Philosophy of Sustainable Development: Understanding the Significance of Gender Equality in Business Organisations

Purnima Lenka

purnimalenka93@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dhanbad, India (India)

Abstract

Sustainable development is a significant concern for practitioners, researchers, and activists. Literature on this area has shown that gender inequality is one of the biggest hurdles in the process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Business leaders, policymakers, politicians, practitioners, and researchers from all fields should understand the significance of gender equality, without which it is impossible to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. The UN gives a call to countries and individuals to make some effort to achieve gender equality. It directly refers to the target of SDG5 and indirectly the other dimensions, including poverty, girl-child education, economy, child death ratios, forced marriage, violence against women, etc. Gender equality is an axiological appraisal to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.  For that, this paper tries to determine the necessity of gender equality in achieving Sustainable Development Goals. It mainly focuses on two objectives first one is the necessity of gender equality, and the second one is the role of business organizations in achieving gender equality.


Keywords:

gender equality, sustainable development, business organizations, women empowerment

AMAYA L. MARCATILI J., BHAVARAJU N., 2002, Advancing gender equity by improving menstrual health, FSG, Boston.
  Google Scholar

AMELI M., ESFANDABADI Z.S., SADEGHI S., RANJBARI M., ZANETTI M.C., 2022, COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Scenario analysis through fuzzy cognitive map modeling, Gondwana Research.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.12.014   Google Scholar

AAYOG N., 2020, SDG India index & dashboard 2019-20.
  Google Scholar

BHOPAL K., 2019. Gender,' race and patriarchy: a study of South Asian women, Routledge.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429456305   Google Scholar

BRANISA B., KLASEN S., ZIEGLER M., DRESCHSLER D., JUTTING J., 2014, The institutional basis of gender inequality: The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI), Feminist economics 20(2): 29-64.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2013.850523   Google Scholar

CASEY C., SKIBNES R., PRINGLE J.K., 2011, Gender equality and corporate governance: Policy strategies in Norway and New Zealand, Gender, Work & Organization 18(6): 613-630.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00514.x   Google Scholar

CATANA M.M., BRILHA J.B., 2020, The role of UNESCO global geoparks in promoting geosciences education for sustainability, Geoheritage 12(1): 1-10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00440-z   Google Scholar

CHEN D.H., 2004, Gender equality and economic development: The role for information and communication technolo-gies, SSRN 610329.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/e504962013-001   Google Scholar

DIAZ‐SARACHAGA J.M., JATO‐ESPINE D., CASTRO‐FRESNO D., 2018, Is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index an adequate framework to measure the progress of the 2030 Agenda?, Sustainable Development 26(6): 663-671.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1735   Google Scholar

DOMAŃSKA A., ŻUKOWSKA B., ZAJKOWSKI R., 2019, Sustainable Development versus Gender Gap – Do Women Matter?, Problemy Ekorozwoju/ Problems of Sustainable Development, 14(2): 129-142.
  Google Scholar

EC, 2023, SDG 17 – partnerships for the goals, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=SDG_17_-_Partnerships_for_the_goals (11.12.2022).
  Google Scholar

FUCHS V.R., 1988, Women's quest for economic equality, Harvard University Press.
  Google Scholar

GAYATHRI N., KARTHIKEYAN P., 2015, Delinquency Hostile to Women – a Hurdle for Sustainable Development in Multidimensional Outlook, Problemy Ekorozwoju/ Problems of Sustainable Development 10(2): 43-50.
  Google Scholar

HUDAKOVA M., KOZAKOVA J., URBANOVA M., 2022, Sustainable Goal Achievement by Digital Enterprises During Pandemic; How Much One Wins and Losses: A Critical Review, Sustainable Development and Innovation of Dig-ital Enterprises for Living with COVID-19: 161-175.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2173-5_10   Google Scholar

INDIA DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, 2021, India slips 28 places; ranks 140 in Global Gender Gap Report 2021, https://idronline.org/news/india-slips-28-places-ranks-140-of-156-in-global-gender-gap-report (11.18.2022).
  Google Scholar

KIM E.M., 2017, Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals, Global Social Policy, 17(2): 239-244.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018117703444   Google Scholar

LEACH M., MEHTA L. PRABHAKARAN P., 2016, Gender equality and sustainable development: A pathways ap-proach, The UN Women Discussion Paper.
  Google Scholar

LENKA P., KAR S., 2021, Role of ethical leaders in sustainable business: An Aristotelian virtue ethics perspec-tive, Problemy Ekorozwoju/ Problems of Sustainable Development 16(1): 201-207.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.1.22   Google Scholar

LENKA P., KAR S., 2021, Transformational Leadership: An Approach of Business Sustainability during the COVID-19 Pandemic with Special Reflection to India, Problemy Ekorozwoju/ Problems of Sustainable Development 16(2): 41-50.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.2.05   Google Scholar

LEVIN L., FAITH-ELL C., 2019, How to apply gender equality goals in transport and infrastructure planning, Integrating Gender into Transport Planning: 89-118, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05042-9_5   Google Scholar

LOFSTROM Å., 2009, Gender equality, economic growth and employment, Swedish Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality.
  Google Scholar

MARDIHARINI M., AZAHARI D.H., CHAIDIRISYAH R.M., OBAIDEN K., 2021, November. Palm oil industry towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievements, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Sci-ence 892(1): 012068).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/892/1/012068   Google Scholar

MIKKOROLA A., MILES C.A., 2007, Development and gender equality: Consequences, causes, challenges and cures.
  Google Scholar

MORAIS M.H., 2017, Economic benefits of gender equality in the EU, Intereconomics 52(3): 178-183.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-017-0669-4   Google Scholar

MORRION MORRISON A., MORRISON A.R., 2007, Gender equality, poverty and economic growth.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/e602412012-001   Google Scholar

MORRISON A., MORRISON A.R., 2007, Gender equality, poverty and economic growth.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/e602412012-001   Google Scholar

OLRIBE O.O., Taylor-ROBINSON S.D., 2016, Before Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): why Nigeria failed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Pan African Medical Journal, 24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.156.8447   Google Scholar

PANDE R., MALHOTRA A., GROWN C., 2005, Impact of investments in female education on gender equality, XXV IUSSP International Population Conference, Tours, France.
  Google Scholar

RAMACHANDRAN V., 2009, Towards gender equality in education, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi.
  Google Scholar

RAZAVI S., 2016, The 2030 Agenda: challenges of implementation to attain gender equality and women's rights, Gender & Development 24(1) 25-41.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2016.1142229   Google Scholar

RECKIEN D., CREUTZIG F., FERANDEZ B., LWASA S., TOVAR-RESTREPO M., MCEVOY D., SATTERTH-WAITE D., 2017, Climate change, equity and the Sustainable Development Goals: an urban perspective, Environment and urbanization 29(1): 159-182.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247816677778   Google Scholar

SEN G., 2019, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Feminist Mobilization for the SDGs, Global Policy 10: 28-38.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12593   Google Scholar

SUKIYONO K., ROMDHON M.M., MULYASARI G., YULIARSO M.Z., NABIU M., TRISUSILO, A., NAPITU-PULU D.M., NUGROHO Y., PUSPITASARI M.S., SUGIARDI S., 2022, The Contribution of Oil Palm Smallholders Farms to the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals-Measurement Attempt, Sustainability, 14(11): 6843.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116843   Google Scholar

TANEJA S., PRYOR M.G., OYLER J., 2012, Empowerment and gender equality: The retention and promotion of wom-en in the workforce, Journal of Business Diversity 12(3): 43-53.
  Google Scholar

TATA.COM, no data, Women at work, https://www.tata.com/newsroom/women-at-work-tata (11.11.2022).
  Google Scholar

Tiwary, A.R., 2018. Role of menstrual hygiene in Sustainable Development Goals. Int J Health Sci Res, 8(5), pp.377-387.
  Google Scholar

UNITED NATIONS, 2015, The 17 Sustainable Development Goals, https://sdgs.un.org/goals (12.8. 2022).
  Google Scholar

VENKATESH G., 2022, A brief analysis of SDG 3 – Good health and well-being – and its synergies and trade-offs with the other Sustainable Development Goals, Problemy Ekorozwoju/ Problems of Sustainable Development 17(2): 140-147.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2022.2.15   Google Scholar

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, 2021, Global Gender Gap Report 2021, https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2021/?DAG=3&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1NebBhDDARIsAANiDD0UMTd29dzoVsLHuE-1cmYltqzSNoLsw Lx18WhHdy9jqlp4VNPQ-EgaAmvKEALw_wcB (11.18. 2022)
  Google Scholar

WRIGLEY J., 2003, Education and gender equality, Routledge.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203210574   Google Scholar

Download


Published
2023-07-07

Cited by

Lenka , P. (2023). Philosophy of Sustainable Development: Understanding the Significance of Gender Equality in Business Organisations . Problemy Ekorozwoju, 18(2), 121–127. https://doi.org/10.35784/preko.3950

Authors

Purnima Lenka  
purnimalenka93@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dhanbad, India India

Statistics

Abstract views: 450
PDF downloads: 361