The document discusses gender discrimination in rural Pakistan. It notes that discriminatory attitudes towards women are present from birth and continue through practices like forced marriage, honor killings, female infanticide, and domestic violence. Women have limited education and employment opportunities. The government needs to invest in female education, create more jobs for women to gain economic independence, conduct public awareness campaigns, and properly enforce laws against violence and discrimination. Eliminating gender discrimination could allow women to contribute more to Pakistan's development.

2. Introduction
The term discrimination
refers to unequal behavior.
Threat to the security of the
state.
Pakistan needs to empower
its women.

3. The gender
discriminatory
structure has deep
roots.

4. The discriminatory attitude
towards women as inferior is
observed even before their
birth.
“What a country needs to do is be fair to
all its citizens whether people are of a
different ethnicity or gender. ” – Dave
Barry

5. Gender discrimination is
deeply routed in Pakistani
society.
Limited opportunities for
women to study as well as
to work.
Educational status of

6. Forced marriages is a very
common practice in rural parts
of Pakistan.
Young girls are married for the
settlement of dispute in the
rural areas.
Women are treated like slaves.

7. Honor killing has become an
honorable institution in rural
areas of Pakistan.
Honor killing is one of the
most horrible forms of
brutality against women.

8. Female infanticide in rural
Pakistan is very low.
Domestic violence in rural
areas is an endemic
problem.

9. Law enforcement
authorities do not view
domestic violence as a
crime.
In rural Pakistan it is
standard for the bride to
maintain control over the

10. Dowry deaths are a wide
spread problem in rural
areas.
Lack of access to justice for
women.

11. How to end it ?
Government needs to invest
more and more in female
education.
Efforts should be made by the
government for entering more
women in employment.
Economic independence can

12. Government through media
must start a mass awareness
campaign.
NGOs should also come
forward and highlight the cases
of gender discrimination.
Need of implementation of

13. Conclusion
If we eliminate
gender
discrimination
from Pakistan ,
our women will
be able to
contribute a lot

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