The book offers a selection of papers presented at a national conference on gender equality and sustainable development hosted by the Department of Home Science, University of Calcutta in 2019. The United States General Assembly in 2015 has set certain Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) for the year 2030.The SDG's are a set of 17 global goals which address pertinent survival issues ranging from poverty, hunger and health to gender equality to global warming and environment. Sustainable Development Goal-5 concerns the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. There is no doubt that gender equality and women empowerment is necessary for attaining a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. In order to reach this goal multidisciplinary approach is to be taken to understand and resolve the related issues. The papers offer a glimpse into discourses in the fields of Gender Studies, Nutrition, Human Development, Sociology, Psychology and Governance. Students, researchers, social activists and even lay readers will find the book interesting and useful.