Gender Equality: Role of Women Empowerment in Nurturing and Nutrition

Women Empowerment: Women’s empowerment plays an essential role in changing the perspectives of women, who are frequently restricted to their homes with little exposure to the outside world. Despite worldwide progress, fundamental social norms around gender remain unchanged across economic groups. The COVID-19 pandemic taught basic sanitary practices, yet women continue to handle unfair household tasks. The involvement of men in household work is insufficient, and despite multiple developmental models, the burden of unpaid labor continues to fall on women. Even during the prenatal and postnatal periods, male engagement in health care choices is negligible, with pregnancy registrations mostly influenced by government programs rather than genuine family concern.  

Role of Women in Nutrition

Gender inequality extend to basic rights such as breastfeeding, with certain families discouraging appropriate nutrition for female infants while promoting male children. This demonstrates a fundamental breach of human rights. However, empowerment efforts that go beyond women’s roles as mothers and emphasize their identities as individuals and citizens have begun to generate positive change. Gender issues are included in health, nutrition, and livelihood efforts, making women more aware of their own well-being and rights. Including gender perspectives in such initiatives can have a major effect on how women perceive themselves and their needs, eventually leading to societal change.