Women's Professional Advancement in Urban Planning Industries: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators in the Indian Context

The primary focus of this study is to identify barriers and facilitators to women’s participation in the field of Urban Planning through a comprehensive literature review. In addition, this work focuses on a quantitative and qualitative thorough assessment of 76 research publications. The study identified the research gap by conducting bibliometric analysis using R-Studio tools version 4.1.2 and finding reveals that hardly any articles are found on women role in urban planning and barriers to women’s progression in urban planning worldwide and in India up to now. Significant barriers include discrimination in the built environment, a perceived glass ceiling in the workplace, a lack of mentoring policies, a lack of training in organizations, unequal pay wages, a lack of women's participation in the planning field and a lack of data on women’ professional skills in India are observed. Nobody can disagree that women have a difficult time managing their personal lives and jobs under the masculine professional planning paradigm. So, to resolve all the barriers, facilitators are found. The present study will pave a path to conduct research in the field of women’s professional advancement in urban planning.