SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF WOMEN IN PAKISTAN

RABIA TANVEER (1800)

WHAT IS SOCIO-ECONOMICS

• IT IS THE STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND

SOCIAL LIFE.

• IT IS A BRANCH OF ECONOMICS THAT

FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND

ECONOMICS.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF WOMEN

• WOMEN’S OR THEIR FAMILY’S ECONOMIC

POSITION WITHIN A HIERARCHICAL SOCIAL

STRUCTURE.

• SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS DEPENDS ON THE

COMBINATION OF VARIABLES INCLUDING

OCCUPATION, EDUCATION, INCOME, WEALTH

AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE.

CATEGORIZATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IS TYPICALLY

BROKEN INTO THREE CATEGORIES

• HIGH SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS

• MIDDLE SOCIO-ECONOMIC

STATUS

• LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES OF WOMEN

• SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES ARE

CONCERNS REGARDING THE FACTORS

THAT CAN IMPACT A WOMEN OR HER

FAMILY’S SOCIAL STANDINGS AND

ECONOMIC STATUS.

• CONCERNS INCLUDES ETHICS, FAIRNESS

AND RESULTS OF POLICIES IN A

DIFFERENT STANDARD OF TREATMENT

AND OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON SES.

FACTOR AFFECTING WOMEN STATUS

STUDY IN NWFP, DISTRICT MARDAN (2006) ANALYZED SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND

CULTURAL CONSTRAINTS OF WOMEN :

1. LOW LITERACY RATE

2. LACK OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

3. AWARENESS

4. POOR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

5. LACK OF SKILLS

6. INSECURE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN

7. MEN HAVE MORE DECISION POWER

RESEARCHES

• EDUCATION IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR TO ENABLE WOMEN TO CHALLENGE

GENDER RELATIONS, BUT MUCH IS REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE NORMS AND THE

CRITICAL ATTITUDE OF SOCIETY. (MASON,1993)

• WOMEN’S EDUCATION AND INCOME LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVALENCE

OF VIOLENCE. THUS WOMEN WITH MORE EDUCATION AND INCOME ARE LESS

LIKELY TO BE VULNERABLE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. (RANI AND BONU, 2009)

• MALE HAVE MORE DECISION MAKING POWER THAN WOMEN BUT IN CERTAIN

CASES ONLY ELDERLY WOMEN CONSULTED FOR OPINION IN DECISION

MAKING.(2006)