for election (Ballington & Karam, 2005), gender equality in terms of representation in … representation of women at the level of the smallest unit of Philippine government—the village or barangay. Data comparison—within a …

and women, according to the labor economics literature. Parametric models of Logit type are considered, in order to … contrast the results obtained with the gender discrimination theory. The estimation reflect a behavior of gender discrimination … discrimination no longer exists, an example of this, there is a balance between men and women in their acces to good quality jobs. …

likely to indicate gender discrimination in the intra occupational labour market in which both men and women of a household …This paper focuses on theoretical issues of gender related to household decision making and examines its empirical …

to population growth causing an excess supply of women on the marriage market, selection may improve welfare. Empirically … of women in most parts of the country. …

Gender is a common term where as gender discrimination is meant only for women, because females are the only victims of … study deals with gender discrimination in India, its various forms and its causes. Importance of women in development …, legislation for women and solution for gender discrimination are also discussed in this paper. …