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DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: A CASE STUDY FROM DISTRICT RAWALPINDI, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

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dc.contributor.author T. M. Khan
dc.contributor.author A. A. Mann
dc.contributor.author M. I. Zafar
dc.contributor.author N. Hashmi
dc.contributor.author S. Akhtar
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-14T05:38:53Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-14T05:38:53Z
dc.date.issued 2010-03-11
dc.identifier.citation Khan, T. M. (2010). Determinants of women empowerment: a case study from district Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Science, 62(1). en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0030-9877
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/18994
dc.description.abstract Women empowerment is one of the important issues of today world. Despite a major contribution in the development process, female population has low status as compared to men, specifically in the developing world. The situation in Pakistan is same. A vast majority of women in Pakistan are not authorized to make decision about their own life. The present study is designed to know the reasons of low women empowerment and suggest suitable policy measures to raise their status in the society. A sample of size 300 cases was selected using multistage random sampling technique from the District of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. This study concluded that education, political participation and working for paid job of women are important determinants of women empowerment in the Punjab Province. Women also improve their empowerment status with increase in their conjugal age and cooperation of husbands. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Lahore: Pakistan Association for the Advancement of Science en_US
dc.subject Women-empowerment en_US
dc.subject determinants en_US
dc.subject Pakistan. en_US
dc.title DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: A CASE STUDY FROM DISTRICT RAWALPINDI, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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