Sustainable Empowerment of Women and Mortality Statistics in India: Impact on Women’s Health and Analysis
Venkatesh G.
K. E. Society’s, A. V. Patil Arts, Science and Commerce College, Aland, District Kalaburagi, Karnataka State, India.
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pg. 11-20, 2020.
Abstract: Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is integral to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals; pressing challenges of our time is from economic crisis and lack of health care, to climate change, violence against women and escalating conflicts. Only by ensuring the rights of women and girls across all the goals will we get to justice and inclusion, economies that work for all, and sustaining our shared environment now and for future generations. The purpose the paper explores the definition of sustainable development of women with empowerment concept and consciousness of women’s health as well as to achieve the gender equality of Millennium Development Goals of United Nations as India is also a signatory of these goals. Gender Plays a key role in Health-related decisions which are made by male gender in Indian society/families in particular with rural families. Further the paper explore the women the importance of empowerment of women to improve the mortality trends in India and impact of mortality on women’s health which needs is an importance aspect in eliminating the gender inequality which are moral imperatives and fundamental human rights. Women access to health care and their ability to achieve good health is the main goal and policies have been introduced by Government of India and also by State Government for improving the standards of health care of the people and in particular women’s mortality. In conclusion the paper discusses the Human Development Trends of the mortality rate in India and to improve the mortality rates of women by government by securing the health rights and also investing in health sectors.
Keywords: Empowerment, Health, Mortality, Sustainability, Women
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Effect of Work Environment on Occupational, Safety and Health among the Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya
Solomon Chepsongol Kelwon, 1 , Susan Were 2
1,2 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pg. 21-32, 2020.
Abstract: This study promotes the theme of the conference which includes development, environmental natural resources, governance, health and social policy. The main study which was done had the title: Antecedents of occupational, safety and health among the Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya. It had five variables, both independent and dependent. There was also a mediating variable, government policies. These variables included leadership style, legal framework, available resources, and workload. The other variable was work environment where this current study’s finding is based. Its specific objective is: To evaluate on how the nature of work environment affects the occupational, safety and health of Police Officers. Its alternative hypothesis was: There is a significant relationship between work environment and occupational, safety and health among Police Officers in Kenya. All Police Officers in Nairobi was under target which were 4,000 in all 33 police stations. Out of these, a sample of 200 which translated to 5% had to be interviewed. An initial pilot study of 10% was carried out in order to test all instruments of research. Collected data of the final study was analyzed using computer software, SPSS and it led to a high acceptable response rate of 75.5%. The majority (51.00%) of the respondents indicated that, they are exposed to risks at work during political rallies in Nairobi County (at work) and feel Unsafe, 27.20% were not sure while 21.80% felt they were Safe. The results had a mean of 2.45 and standard deviation of 1.22. The regression model fitness on nature of work environment versus Occupational, Safety and Health of Police Officers was done. As presented in tables, the coefficient of determination R Square is 0.520 and R is 0.721 at 0.000 significance level. The model indicates that the nature of work environment explains 52.0% of the variation in Occupational, Safety and Health of Police Officers. These research findings are of paramount importance when it comes to allocating work to Police Officers. The work environment should be put into consideration and well equipped, for example, in a terrorist zone. This will improve on their moral and be able to comfortably secure themselves and the nation.
Keywords: Work Environment, Occupational, Safety, Health, Police Officers
“Indian companies promoting resilience through ESG performance”
A study of GRI-Sustainability Reporting Standards
Aravind 1, R. Shashidhar 2
Institute of Management Studies Shivagangothri, Davangere UniversityDavanagere. Karnataka state, IndiaInstitute of Management Studies Shivagangothri, Davangere University, Davangere, Karnataka state, India.
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pg. 33-60, 2020.
Abstract: In the contemporary business environment, to establish a strong position in the market, companies invariably perform their business operations with greater Integrity, transparency and accountability. Corporate performance majorly impacts stakeholders’ expectations, most importantly Environmental, Societal and Governance performance [ESG]. Many instances have witnessed major global crises have turned up due to corporate performance, such as climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, wealth inequality, discrimination, financial fraud and corporate scandals so on. These impacts deeply disrupt stakeholders’ expectations and trust in corporates, consequences of these irregularities, and the regulators and stakeholders demanding business owners and corporate leaders to disclose their non-financial parameters with respect to ESG have been paramount. The core objective of this article is to outline the deep concerns of stakeholders through non-financial reporting and the way the GRI-sustainability reporting framework assists the companies in recording and communicating their ESG performance to the stakeholders, as GRI guidelines designed to help organizations with universal and topic-specific standards used by organizations for sustainability reporting. GRI 101-Foundation, GRI 102-General disclosure and GRI-103-Management approach are the universal standard, and based on the topic-specific organization uses GRI-200-Economic, GRI-300-Environment and GRI-400 Social issues. The study also aims to understand the way GRI sustainability reporting practices develop a win-win situation for both companies and their stakeholder through generating new revenue streams, and earning trust and respect among stakeholder communities. In the holistic view of ESG performance not restricted to the company’s day-to-day activities influencing and impact on stakeholders’ communities, this article also aligns to attempt all the effort put in by the company’s commitment is contributing to shield the Environment, Social concern and good governance operations in the direction towards achieving sustainable development goal [SGD] 2030.
Keywords: Environmental, Social and Governance [ESG], triple-bottom-line, Stakeholders engagement, non-financial parameters.