Gender (In)Equality and Social Development

This book focuses on gender issues and its relation with social development, in shaping the current and future global scenario, considering three broad dimensions, namely health, education, and environment, and other SDG implications. It specifically highlights environmental awareness policy, women empowerment, marginalized women, poverty, government policy, women in labor force, childcare services in reducing gender inequality and beneficial to SDGs.
The book provides a wealth of information for researchers, undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as policymakers and government officials. Faculty members of economics and other disciplines like business and management, environmental studies, sociology, education, health economics among others can teach their students using this book as reference. The book also provides a valuable source of information for policy makers related to ministries of women and child development, gender equality, child development and family welfare, and so on.

Chandrima Chakraborty is Assistant Professor at Vidyasagar University, India. Her research focuses on studies in social sector and industry. She is author of 'Environmental Sustainability, Growth Trajectory and Gender: Contemporary Issues of Developing Economies' (2022), 'Gender Inequality and its Implications on Education and Health: Global Perspective' (2023), and ‘Performance Analysis of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: A Global Outlook’ (2025). She has published papers in various indexed journals and edited books of reputed publishers and has completed a number of funded research projects as Principal Investigator.
Dipyaman Pal is Associate Professor at Bethune College, India. His research focuses on studies on agricultural economics, gender, and industry. He is co-author of 'Environmental Sustainability, Growth Trajectory and Gender: Contemporary Issues of Developing Economies' (2022) 'Gender Inequality and its Implications on Education and Health: Global Perspective' (2023), and ‘Performance Analysis of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: A Global Outlook’ (2025). He has published papers in various indexed journals and edited books of reputed publishers. He has completed a number of funded research projects as Co-Principal Investigator.
M. Özgür Kayalica is Senior Lecturer at Istanbul Technical University (Türkiye) and affiliated faculty member at Portland State University, (Oregon USA). Professor Kayalica’s research focuses on theoretical studies in microeconomics and applications. He is co-author of 'International Environmental Efficiency: A Critical Analysis' (2017), 'Artificial Intelligence for Knowledge Management' (2021), and ‘Decision Making Using AI in Energy and Sustainability: Methods and Models for Policy and Practice’ (2023). He also published numerous articles in SCI/SSCI indexed journals.