According to the report of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Pakistan is the fourth worst country in the world in terms of gender equality.
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It is criticized all over the world for the worsening condition of women in Pakistan. According to a report, Pakistan is the fourth worst country in the world in terms of gender equality. There is a huge gap between women and men in various areas including education, work. According to the report released on Wednesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Pakistan ranks 153 among 156 countries in terms of gender equality.
It has been reported in this report that only Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan are below Pakistan. WEF said that the gap of gender equality in the country has increased by 0.7 percent and it has increased to 55.6 percent. The ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2021’ states that Pakistan is included in the bottom 10 countries in two of the four sub-indices. Pakistan ranks 152 in terms of women’s economic participation and opportunity, while it is ranked 153 in terms of health and survival.
Women do not have rights in justice and property share
The WEF report states that only 22.6 per cent of the women have participated in the labor force. At the same time, only 4.9 per cent of women have reached higher positions like manager. Due to this there is a great disparity in income of women and men. It states that the income of a Pakistani woman is only 16.3 percent of the men here. The data given in the report showed that Pakistani women do not have equal rights in justice, land ownership and non-financial assets or inheritance rights. Men are completely dominated here.
It may take 136.5 years to correct gender equality
Pakistan ranks seventh among eight countries in the South Asian region, Afghanistan is at the bottom of this list. The report says that Pakistan’s progress has stalled. It says that it may take 136.5 years for Pakistan to correct gender equality. The neighboring country has taken some major steps in the direction of acquiring education. In this way, a difference of up to 81.1 percent has been achieved in this area. The report said that only 46.5 percent women are literate. 61.6 percent of the women have received primary education. At the same time, 34.2 percent women have studied up to high school.
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