SDG GOAL- 5

SUBJECT- ENGLISH
STATE- MEGHALAYA
BY- KAMAKSHI YADAV
CLASS- 10 A
About the Goal
◦ To achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls.
Gender equality is not only a
fundamental human right, but a
necessary foundation for a
peaceful, prosperous and
sustainable world. There has been
progress over the last decades, but
the world is not on track to achieve
gender equality by 2030.
Is Gender Equality practiced in
Meghalaya?
◦ No, gender equality is barely practiced in
Meghalaya. Due to the following reasons:
1. Physical violence
2. Emotional violence
3. Child marriages
4. Gender discrimination
5. Education
◦ Women are elevated to the position of
goddesses in India. However, the difficulties
they encounter merely show the inverse of this
idea.
Solutions
◦ Share household chores and childcare equally.
◦ Reject Racist attitude
◦ Help women gain power
◦ Pay ( and demand) the same salary for equal work
◦ Support women’s leadership
◦ Fund women organizations
◦ By increasing women's representation in leadership
and decision-making
◦ Keeping girls in school
◦ Speak out
◦ Engage men in the fight to end violence against
women and girls.
Progress over a Decade
◦ Before the year 2011 the literacy rate of
Meghalaya was 75.48% , in which male
literacy was 77.17 % and female literacy was
73.78 %. While the differences between the
urban and rural was 31.2% and 68.8%.

◦ The average literacy rate of the district after

2011 is 84.15%, (male 85.26%, female
84.15%) while the differences between the
urban and the rural is 87.7% and 66.8%
respectively .
Pie chart depicting the percentage on
the causes of inequality
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE CHILD MARRIAGE

27%

45%

28%
Bar graphs showing literacy rate before
and after 2011
LITERACY RATE BEFORE 2011 LITERACY RATE AFTER 2011