Perpetuation of gender discrimination in Pakistani society: results
Background Gender discrimination is any unequal treatment of a person based on their sex. Women and girls are most likely to experience the negative impact of gender discrimination. The aim of this study is to assess the factors that influence gender discrimination in Pakistan, and its impact on women's life. Methods A mixed method approach was used in the study in which a systematic review ...
PDF RESEARCH PAPER Gender Inequality in Pakistan: An Assessment
ity in the world, which is visible in every aspect of life. On the 2017 Gender Inequality Index, Pakistan is placed 133rd out of 160 nations, with a GII value of 0.541, indicating that Pakistan has. he world's highest level of gender inequality (UNDP, 2018). Although boys get the bulk of household health and education resources, there are ...
Perpetuation of gender discrimination in Pakistani society: results
Gender discrimination is deeply rooted in the Pakistani society. To prevent gender discrimination, the entire society, especially women should be educated and gendered sensitized to improve the status of women in Pakistan.
Perpetuation of gender discrimination in Pakistani society: results
Moreover, women face gender discrimination in many aspects of life including education and access to health care. Conclusion: Gender discrimination is deeply rooted in the Pakistani society. To prevent gender discrimination, the entire society, especially women should be educated and gendered sensitized to improve the status of women in Pakistan.
PDF Gender Discrimination and Social Identity: Experimental Evidence from
Given the social divide and paradoxical gender discrimination of the Pakistani society, we investigate the interplay between gender discrimination and social identity in Pakistan.
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mobility. A highly patriarchal society, regressive social norms and gender stereotypes give rise to discrimination and violence against women and girls. Further, Pakistan fares poorly on global indices and reports, ranking at 145 out of 146 countries on the Global Gender Gap Report 2022, above only Afghanistan. It dropped seven places in the Human Development Index (HDI) in the 2021-2022 ...
PDF Feminist Waves and Gender Discrimination in Pakistan
The conclusion of the research is based on the solution to fight gender discrimination and reforms that can be brought in Pakistan to resolve the dilemma.
SDG 5 on Gender Equality: Gaps, Challenges, and the Way Forward
March 13, 2023 This paper discusses the status of Gender Equality (SDG 5) in Pakistan, and simultaneously identifies gaps and provides solutions to holistically measure the progress of this SDG in Pakistan. It weighs the pros and cons of gender rankings, and examines UNDP's Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) and Gender Development Index (GDI), and the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap ...
National Report on the Status of Women in Pakistan
This summary report encapsulates the consolidated data from the first National Report on the Status of Women in Pakistan in 2023, providing a snapshot of the situation of women on key themes related to Gender Equality and Women Empowerment.
[PDF] Perpetuation of gender discrimination in Pakistani society
Background Gender discrimination is any unequal treatment of a person based on their sex. Women and girls are most likely to experience the negative impact of gender discrimination. The aim of this study is to assess the factors that influence gender discrimination in Pakistan, and its impact on women's life. Methods A mixed method approach was used in the study in which a systematic review ...
(PDF) Perpetuation of gender discrimination in Pakistani society
The present research was planned for qualitative exploration of perceived gender discrimination in the Pakistani context on the lines of relative deprivation theoretical background. Five focus group discussions (N = 35) with working, non-working, married, and single adult women and two in-depth interviews with gender rights social activist and female lawyer were conducted. Their age range was ...
The Effects of Growth on Women's Employment in Pakistan
Abstract. This article seeks to clarify the effect of growth on gender equality for the case of Pakistan, a country that has seen periods of high growth alongside the persistence of stark gender inequalities. The paper addresses this aim by estimating gendered sectoral employment elasticities of growth for the period 1984-2017 and ...
PDF Gender Inequality in Education- a Study With Special Reference to Pakistan
Five hypotheses were developed to study the causes of gender inequality in education, the prevailing practices that lead to gender discrimination in education and the relationship between the socio-economic conditions and early marriages and also between poverty and gender disparity in education.
Perpetuation of gender discrimination in Pakistani society: results
Background Gender discrimination is any unequal treatment of a person based on their sex. Women and girls are most likely to experience the negative impact of gender discrimination. The aim of this study is to assess the factors that influence gender discrimination in Pakistan, and its impact on women's life.
PDF Gender Discrimination in Higher Education in Pakistan: A Survey of
In their survey of faculty members of universities of Pakistan, Quraishi and Kalim, (2008) reported that female faculty experienced gender discrimination, and consequently had lower job satisfaction.
Gender Discrimination and Social Identity: Evidence from Urban Pakistan
Abstract This paper uses economic experiments to investigate how gender discrimination depends on the social identities of interacting parties. We randomly matched students pursuing bachelor-equivalent degrees in different institution types that represent distinct identities within Pakistani society. Our main finding is that gender discrimination is not uniform and varies as a function of the ...
PDF Stories of Resilience and Resolve: An Intersectional Study on the
The study looks at Pakistan's progress on Sustainable Development Goal No. 5, which aims to "achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls" and implement CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) in Pakistan.
Gender-based differences in the representation and experiences of
The study showed that women are not only significantly under-represented in leadership positions in medical and dental colleges in Pakistan, they also face gender-based discrimination and struggling to maintain a decent work life balance.
Gender wage disparity and economic prosperity in Pakistan
The gender wage gap is the difference in earnings of male and female workers. In the case of Pakistan, this disparity is estimated to be 34 percent which is much higher than the global average of 2...
Gender Discrimination in Higher Education in Pakistan: A Survey of
This study uses Pakistan Social and Living Measurement Survey 2016 to study gender discrimination in school enrollment across the four provinces of Pakistan using bi-variate analysis.
Gender Discrimination in Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of Uzma Aslam
The current study aims at the critical analysis of Uzma Aslam Khan's Trespassing from feminist critical discourse studies perspective, and it pinpoints and highlights gender discrimination in Pakistan. It reveals the emerging issues occurring to women, especially in the rigid patriarchal Pakistani society. It concludes that women rights are forcefully snatched and their voices are ...
PDF DAP Vol 9, Issue 4 Pakistan's Uncertainty Complex version 3.cdr
The systematic subordination of women is the basis of gender discrimination in our society, creating a gender gap in each sphere of life for women. Ÿ Voter registration and voter education campaigns conducted by ECP must begin months before the elections, using print, electronic and social media at all levels (district, provincial and national ...
A Study of Gender Discrimination Faced by Professional Women in
As a traditional Muslim country, the problem of gender discrimination in employment among women in Pakistan is more common. If we let it develop without taking measures, it will seriously restrict the speed and quality of Pakistan’s domestic economic development in the long run. In this study, the author obtained the first-hand information on the employment status of professional women ...
Closing the legal gaps: Advancing transgender justice in Pakistan
Consequently, Pakistan is expected to ensure all people irrespective of gender identity receive non-discrimination, equal protection under law, and access to essential services.
Gender Discrimination in Pakistan: Causes and Remedies
An attempt is made to analysis the situation of women in Pakistan and provide some remedies in order to overcome challenges of inequality, injustice and discrimination faced by women.
PDF Deserted: The U.S. Military's Sexual Assault Crisis as a Cost of War
A Broader Context of Gender Discrimination Even beyond the issue of sexual assault, a closer look at service women's actual experiences reveals how deeply entrenched gender discrimination is within military culture. The experiences of women deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan reflect these gender politics.
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Background Gender discrimination is any unequal treatment of a person based on their sex. Women and girls are most likely to experience the negative impact of gender discrimination. The aim of this study is to assess the factors that influence gender discrimination in Pakistan, and its impact on women's life. Methods A mixed method approach was used in the study in which a systematic review ...
ity in the world, which is visible in every aspect of life. On the 2017 Gender Inequality Index, Pakistan is placed 133rd out of 160 nations, with a GII value of 0.541, indicating that Pakistan has. he world's highest level of gender inequality (UNDP, 2018). Although boys get the bulk of household health and education resources, there are ...
Gender discrimination is deeply rooted in the Pakistani society. To prevent gender discrimination, the entire society, especially women should be educated and gendered sensitized to improve the status of women in Pakistan.
Moreover, women face gender discrimination in many aspects of life including education and access to health care. Conclusion: Gender discrimination is deeply rooted in the Pakistani society. To prevent gender discrimination, the entire society, especially women should be educated and gendered sensitized to improve the status of women in Pakistan.
Given the social divide and paradoxical gender discrimination of the Pakistani society, we investigate the interplay between gender discrimination and social identity in Pakistan.
mobility. A highly patriarchal society, regressive social norms and gender stereotypes give rise to discrimination and violence against women and girls. Further, Pakistan fares poorly on global indices and reports, ranking at 145 out of 146 countries on the Global Gender Gap Report 2022, above only Afghanistan. It dropped seven places in the Human Development Index (HDI) in the 2021-2022 ...
The conclusion of the research is based on the solution to fight gender discrimination and reforms that can be brought in Pakistan to resolve the dilemma.
March 13, 2023 This paper discusses the status of Gender Equality (SDG 5) in Pakistan, and simultaneously identifies gaps and provides solutions to holistically measure the progress of this SDG in Pakistan. It weighs the pros and cons of gender rankings, and examines UNDP's Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) and Gender Development Index (GDI), and the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap ...
This summary report encapsulates the consolidated data from the first National Report on the Status of Women in Pakistan in 2023, providing a snapshot of the situation of women on key themes related to Gender Equality and Women Empowerment.
Background Gender discrimination is any unequal treatment of a person based on their sex. Women and girls are most likely to experience the negative impact of gender discrimination. The aim of this study is to assess the factors that influence gender discrimination in Pakistan, and its impact on women's life. Methods A mixed method approach was used in the study in which a systematic review ...
The present research was planned for qualitative exploration of perceived gender discrimination in the Pakistani context on the lines of relative deprivation theoretical background. Five focus group discussions (N = 35) with working, non-working, married, and single adult women and two in-depth interviews with gender rights social activist and female lawyer were conducted. Their age range was ...
Abstract. This article seeks to clarify the effect of growth on gender equality for the case of Pakistan, a country that has seen periods of high growth alongside the persistence of stark gender inequalities. The paper addresses this aim by estimating gendered sectoral employment elasticities of growth for the period 1984-2017 and ...
Five hypotheses were developed to study the causes of gender inequality in education, the prevailing practices that lead to gender discrimination in education and the relationship between the socio-economic conditions and early marriages and also between poverty and gender disparity in education.
Background Gender discrimination is any unequal treatment of a person based on their sex. Women and girls are most likely to experience the negative impact of gender discrimination. The aim of this study is to assess the factors that influence gender discrimination in Pakistan, and its impact on women's life.
In their survey of faculty members of universities of Pakistan, Quraishi and Kalim, (2008) reported that female faculty experienced gender discrimination, and consequently had lower job satisfaction.
Abstract This paper uses economic experiments to investigate how gender discrimination depends on the social identities of interacting parties. We randomly matched students pursuing bachelor-equivalent degrees in different institution types that represent distinct identities within Pakistani society. Our main finding is that gender discrimination is not uniform and varies as a function of the ...
The study looks at Pakistan's progress on Sustainable Development Goal No. 5, which aims to "achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls" and implement CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) in Pakistan.
The study showed that women are not only significantly under-represented in leadership positions in medical and dental colleges in Pakistan, they also face gender-based discrimination and struggling to maintain a decent work life balance.
The gender wage gap is the difference in earnings of male and female workers. In the case of Pakistan, this disparity is estimated to be 34 percent which is much higher than the global average of 2...
This study uses Pakistan Social and Living Measurement Survey 2016 to study gender discrimination in school enrollment across the four provinces of Pakistan using bi-variate analysis.
The current study aims at the critical analysis of Uzma Aslam Khan's Trespassing from feminist critical discourse studies perspective, and it pinpoints and highlights gender discrimination in Pakistan. It reveals the emerging issues occurring to women, especially in the rigid patriarchal Pakistani society. It concludes that women rights are forcefully snatched and their voices are ...
The systematic subordination of women is the basis of gender discrimination in our society, creating a gender gap in each sphere of life for women. Ÿ Voter registration and voter education campaigns conducted by ECP must begin months before the elections, using print, electronic and social media at all levels (district, provincial and national ...
As a traditional Muslim country, the problem of gender discrimination in employment among women in Pakistan is more common. If we let it develop without taking measures, it will seriously restrict the speed and quality of Pakistan’s domestic economic development in the long run. In this study, the author obtained the first-hand information on the employment status of professional women ...
Consequently, Pakistan is expected to ensure all people irrespective of gender identity receive non-discrimination, equal protection under law, and access to essential services.
An attempt is made to analysis the situation of women in Pakistan and provide some remedies in order to overcome challenges of inequality, injustice and discrimination faced by women.
A Broader Context of Gender Discrimination Even beyond the issue of sexual assault, a closer look at service women's actual experiences reveals how deeply entrenched gender discrimination is within military culture. The experiences of women deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan reflect these gender politics.