Gender Differential on the Basis of Educational and Financial Status in urban Hisar

Page: 336-342

Diksha Rani, Sushma Kaushik, and Shikha Bhukal (Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)

Humanity is empowered when women are empowered. Gender equality was a specific goal outlined in the Millennium Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which replaced them and were adopted in 2015, set goals for the global community over the following 15 years. These global objectives have a strong emphasis on including women and gender in every goal, from “Zero Hunger” and “No Poverty” to “Quality Education,” and have one target that is especially geared toward women. A very fundamental indication of women’s equality and empowerment is education. Relevant indicators include literacy levels among women, gender disparities in literacy, and enrollment and dropout rates in elementary schools. Women contribute to the labour force and the household through their work. While some of this labour is acknowledged and rewarded, the majority is not listed and is still unpaid. The current study was designed to reflect three various economic strata in Hisar, Haryana, through urban areas. From each strata data was collected from 60 respondents. This paper revealed that overall Chi- square value was found significant thus indicating that both level of education and economic participation was associated with gender and in both high as well as medium ES households, more females opted for arts (39.7% & 31.6%, respectively) compared to males (33.3% & 30.0 % respectively). More males were working as labour (19.8%), compared to females (10.0%), while more females were non-working (40.7%) compared to males (14.2%). On an overall basis, this study showed a difference in educational and financial status of male and female in various economic strata (ES).