tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post6968221874323326055..comments2024-03-27T15:36:44.737-07:00Comments on Haq's Musings: Women's Day: Gender Gap in Education Narrowing in Pakistan Riaz Haqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848640164815342479.post-90340724087724547032022-05-22T17:27:04.297-07:002022-05-22T17:27:04.297-07:00So, in 2020-21 for every hundred rupees that emplo...So, in 2020-21 for every hundred rupees that employed men earn, women earn around eighty-one rupees. This is up from women earning seventy rupees for every hundred rupees that men earned in 2018-19. (Labor Force Survey 2020-21)<br /><br /><br />https://nation.com.pk/2022/04/29/pakistans-labour-force/<br /><br />Using ILO’s framework, the gender pay gap in agriculture in Pakistan is still very high—36.24 percent. The good news is that this is lower than 2018, when the gender pay gap was 40.69 percent. To put another way, in 2020-21, for every hundred rupees that men employed in the agriculture sector earn, women earn around sixty-three rupees only. This is up from women earning fifty-nine rupees for every hundred rupees that men in the agriculture sector earned in 2018-19. Again, while the gender pay gap is atrociously high, over the period of analysis it has declined and that is an absolutely positive achievement. The overall gender wage gap has almost halved over the period of analysis. So, in 2020-21 for every hundred rupees that employed men earn, women earn around eighty-one rupees. This is up from women earning seventy rupees for every hundred rupees that men earned in 2018-19.<br />This report paints a rosy picture of the labour force in Pakistan. But some macroeconomic issues continue to manifest. Low LFPR among the youth, urban unemployment which exerts additional pressure on the cities, gender pay gaps and disproportionate size of the informal economy. Moving forward, serious attention has to be paid on generating meaningful employment across the country, specifically in KP which has the highest rate of unemployment.<br />Riaz Haqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522781692886598586noreply@blogger.com