Abstract
The present study explores the programs, initiatives, practices
and the status of women empowerment in the perspective of
SDGs 2030. The present study uses both primary and secondary
data to dig down the reality. Research design of the study was
descriptive and survey in nature. Data was collected through
semi structured interviews from the policy makers, community
leaders and Government stake holders. Study unfolds the
rhetoric that programs and initiatives launched for empowering
women were not aptly executed for rural marginalized areas of
the Punjab, Pakistan. Findings of the study revealed that due to
lack of proper dissemination of these programs, lack of bottom
up strategies, low allocation of budgets for rural areas, lack of
political will and commitment gap at the top up level to
empower women in rural areas was the reason of erratic
execution of educational initiatives programs and policies. This
study recommends that women empowerment programs,
initiatives and policies should be equity based considering the
gender parity, and integration of gender mainstreaming is
required in the national development policies for empowering
women
Saba Wali Lone, Dr. Almas Ikram Kayani , Dr. Muhammad Hanif. (2020) Empowering Women through Educational and Economic Access Programs in Punjab, Pakistan with Reference to SDGs Goal 5, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 2.
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