The Women Empowerment in Agriculture Sector of Pakistan

Abstract

The study interviewed 100 households in the Sargodha District of Pakistan's Punjab Province, which is the largest and most populated province. The study used a multistage sample process for sampling and interviewed male and female residents of the Sargodha district. The WEAI was calculated using Alkire and Foster's (2011) technique. The women empowerment agricultural index is used to assess women's empowerment. These five factors 5DE identifies the important areas where empowerment must be strengthened, whereas gender parity depicts the relative discrepancy between male and female members of the same family. For the Sargodha district, the Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index value is 0.61. It is calculated by taking 90% of the 5DE sub index value of 0.66 and adding 10% of the GPI value of 0. 68.

Influence of Women Enactments (2000-2015) in Pakistan

“…The National Action Plan (NAP), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and a number of other international and national obligations are signed by Pakistani governments to promote gender equality, uniformity, and women's advancement. Pakistani women are still more likely to be pitiable, malnourished, illiterate, and have less access to basic leadership, property, credit, provisions and jobs than men (Nasir, 2012). And this is despite the cohesive force of all these global and national responsibilities.…”