Women Empowerment: A Case of Pakistan

Women empowerment has taken a central position on international
forums and it is still a focusing and critical issue. For instance, women
remained under-represented in education and comprise nearly sixty- seven percent of the world’s illiterate persons.

Moreover, women are a major part of the working poor. There are also many areas in
which there is a huge gap between men and women. Furthermore,
the difference is also seen in the gender’s voice in society; as women’s
opinions are not given proper consideration. A couple of examples
are seen in different conditions. It has been considered that women’s
empowerment can resolve this issue of discrimination and will
effectively decrease these differences. Consequently, finding the
reasons that lead to women’s empowerment requires more attention.
Achieving the objective of women’s empowerment is a way in the right
direction. Empowering women as economic, social, and political actors
can change policy options and make organizations more range with
diverse voices on different forums. It is essential for the development
process to eliminate gender inequality at both levels i.e. societal and
household matters. Since empowerment is a diverse and
multidimensional concept and it is clear in different spheres e.g.
household and community level, national and international, and in
different domains, it is seen that is the political, social, and economic
domains. It is an emerging issue that must be highlighted at the community
or individual level and also at national and international platforms. It is
obvious that understanding of women’s empowerment is lacking on all
levels.