Gender Equality And Corruption

Corruption has always been an obstacle on the government reform agenda for decades. It constraints development and causes conflict and was one of the obstacles to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Even now too, it is one of the obstacles to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Corruption weakens the efficiency, effectiveness and probity of the public sector and it affects the whole society. Unfortunately, poor people are the greatest victims of the corruption. This is because corruption continuously reducing resources which helps in poverty reduction and development and deprive poor people of advancement opportunities.

However, corruption’s differing impacts on men and women have not been much attended by any

According to the report of the United Nations, poor women are mostly affected by the petty corruption and for women and girls the currency of corruption is frequently sexualized that they are being asked to pay bribery in the form of sexual activities. More often it leads to the women disempowerment. It increases their vulnerability to the consequences of corruption. The reason is that most of the women and girls have limited access to public officials and have low income; it reduces their ability to pay bribes and make them to pay in the form sexual activities. Poor women get affected disproportionately from the corruption because their low levels of economic and political empowerment constrain their ability to change the status quo.

This research survey also reflects the corrupt activities in which women can get engaged with respect to the presumption that women are likely less corrupt then men in public offices. With reference to this, we looked into the women’s and men’s perceptions of corruption. We reached at a conclusion that there is not more to gain from the presumption that women’s gender generates higher probity. It seems interesting when we find out that number of women is increasing in the governments but that doesn’t mean that they are any less corrupt than

It would help us to get the statistical facts about the gender and corruption and proportion of women in decision making.

Looking into the judicial decisions related to corruption i.e. under Prevention of Corruption Act in India, from the perspective of gender will help us to gather the certain statistical information. Judicial decision information is more certain rather than indices information released by various CSOs and other institutions.

2.1 The Objectives

The objective of this research survey study is to examine the gender dimensions within the occurrence and effects of corruption as well as impact of corruption on gender. We have worked on the legal aspects to get the certain statistical information, statistical aspects to get the results as released by various CSOs and, questionnaire and interview to reflect the thinking of people.

2.2 The Scope

From the past, men and women are not considered to be homogeneous. Their socio-economic status is the primary factor to decide living conditions and opportunities for