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Economic Empowerment of Women in Pakistan

Economic Empowerment of Women in Pakistan

Sofia Idris
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466686113|ISBN10: 1466686111|EISBN13: 9781466686120
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8611-3.ch007
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Idris, Sofia. "Economic Empowerment of Women in Pakistan." Contemporary Global Perspectives on Gender Economics, edited by Susanne Moore, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 124-145. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8611-3.ch007

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Idris, S. (2015). Economic Empowerment of Women in Pakistan. In S. Moore (Ed.), Contemporary Global Perspectives on Gender Economics (pp. 124-145). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8611-3.ch007

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Idris, Sofia. "Economic Empowerment of Women in Pakistan." In Contemporary Global Perspectives on Gender Economics, edited by Susanne Moore, 124-145. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8611-3.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter gives an account of the situation on the status of women in Pakistan. It studies the various steps taken by the Government of Pakistan to empower the women. It also studies the various ways to empower women in Pakistan. The chapter only studies the empowerment of women in economic sphere due to the limited time and resources of the author. Moreover, the chapter focuses on the problems of women to participate in economic affairs, the hindrances in achieving economic uplift/empowerment and equality of women in Pakistan and the existing laws and policies of the government regarding women's empowerment and their implementation. Furthermore, it gives a brief comparison of women's economic empowerment with the neighboring countries, India and Bangladesh as these countries have a similar institutional structure as Pakistan. It then seeks to learn from the successful examples of the countries mentioned regarding the matter.

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