SDG 5: Gender equality

The Sustainable Development Goals identify Gender Equality as one of the priority goals under Goal number 5. In societies across cultures, gender inequal norms remain one of the major issues that impede progress with regard to overall development outcome. India alongside other South Asian, South East Asian and African countries, feature in glaring terms as observed and reported for gender unjust societal practices besides generally poor indicators related to the standard of life for majority of women in the region. Further, in societies like in India where cultures across the subcontinental space are predominantly patriarchal, cultural conditioning and community narratives of established roles of women further impede efforts at promoting equal participation of women in roles outside their families or outside of strict community norms. JKPI believes that Kashmir has a long journey ahead in terms of initiating and sustaining a gender-just way of life for all. We recognize that there is still much work to be done to raise awareness of the necessity for gender justice and equality at the local level. Additionally, we aim to initiate creative processes to advance the transformation of the community’s approach to understanding the role of women in society.