Empowering Women And Growth In The Economic Sector

Abstract

The interconnection between the empowerment of women and the expansion of the economy is evident. Economic growth possesses the capacity to significantly diminish gender disparities, while concurrently, the empowerment of women can actively contribute to the advancement of the economy. Does this imply that initiating a successful cycle can be achieved by manipulating any of these two levers? This essay provides a comprehensive analysis of the existing studies pertaining to the empowerment-development argument. It posits that in order to attain gender equality, it may be necessary to maintain an ongoing policy commitment to equality for its own sake. This is due to the likelihood that the interconnections between men and women are insufficiently robust to sustain themselves autonomously. Furthermore, this essay argues that the available research supporting and opposing the empowerment-development argument is faulty.