Let's strive for Gender Neutrality and solidify SDG 5 | Be Bold For Equality| Swapnil Saundarya

"It is the time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals. Every gender has a right to raise their voice, do what makes them happy, has a right to be happy, no matter they are men, women, gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender. So, give respect to everyone.

At last, I would like to say that everyone should keep one thing in mind that....."

'THE SOUL HAS NO GENDER.'

-Aaradhy Kaushik, BBA Student 

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Let's strive for Gender Neutrality and solidify SDG 5 

|Be Bold For Equality| Swapnil Saundarya

The fight for gender equality in India remains yet a contemporary one. India was one of the very few countries in the world in which women did not have to fight for voting rights, ahead of her own time. She yet sees a hard fight for equality on her land.  

Among the 17 Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs) laid out by the United Nations (UN), SDG 5, which stands for gender equality has been the toughest to fight and establish in India. Other than the states of Chandigarh, Sikkim, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands – all other states lie in the red zone or the “aspirant zone” (which essentially means that these states haven’t started performing in any sort of progress towards gender equality) for progress on gender equality according to the latest reports by SDG India Index Baseline Report (2018). The four states that don’t lie in the red zone, lie in the “performer” zone, barely above the aspirants.

The UN has laid out areas that countries must focus on while trying to achieve gender equality and the report will follow its analysis based on that. These targets primarily encircle around ending all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere and eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. Furthermore, it emphasizes eliminating all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation. Finally, the targets also focus on recognizing and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate using different methodologies to provide economical access to women.

India, over the past two decades, has shown improvement in improving standards of gender equality in the country, it, however, remains unsatisfactory as the country still faces very obvious gender issues of inequality, misogyny and sexism. In 2001 the country established a “National Policy for the Empowerment of Women” which drew momentary help to women.There are better changes in areas such as reducing child marriages, increasing health standards and reducing the number of deaths for girl children through implementation of specific schemes such as “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (for saving and educating girls in India)” and “Mission Indradhanush (for covering partially and unvaccinated children)” schemes.

The difficulty in achieving gender equality lies more in the implementation of laws and schemes and breaking the cultural and patriarchal knot that exists within our country than the lack of schemes. Technical efficiency in spreading and making schemes accessible is the obvious challenge for the government.

What is often not talked about is the challenge of changing cultural norms that are toxic to both men and women. That essentially poses the biggest challenge to central authority if they want to achieve their desired goals by 2030. For example, India aspires to have zero women who face sexual abuse and physical violence from their partners once they’re married. This goal is hard to achieve until the idea of marital rape is made common amongst all sections of society. Many women, often those coming from poverty-driven and illiterate backgrounds, feel the compulsion in providing sexual pleasure against their will or believe firmly in the idea that marital rape is not functionally a thing. This cultural block where men are always pursued as superior to women needs to be broken down before women and men both can understand and agree to problems that are very much prevalent. If women don’t feel they are being violated, it becomes difficult to actually help vulnerable people/victims from serious issues of abuse.

Further issues also need to be discussed more widely and freely such as those of usage of contraceptives, sex education and menstrual health. The government also needs to implement schemes that promote and explain the need for an all rounded movement for gender equality and why it is important for men as well. Often toxic masculinity not only victimizes women but men themselves. There also needs to be an emphasis on the need for men to run activism for women’s rights because until a society inclusive of all is created, true equality cannot be achieved. If only half the people fight for their rights and the other half do not care, the situation ultimately reaches nowhere.

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Swapnil Saundarya ezine, founded in 2013 is India's first hindi lifestyle online magazine that curates info on art , lifestyle, culture , literature, social issues etc and inspire its readership to raise their voice against all sorts of violence and discrimination. We focus on art Activism, protest art and participatory communication and social action.

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