The situation is worse for the lower-middle or the working class
MULTAN: A recent report by the IMF highlights the importance of bridging the gender gap in Pakistan in education and economic sectors to have a potential boost of 30 per cent in GDP. Gender gap, for various reasons, has reduced Pakistan’s economic activity and development rate by half. Moreover, educational and vocational training programmes remain gender-specific in the country.
The situation is worse for the lower-middle or the working class, where females in most cases are not allowed to even opt for a less ‘feminine’ field of work. Increased female participation in the workforce would not only lead to an increased economic activity but simultaneously work as a birth control measure. The reduction in birth rate will lower the rate of depletion of the country’s scarce resources.
Maryam Yousaf
Published in The Express Tribune, June 4th, 2018.
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