Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges
If Pakistan is to reduce gender gaps and achieve its development goals, policy interventions will require a dual focus on near-term and long-term outcomes. In the near term, females need access to basic services and opportunities. In the longer term the economic, cultural, and political environment...
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okr-10986-84532021-04-23T14:02:39Z Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges World Bank ACCESS FOR GIRLS ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO SCHOOLS ADOLESCENTS AGED AGRICULTURE BIRTHS CHILD HEALTH CHILDBIRTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT CROPS CUSTOM CUSTOMARY PRACTICE CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY LAW FAMILY PROTECTION FEED FEMALE ACCESS FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALES GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMATION ON WOMEN INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LAWS LIFE EXPECTANCY MARRIAGE ACT MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORBIDITY MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MOBILITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY NER NUTRITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBERTY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SAFETY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENTS SEX RATIO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING UNIVERSAL EDUCATION URBAN AREAS VILLAGES VIOLENCE WALKING WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG WOMEN If Pakistan is to reduce gender gaps and achieve its development goals, policy interventions will require a dual focus on near-term and long-term outcomes. In the near term, females need access to basic services and opportunities. In the longer term the economic, cultural, and political environment must sustain improved circumstances for women in health, labor force participation, and other outcomes. Far deeper and more integrated initiatives are needed if long-standing trends in gender inequality are to be reversed. What role does public policy play? In many cases minor changes in laws and institutions can foster greater involvement by women in the public sphere to enable them to pursue activities that further enhance their autonomy and elevate their status. Such changes may encourage parents to educate their daughters, for instance, which will enable future generations of women to make better health-related and economic decisions within the household, and to participate in political life where they can contribute to further social and legal change. What is to be done in the meantime, as institutional reforms and economic growth may make limited and slow progress? Active policy measures to promote gender equality in the present are crucial. In particular, near-term approaches must work around existing constraints on women and girls, augmenting their access to basic services, paid work, and opportunities for decision-making in the public sphere. The analysis in this report has incorporated research and insights from scholars and civil society organizations in Pakistan in order to arrive at precisely these types of near-term approaches. 2012-06-19T18:31:07Z 2012-06-19T18:31:07Z 2005-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6569417/pakistan-country-gender-assessment-bridging-gender-gap-opportunities-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8453 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Country Gender Assessment (CGA) Economic & Sector Work South Asia Asia South Asia Pakistan |
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ACCESS FOR GIRLS ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO SCHOOLS ADOLESCENTS AGED AGRICULTURE BIRTHS CHILD HEALTH CHILDBIRTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT CROPS CUSTOM CUSTOMARY PRACTICE CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY LAW FAMILY PROTECTION FEED FEMALE ACCESS FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALES GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMATION ON WOMEN INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LAWS LIFE EXPECTANCY MARRIAGE ACT MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORBIDITY MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MOBILITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY NER NUTRITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBERTY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SAFETY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENTS SEX RATIO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING UNIVERSAL EDUCATION URBAN AREAS VILLAGES VIOLENCE WALKING WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG WOMEN |
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ACCESS FOR GIRLS ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO SCHOOLS ADOLESCENTS AGED AGRICULTURE BIRTHS CHILD HEALTH CHILDBIRTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT CROPS CUSTOM CUSTOMARY PRACTICE CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY LAW FAMILY PROTECTION FEED FEMALE ACCESS FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALES GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMATION ON WOMEN INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LAWS LIFE EXPECTANCY MARRIAGE ACT MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORBIDITY MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MOBILITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY NER NUTRITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBERTY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SAFETY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENTS SEX RATIO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING UNIVERSAL EDUCATION URBAN AREAS VILLAGES VIOLENCE WALKING WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG WOMEN World Bank Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges |
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If Pakistan is to reduce gender gaps and achieve its development goals, policy interventions will require a dual focus on near-term and long-term outcomes. In the near term, females need access to basic services and opportunities. In the longer term the economic, cultural, and political environment must sustain improved circumstances for women in health, labor force participation, and other outcomes. Far deeper and more integrated initiatives are needed if long-standing trends in gender inequality are to be reversed. What role does public policy play? In many cases minor changes in laws and institutions can foster greater involvement by women in the public sphere to enable them to pursue activities that further enhance their autonomy and elevate their status. Such changes may encourage parents to educate their daughters, for instance, which will enable future generations of women to make better health-related and economic decisions within the household, and to participate in political life where they can contribute to further social and legal change. What is to be done in the meantime, as institutional reforms and economic growth may make limited and slow progress? Active policy measures to promote gender equality in the present are crucial. In particular, near-term approaches must work around existing constraints on women and girls, augmenting their access to basic services, paid work, and opportunities for decision-making in the public sphere. The analysis in this report has incorporated research and insights from scholars and civil society organizations in Pakistan in order to arrive at precisely these types of near-term approaches. |
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Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges |
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Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges |
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Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges |
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Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges |
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Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges |
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pakistan : country gender assessment, bridging the gender gap, opportunities and challenges |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6569417/pakistan-country-gender-assessment-bridging-gender-gap-opportunities-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8453 |
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