Of 5 nations, India has highest proportion of policymakers ignorant of SDGs: study

Of the 5 nations in the study, India has the highest proportion of policymakers with not much or no knowledge of SDGs

Even as India struggles to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) — a set of universal goals to end poverty, hunger and achieve equality– policymakers are not really aware of the key indicators of gender equality, a new study has found.

The idea was to understand “where change needs to happen in order to keep us on track to reach the SDGs for girls and women by 2030”, said the study Equal Measures 2030, an advocacy, which interviewed policymakers in Colombia, Indonesia, India, Kenya and Senegal on gender equality.

Here are some of the findings about Indian policymakers:

 

 

India has highest proportion (38%) of policymakers with not much/no knowledge of SDGs–goals to end poverty, hunger (1/6) #GenderEquality

— IndiaSpend (@IndiaSpend) September 25, 2017

 

69% of Indian policymakers didn’t recall share of women in labour force, 12% didn’t know ans or where to find info (2/6) #GenderEquality

— IndiaSpend (@IndiaSpend) September 25, 2017

 

65% of Indian policymakers didn’t recall seats in parliament held by women in 2016 (Ans: 12%) (3/6) #GenderEquality

— IndiaSpend (@IndiaSpend) September 25, 2017

 

25% of Indian policymakers didn’t know where to find info on maternal mortality ratio (MMR);India’s MMR worst in BRICS (4/6) #GenderEquality

— IndiaSpend (@IndiaSpend) September 25, 2017

 

Indian policymakers’ estimates of % of women in labour force ranged from 20% to 70% (ans: 27%), (5/6) #GenderEquality

— IndiaSpend (@IndiaSpend) September 25, 2017

 

46% of Indian policymakers thought too little attention is paid to gender equality in govt policy (6/6) #GenderEquality

— IndiaSpend (@IndiaSpend) September 25, 2017

 

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(Yadavar is a principal correspondent with IndiaSpend.)

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