UN Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality

SDG 5: Gender Equality

UPES report · 1. Research on women's health and equality

1Research on women's health and equality

UPES researchers work on health problems that affect women most, study women's finances, enterprise and work, and examine the barriers to justice and equality that women face.

Impact

UPES research takes on the health, money and justice problems that hold women back.

45gender equality research publications
460citations to these papers
10.2citations per paper
1ANRF grant for an AI wearable for PCOS and endometriosis
  • A low-cost, portable device screens for cervical cancer in remote areas where women have little access to hospitals.
  • Research on digital financial literacy and self-help groups shows how women can gain more control over money.
  • A student study on why sexual assault goes unreported in India was presented at India HCI 2023.

What the research covers

Number of papers on each theme (a paper can appear under more than one).

ThemePapers
Rights, safety and gender equality17
Women's financial inclusion and literacy10
Women's entrepreneurship and self-help groups8
Education and digital skills8
Gender at work and in leadership7
Women's health7

Most cited work on women and gender

  1. Modelling the critical success factors of women entrepreneurship using fuzzy AHP framework[4] (Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 2018), cited 76 times.
  2. Digital Financial Literacy and Its Impact on Financial Decision-Making of Women: Evidence from India[5] (Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2024), cited 75 times.
  3. A systematic review of investment confidence, risk appetite and dependence status of women[6] (International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 2024), cited 45 times.
  4. Financial well-being of women self-help group members: a qualitative study[7] (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2025), cited 36 times.
  5. Shades & shines of gender equality with respect to sustainable development goals (SDGs): The environmental performance perspectives[8] (Total Environment Research Themes, 2023), cited 29 times.

The full list of publications, with links, is in the annexure.

Research spotlights

Portrait of Dr Divya Tripathi

AI wearables for PCOS and endometriosis

With an ANRF Early Career Research Grant, Dr Divya Tripathi is developing an AI-enabled wearable to help diagnose and manage polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis.

Portrait of PhD scholar Reema Rawat

Cervical cancer screening women can reach

Reema Rawat and Prof Ashish Mathur developed a low-cost, portable DST-funded device to screen for cervical cancer in remote areas, and an aptasensor to detect the HER-2 breast cancer marker.

Women, food and nutrition

Dr Shikha Saxena studies how household food security shapes the nutrition of women in low-income urban communities, and leads nutrition outreach in the community.

Why sexual assault goes unreported

At India HCI 2023, hosted by UPES, a student presented a paper on the underreporting of sexual assault in India in the Women in HCI track.