Author(s): Gautam Kumar Sinha, Aditi Rastogi
The study tries to investigate the situation of gender inequality within the context of Uttar Pradesh. The study has chosen the state Uttar Pradesh because is the largest state in terms ofarea as well as population among the other states in India. The research focuses on the interplay of broad activity sectors, religious affiliations, caste identities, sources of financial support, and social groups in shaping gender disparities in entrepreneurial endeavours. The data source used is the All India Sixth Census 2012-13. The finding of the study states that caste, religion, social groups, sources of financial support and broad activities are majorly responsible for creating hinderances in gender equality. Through secondary data analysis and percentages that it was observed that despite having some progress, women still faces huge discrimination than men does. Due to social factors such as deep-rooted patriarchy and stereotypes and lack of accessibility of resources gender inequality persist in the economy. At last this study suggested some suggestion regarding reduction of inequality such as education training, Mentoring & Networking, Awareness & visibility, Policy advocacy, skill development and Technology & Digital Literacy