*Associate Professor, PG & Research Dept. of Corporate Secretaryship, Bharathidasan Govt. College for Women, Puducherry
**Guest Faculty Department of Commerce, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal
Online published on 25 June, 2019.
Gender‘ is a socio-cultural term referring socially defined roles and behaviors assigned to ‘males’ and ‘females’ in a given society; whereas, the term ‘sex’ is a biological and physiological phenomenon which defines man and woman. In its social, historical and cultural aspects, gender is a function of power relationship between men and women where men are considered superior to women. Therefore, gender may be understood as a man-made concept, while ‘sex’ is natural or biological characteristics of human beings. This paper is an attempt to highlight the progress towards parity between men and women in four areas: educational attainment, health and survival, economic opportunity and political empowerment in India and at Global.
Gender, Parity, Economic, Empowerment and Gender Gap
