Women’s empowerment in Pakistan
Women’s empowerment in Pakistan is heavily dependent on many different variables that include geographical location (urban/rural), educational status, social status, and age. Working women of Pakistan have always tried to improve the financial stability of their respective households but sadly their work is always undervalued. Empowering socially, economically, educationally, politically and legally has always been a difficult task to achieve in an underdeveloped country. Therefore, Pakistani policymakers should specifically, make the policies on women’s empowerment at the national level for health , education , economic opportunities, gender-based violence, and political participation. Pakistan’s women development model is very much a work in progress where deep-rooted challenges remain. The World Economic Forum has placed Pakistan as the second-worst country on gender equality in its 2017 Global Gender Gap Index. The index placed Pakis...