WOMAN

EMPOWERMENT IN
PAKISTAN
BY SUFIYAN SALEEM, MOIZ RAIZ,
HAMMAD AHMED AND UMAIR AHMED
The provisional results of the 6th population TOTAL POPULATION
and housing census 2017 point out to the fact
that men in Pakistan are in larger quantity than
women.  According to the press release of the
Pakistan bureau of statistics, the number of
men in the country stand at 106,449,322 while
the number of women are 101,314,780
according to the press release of the Pakistan MEN
bureau of statistics, the number of men in the WOMEN
country stand at 106,449,322 while the 101,314,780; 49% 106,449,322; 51%
number of women are 101,314,780. The total
population of Pakistan stands at 207,774,520.
Meanwhile, there are 10,418 transgenders in
Pakistan.
RISE IN WOMEN POPULATION SINCE 1947 TO 2017
 SINDH PUNJAB

URBAN
48% 36%
52% RURAL URBAN
RURAL
64%

WOMEN
POPULATION
PROVINCIAL KPK BALOCHISTAN
WISE
18%
URBAN 27%
URBAN
RURAL
RURAL

73%
82%
LITERACY RATE IN
PAKISTAN 2017

 The literacy rate measures the

percentage of people aged 15
and above who are able to
read and write. In 2017,
Pakistan's total literacy rate
was around 59 percent, with
less than 47 percent of
women being literate and
more than 71 percent of men.
WOMEN LITERACY RATE IN PAKISTAN AND ITS COMPARISON WITH INDIA,
BANGLADESH, NEPAL AND BHUTAN
PAKISTAN: FEMALE LABOR
FORCE PARTICIPATION
RATE

1990 - 2019: For that indicator, we

provide data for Pakistan from
1990 to 2019. The average value
for Pakistan during that period was
18.2 percent with a minimum of
12.51 percent in 1995 and a
maximum of 23.86 percent in
2015.
PROBLEMS FACED
BY FEMALES IN
PAKISTAN

 Women not allowed to

work
 Early marriage
 No proper education
 Gender pay gap
PROBLEMS FACED BY
FEMALES IN PAKISTAN

 Sexual harassment
 No rights after marriage
 Domestic violence
 Honor killing
 Gender pay gap
 “NO NATION CAN
RISE TO THE HEIGHT
OF GLORY UNLESS
YOUR WOMEN ARE
SIDE BY SIDE WITH
YOU”- QUAID E
AZAM
 WAYS TO EMPOWER WOMEN

 Awareness- seen in the form of Aurat march on women’s international day. Serves to bring about a societal

change.

 Education- “educating girls yields a higher return rate than any other investment”- World Bank chief economist

 Strict implementation of laws against women abuse.

 Special courts for women where their cases are resolved quickly.

 State investment into various women organizations on community level. They do not have enough budget for their

ambitions.
WAYS TO EMPOWER WOMEN

 Enable a safe working environment for women to work.

 Should be given incentives so the number of female employees increases such as maternal leaves, transportation

etc.

 Increase representation of females in the upper and lower house. Women related issues need to be given

importance in the parliament.