Global Journal of Human Social Science, C: Sociology and Culture, Volume 21 Issue 5
“There is need for a faster and robust development of the agricultural sector, to provide both immediate employment and basic food (and caloric) requirement. Also there is a need to put in place a more enlarged and efficiently working public distribution system, along with a responsive, regulated, accountable, and functioning public health system, to take care of the nutritional and health needs of vast masses of poor and marginalized people. The State must assume major responsibility and increase investment in agriculture, health and other social welfare sectors substantially, to make some dent in the gross income and health inequalities (Bhasin, 2019)”. Although the Indian government has made several initiatives with the support of UNDP, WHO, and the Ministry of Rural Development to provide cheap housing to everybody and promote employment possibilities, particularly for women, the situation remains dire. Skills development programs for better livelihood were funded by the India Development Foundation, UNDP, and Xyntéo, with support from the IKEA Foundation. National Service Scheme (NSS) and Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) (2014-2017) The Government of India began involving youth engagement in peace and sustainable development programmes in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. https://www.academia.edu/49242883/Sustain able_Develop ment_Goals_2015_A_Review 2) Zero Hunger and Women: Hunger is the consequence of low income and high expenses. In other words, if the family income is low or nil and requirements are more than income, the family will suffer from poverty and hunger. It is a basic right of every human being to get food for their survival. Every government and other organization should work toward this goal. Women can contribute significantly to increase the family income by working from home and outside the home as well. It is possible only when they get an equal chance for education and work. In India, many Self Help Groups are Government supported for women empowerment and human development. Women are involved in the field of Micro Financing, not just for poverty eradication but to make themselves good managers and entrepreneurs so that they can get skill development, literacy, health, schooling, and gender sensitivity training. For example, APMAS (Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, Andhra Pradesh) and Kudumba shree in Kerala (Reddy and Manak, 2005) are working for poverty eradication successfully. In Gujarat, the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) has worked for women's employment to make them self reliant and decision workers. Pradhan, based in Rajasthan focuses on poor tribal communities to generate forest-based livelihoods and natural resource management (Anand et al, 2019). With over 15% of the population deemed undernourished, South Asia continues to be one of the most hungry regions on the planet. India's agriculture sector employs over 40% of the country's workforce. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, on the other hand, account for only 15.5 percent of GDP value-added. The Indian government has also made important initiatives to improve food security, such as establishing a targeted public distribution system across India, establishing a National Nutrition Mission, and enacting the National Food Security Act. The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, the Government Mission on Sustainable Agriculture, and a slew of other national initiatives in horticulture, agricultural technology, and livestock are all helping to improve the situation. (https://in.one.un.org/page/ sustainable-development-goals/zero-hunger-program me-sdg-2/) 3) Good Health -Well Being and Women: It will not work if half of society will be ignored in terms of health benefits and well-being as the whole family should be healthy in every manner. So, women should have equal rights for being healthy and getting all the facilities. Then only they can take care of other family members. They are mothers who have a responsibility to bring healthy babies for our future generation. Furthermore, they have a double workload as they work at home and outside as well. That's why in 2014, United Nations member states proposed a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) to help further the millennium development goals that they had proposed in New York in 2000. Of these 17 SDGs, Goal 3 (i.e., SDG 3) was titled "Good Health and Well-Being" This goal highlighted women's health and well-being via two key objectives. The first, SDG 3.1, aimed to reduce maternal mortality rates (MMR), and, the second, SDG 3.7, aimed to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health care services. (Daher-Nashif & Bawadi, 2020) "The health of people, particularly of women throughout the world, has remained a matter of concern. No doubt the health of people is improving but, our health system has not always understood the factors that influence the health status of women, nor has it addressed women's health issues adequately. Several factors resist women from availing themselves of health facilities globally. Among the prominent ones include persistent disparities between women and men notably in parts of Asia" (Deshpande & Bhat, 2019). Females' health is still an issue of concern. The coexistence of disease burdens linked to reproductive health, nutrition, and infections, as well as the developing epidemic of chronic and non-communicable diseases, has increased as a result of population aging Volume XXI Issue V Version I 65 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2021 C © 2021 Global Journals Interconnectivity among Sustainable Development Goals through Women’s Perspective
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