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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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Country Gender Assessment (CGA)
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6569417/pakistan-country-gender-assessment-bridging-gender-gap-opportunities-challenges
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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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South Asia
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description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Country Gender Assessment (CGA)
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges
title_short Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges
title_full Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges
title_fullStr Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Pakistan : Country Gender Assessment, Bridging the Gender Gap, Opportunities and Challenges
title_sort pakistan : country gender assessment, bridging the gender gap, opportunities and challenges
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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