FAST FACTS
- • Pakistan’s constitution promotes right to equality for both men and women
- • Women make up 50 percent of the country’s population: United Nations Development Programme
- • According to UN statistics, only 22.7 percent are part of Pakistan’s labor force
- • Less than a fifth of the nation’s women have access to secondary education
- • Pakistan ranks 151 out of 153 in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2020
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to recognize women’s achievements in the social, economic, cultural, and political spheres, this year’s theme for International Women’s Day is urging people to believe that “an equal world is an enabled world.”
Since its inception on March 8, 1911, the globally-celebrated event has sought to highlight several causes, with this year’s event focusing on promoting gender equality and inclusiveness at the workplace.
Here, Arab News Asia Bureau, which proudly employs a 48 percent female workforce, has compiled a list of 10 Pakistani women who have played a pivotal role in shaping the narrative for women’s achievements and equality in the country:
