Status of gender equality in the Northeastern States: a pathway towards achievement of sustainable development goal

摘要: In this study, we tried to evaluate the status of gender equality of the northeastern states of the Indian Subcontinent. Gender equality is a prominent global issue owing to its effects on human rights and development priorities. The United Nations has embraced gender equality as a sustainable development goal because it foots for a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. Since the group of Indian northeastern states holds very distinct and mostly cultural and social backgrounds in comparison with other parts of India, we have tried to analyze the same over several economic and social parameters. The status of gender equality of these states has been evaluated by studying variables like sex ratio, demography, education, political, social, and economic participation of women. Through this study, we tried to validate the conventional belief that women in the target states are likely to have equal status through the …