Urban Gender Equality and Economic Development—— Practice and Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming in the Urbanization Process

Abstract

In the context of growing cities and economies, this paper explores the interactions that gender equality generates within them. This article is inspired by the United Nations concept of gender mainstreaming, which emphasizes the need to ensure that gender equality is a primary goal in all areas of economic and social development. This article will emphasize that gender equality will promote economic development because society will get more talent and explore how gender mainstreamization is being implemented and the obstacles in this process in today's more diverse and open world: men's social resources and hindrance to gender mainstreaming, the challenges of urbanization to gender equality, and empowerment of women and gender mainstreaming. By analyzing the research of other scholars, the results show that men always get more preferential treatment in some areas, but women are less powerful in others. We, therefore, call for a deep understanding of the purpose and importance of gender mainstreaming strategies to reduce inequality. We will elaborate on these inequalities and offer some solutions.