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Women in Pakistan make significantly less than their male counterparts, earning 16.3 per cent of their income. [27] This makes the monthly income of Pakistani women about 15-20 USD. [27] The Global Wage Report 2018/2019 also found women in Pakistan constitute 90% of the bottom 1% of wage earners in the country. [33]
Fatima Jinnah (1893–1967) was a Pakistani dental surgeon, biographer, stateswoman and one of the leading founders of Pakistan. Historically, Muslim reformers such as Syed Ahmad Khan tried to bring education to women, limit polygamy, and empower women in other ways through education. [11]
Pakistan ranks third-worst – 151 out of 153 – on the Gender Parity Index of the World Economic Forum (WEF) [7] Pakistan's women literacy is so low that more than five million primary-school-age girls don't go to school. According to UNICEF, 18 percent of Pakistani girls are married before turning 18. [8]
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Tabassum Adnan was born in 1977 and grew up in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. [2] She was a child bride at 13, mother of four and a victim of domestic violence, when she divorced her husband of 20 years.
On the other hand, Shirkat Gah, a Pakistani women's rights organisation, found that polygyny is "common". However, a representative of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says that polygamy is rare, except within communities in Sindh, Southern Punjab or religious fundamentalists. A gender studies consultant, however, writes that it is also ...
[13] [14] [15] Another UNICEF report claims 70% of girls in Pakistan are married before the age of 16. [16] As with India and Africa, the UNICEF data for Pakistan is from a small sample survey in the 1990s. The exact number of child marriages in Pakistan below the age of 13 is unknown, but rising according to the United Nations. [17]
Saadia Sehar Haidari's grandfather, Muhammed Buksh Bhatti was also a photographer of subcontinent and the owner of the M. Bhatti Photo and Portrait studio, established in 1942, Lahore. Haidari became Pakistan's first employed female photojournalist for the Associated Press of Pakistan and Geo News , and was inspired to enter journalism after ...