Gender Equality– A Sustainable Development Goal in progress at a Medical College and Hospital in South India

Authors

Mr. Manoj S M, BSc MLT Intern, Dept of Biochemistry, JSS Hospital, MysuruFollow
Kusuma Kasapura Shivashankar, Dept of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru.Follow
Suma M. Natraj, JSS Academy Of Higher Education and ResearchFollow
Praveen KulkarniFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7610-5349

Corresponding Author

Dr. Kusuma K S

Associate Professor

Dept of Biochemistry

JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore

Abstract

Background: Gender Equality is one of the most important SDG and attaining it will ensure a peaceful, prosperous and a balanced world with equal opportunities for both women and men. The Indian scenario in the field of women education has changed with mindset of most parents undergoing a paradigm shift and many girls are encouraged to attend schools, colleges and women are allowed to work. Considering the above shift, our study intended to find out if the same was true and SDG-5, Gender Equality was attained or in progress at our medical college and hospital and hence the study.

Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted for a period of one month after obtaining the clearance from the institutional ethics committee. The number of men and women employees & leaders working in the institution were taken into consideration. A Job satisfaction survey(JSS) was done by administering it in the Google form.

Results: Women employees were found to be in good number in the organization. The non-teaching staff had good number of women leaders while the teaching staff had almost equal representation with men. The JSS indicated that both men and women were satisfied equally with most of the sub-scales measured except for promotion and operating conditions.

Conclusion: The organization is in sync with SDG-5, by having greater number of women employees and leaders who are satisfied in their work environment. Gender Equality is important for every organization contributing to SDG-5, an international goal set by UN to be achieved by 2030.

Publication Date

2024

Publisher

JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Keywords

Gender Equality, Women Leaders, Job Satisfaction Survey(JSS), Sustainable Development Goal(SDG)

Word Count

2442

Recommended Citation

S M M, Shivashankar KK, Natraj SM, Kulkarni P. Gender Equality– A Sustainable Development Goal in progress at a Medical College and Hospital in South India. Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 6(3): -. doi: https://doi.org/10.55691/2582-3868.1193

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