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The Gender Gap Index in an upcoming urbanized society: A case study of Sehore Municipal Council, Madhya Pradesh, India

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  • Siddiqui Farheen

    (Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi- 110025)

  • Parveen Shahnaz

    (Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi- 110025)

Abstract

Though urbanization promotes development, the gender gap is being perceived in many socio-economic aspects, in the Indian urban economic scenario. With a 31.16% urban population (in 2011), India has experienced a lopsided development of its urban hierarchy in favour of metropolitan growth which accommodates 42.31% of the total urban population. For various socioeconomic reasons it has a declining female economic participation rate. Sehore M.C. (Madhya Pradesh), an upcoming Class I city, located near the metropolitan cities of Bhopal and Indore, is showing perceptible changes in female work participation, indicating a potential for development in Sehore M.C. along with other smaller cities in Madhya Pradesh. Based on the methodology for the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI, WEF 2018), the ward wise figures for Sehore M.C. for the partly adopted subindices of Survival, Social, and Economic Participation were calculated using local area indicators from standard international and national agencies to bring out the inter-ward variations in gender gap for Sehore M.C.. Spatial mapping of GGI showed that approximately 91% of wards belonged to the high category but 9% of wards were from the medium category. Suggestions for the promotion of gender parity in the city are made for the overall empowerment of females in Sehore M.C. within the constraints of an urban economic scenario.

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  • Siddiqui Farheen & Parveen Shahnaz, 2021. "The Gender Gap Index in an upcoming urbanized society: A case study of Sehore Municipal Council, Madhya Pradesh, India," Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, Sciendo, vol. 9(3), pages 8-19, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:enviro:v:9:y:2021:i:3:p:8-19:n:5
    DOI: 10.2478/environ-2021-0014
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