Institutional Deterrents to the Empowerment of Women: Kenya’s Experience

Factors Effecting Women’s Empowerment in Baluchistan

“…Any attempt to empower women and transform patriarchy will encounter male resistance. The study conducted by (Sohail, 2014) Pakistan, found that men feel insecure if power is extended to women; the gendered division of roles and responsibilities is one of the most effective ways of establishing and reproducing patriarchal norms in society, which in turn strengthens men's domination and women's subordination.Scholars such as (Rowland, 1997 &Kiriti, Tisdell andRoy, 2006) agree that social and economic changes which can increase women's access to income do make men defensive, as this is perceived to be against the gender norms of Baluchistan's society (Naeem et.al, 2014). The patriarchal structure has deprived women from property rights, access to credit and access to land reform programs (Kabeer 2000;Habiba, Ali &Ashfaq, 2016).Furthermore italso refrains women from receiving education, restricting them only to specific low paid jobs, creating a male-oriented market system, and lastly it condones harassment techniques (Connell, 2011) which further discourage women.…”