A research report on women empowerment by the Gender Resource Center of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) revealed that the ownership of the wealth of women in India stands at 35%, where women own or share the assets.

However, women in only 32% out of over 700 districts can balance work and life balance, pointing to challenges faced by working women.

According to the report titled ‘Women’s Empowerment at the Subnational Level: Towards Achieving Gender Equality (SDG 5)’, a survey was conducted in 705 districts of India based on four different women empowerment-centric parameters.

It revealed that women from 67.5% of districts are free to make decisions either independently or jointly with a partner when it comes to wealth.

Earlier only 29% of women owned property but now 35% of women own or jointly own the property.

In 46.1% of districts, educational empowerment of women was observed. While women reported having a work-life balance in only 32.25% of the surveyed districts.

For Gujarat, according to the report data from Chotaudepur, Banaskantha, Devbhumi Dwarka, and Gandhinagar indicated that women do not get remuneration according to the amount of work they do for the hours of work they clock in, including housework.

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