Gender Equality is essential for social and institutional transformation that promotes equality. Men and women are treated differently in every area of development. Women’s health &education are the most visible area of inequalities, along with gender stereotype thinking and less involvement in public life and in policy making decision process. In Indian society maternal mortality is the second highest internationally with about approximately 1,25,000 women dies each year due to major complications from pregnancy related disorder. In rural India, 60% of Indian girls marry below age of 18, and majority 60% of married women’s are already having children before the age of 19, which automatically puts them in a difficult situation where babies are born underweight and malnourished. It happens because of hunger, poverty, early marriage. Now the equality in education includes the female literacy rate in India which is very low as compare to male dominant society. 70% of women gets education whereas participation of men is high comparatively 84%. In agriculture sector contribution of women is yet very much vital for Indian economy equally as men. It is because women make one third participation as well as, many crops rely on their substantial efforts but they earn 30% lower than men. Initiatives are taken by Indian govt to improve the conditions of women formal employment and enhance the lives of self - employment by increase in the no. of participation of labour.

Gender Equality, Gender gap, Empowerment, Indian Society, Gender Awareness