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Although the academic performance of children is directly related to the long-term accumulation of human capital, there is limited empirical evidence on how gender equality affects children’s academic performance. Based on the Third Survey of Chinese Women’s Social Status in 2010, from the perspective of gender equality in the family field, this study examines the influence of maternal family status on children’s academic performance. We find that higher maternal family status can improve children’s academic performance. This conclusion is robust after alternative measures of maternal family status and children’s academic performance, adjusting the analysis sample, controlling for family incomes and instrumental variable estimation. The mechanism analysis reveals that mothers with higher maternal family status increase the spending on education and nutrition, while provide more psychological support for children. The role of the maternal family status is more important for boys and children in non-compulsory education, also in the case where mothers value children’s studies but fathers don’t. This paper sheds light on the impact of gender equality in families on human capital accumulation, which provides an empirical basis for promoting gender equality.

This research quantifies the female students of the rural area of Bagh (Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan) regarding library users’ satisfaction through LibQUAL’s 22 core items. This study focusses on the three dimensions of LibQUAL namely the affect of service (AS), information control (IC) and library as place (LP). A total of 280 usable questionnaires were collected from the Gen-Z cohort through random stratified sampling. Path coefficient and t-test analysis extensively assessed the major differences between satisfaction and the available services. Notably, the IC dimension significantly lags behind Gen-Z students’ expectations, as evidenced by 100% disagreement. The results highlight the significance of investing in electronic resources and remote access facilities. This study significantly contributes to SDG5 on gender equality. First, it enriches the existing LibQUAL literature. Second, it expands the understanding of female library users’ expectations. Finally, this study introduces the rural background as a significant factor associated with the three dimensions of library services.

This paper discusses the effectiveness of an intervention model that was targeted at facilitating consciousness-raising and community participation of low income women in achieving the objectives of reducing gender stereotypes and cultivating a belief in gender equality. A quantitative study was conducted by adopting the Sex-Role Egalitarianism Scale and 11 questions were developed with regards to family and gender equality. The research results provided evidence that the intervention model had effectively reduced gender stereotyping in five areas; raised the sense of self of the participants in their relationship with in-laws; and strengthened belief in gender equalities in family and society.

The objective of this paper is to explore through in-depth interviews the reasons why diversity management initiatives targeting women is an important strategic management issue for companies. Interviewed are the human resource managers of two of Turkey’s leading business groups: a manager from the HR department of one of Turkey’s largest banks and the deputy general manager of a non-governmental organization. The evidence suggests that these firms exercise carefully honed policies aimed at fostering gender equality and to that end engage in a variety of activities targeting various human resource functions. Their motives appear to be to reinforce their corporate image, enhance employee satisfaction, and reap such anticipated rewards as greater productivity and increased innovation capability. The importance of company leadership is underlined as an antecedent to the adoption of gender-equality focussed diversity management. The study may have important implications for building sustainable corporate brands, especially in the emerging-market context.

In this paper, women’s empowerment in different states of India is considered. Based on considered data sets, the states of India are ranked with Decision-Making (MCDM) methodology. Here, Generalized Triangular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Numbers (GTIFNs) are considered. Here, GTIFNs are taken to deal with the uncertainty and we introduce a new de-fuzzification method for converting the GTIFNs to corresponding crisp values. Here, we have applied two MCDM techniques namely the Entropy-weighted method and Vlekriterijumsko KOmpromisno Rangiranje (VIKOR) method. The entropy-weighted method is used for evaluating the criteria weights and the VIKOR method is applied to rank the alternatives. Last, to verify the stability and vagueness of the system, we perform sensitivity and comparative analysis.

The pandemic has triggered economies to rethink, rebuild, and transform into inclusive, environmentally friendly digital societies and businesses. A key enabler for the vision is technology, and women are driving the adoption of digital and green financial solutions to achieve economic and social goals. This chapter highlights how women are playing a greater role in protecting the environment, fighting climate change, and addressing financial inclusivity, all through digital finance. However, women are still under-represented, despite being more adversely affected by environmental issues and having less access to digital finance than men. This chapter provides recommendations for using digital financial technology to tackle environmental sustainability and gender equality at the same time.

Women empowerment is one of the most crucial factors of a society’s overall success story. The determinants of women empowerment are many including both the psychological and material components of rights, power and perception. The term “women empowerment” combines between women’s sense of self-worth, control of their choices, their rights to avail the benefits of resources and power to direct their own lives in addition to influencing the social change. The body of Islamic tenets, arguably, contains many indications on the building blocks of women empowerment in Islam, which could be retrieved primarily by exploring the specific aspects of Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) life. The Prophetic scheme on how and to what extent Islam views the need and significance of empowering women can be illustrated by delving into the pertinent Prophetic traditions on the subject of women’s rights. In addition, possibly, the vision of the Prophet on women empowerment can be best analyzed by examining the status of the closest female members of his own family. Among the female family members of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) with whom he had an opportunity to repeatedly interact for a considerable period of time were his wives, daughters and granddaughters. This chapter aims to critically analyze the treatment of the Prophet to one of these three main categories of his female family members, i.e., his wives, in terms of their empowerment. The chapter is based on a qualitative research approach and primarily examines the literature in Arabic, Urdu and English to explore the Prophetic vision of women empowerment. In order to reach a solid conclusion, both the primary and secondary sources such as Quran, Hadith, Seerah (biography of the Prophet) and other academic analyses are referred to in this study.

In 2017, Luo Mingxiong, CEO of Jingbei Investment and one of the most popular angel investors in China stated publicly that his company is not investing in companies or start-ups that have a female CEO. Luo’s comment provoked outrage from women, human rights groups, and especially female entrepreneurs. This case discusses gender equality, female entrepreneurship, and venture capital investments in China.

China is well known for its “One-Child Policy” introduced in 1979, which intended to curtail the growing population rate. In 2015, it was replaced by a “Two-Child Policy” and numerous new regulations to support families to have two children. The new policy is not as successful as planned, since many Chinese women decide against a second child. The main reason is their fear of facing discrimination at their workplaces and negative effects on their careers. This case discussed the effect of the new policy and whether the two-child policy has contributed to gender discrimination in China.

This chapter analyzes how financial performance indicators and gender equality of large cap stocks impact governance scores. In particular, we examine how the return on equity, reinvestment rate, price to book value, market capitalization and gender equality of large cap firms in Europe are related to their governance pillar scores. Based on the Euronext 100 index, we conduct a multiple regression analysis for the period, 2010–2020. As regards the above financial indicators, we find that return on equity and market cap have a significant positive impact on governance scores. In addition, we conclude that reinvestment rate and price to book value have a negative and significant effect on governance scores. Finally, the low percentage of female board membership is confirmed by the non-effect of gender inequality on governance scores. Our empirical investigation provides evidence in support of the moderate governance score in European companies. However, European companies should consider the benefits of good governance practices and apply sustainable strategies.

Recently, Egypt has been making considerable progress on its path to gender equality and the empowerment of women. The current government acknowledged the crucial role of women in the sustainable development of the country. This realization led to the creation of various initiatives to unleash the economic potential of the Egyptian female population. Nevertheless, despite some positive improvements, women remain severely underrepresented in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the country. Moreover, they still face numerous barriers to full participation in the business market of Egypt. Social and structural gender discrimination poses a serious impediment to women’s entrepreneurship in the state. Furthermore, women often lack sufficient human, social, and economic capital to establish and successfully expand their enterprises. By adopting a gender-sensitive lens in relevant policymaking, and engaging the private sector and education institutes, the government should continue working on the improvement of the position of women in the country.

This chapter will firstly review the current legal framework of securing equal land rights between women and men in China. Secondly, based on the sample survey undertaken in Shanxi Province in 1996,³ this chapter will examine the current state of land distribution, identify the causes of gender inequality in terms of security of land rights, and determine the impact of “insecure” land rights on the socioeconomic status of women. Finally, the policy implications will be examined. This chapter proves that the legislative framework and economic institutions in general protect gender equality in land distribution. However, loopholes in the detailed institutional arrangements lead to the insecurity of women's land rights, especially for divorced women, women re-location due to marriage, and for their children who miss out on land redistribution as undertaken in their village communities. Although these phenomena have not yet significantly affected the intra-household bargaining power of the agricultural women, they do tend to reduce the households of the landless women to poverty. It is therefore necessary to add a gender perspective to the current Land Administrative Law and to relevant government regulations regarding farmland tenure.