Women Empowerment in Pakistan with Special Reference to Islamic Viewpoint: An Empirical Study
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Women empowerment is one of the most debatable issues in thedevelopment circles now-a-days. Pakistan being a democratic and anIslamic state, the issue of women empowerment faces new challenges.Considering its multidimensional nature and to give an empiricalaspect to this study, an index is developed about the knowledge of trueIslamic teachings and values. In this paper, an attempt is made toremove the miss-conception that ‘Islam’ as a religion hinders the wayof women empowerment, using regression analysis based on theprimary data from a district of Southern Punjab. The results show thatIslamic concept of women empowerment strengthened by the women’seducation, education of her household members, access to media,health facilities, less no of household members along with no fear ofviolence. Finally, it is concluded that Islam as a religion ensuresmaximum women’s rights. It is our typical social norms, old traditionsimported from other religions and ignorance from the true teachings ofIslam, which has made today’s women vulnerable
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2427604482