The Punjab Gender Parity Report 2018 is the 3rd in the annual series of status reports on women in Punjab. This report presents an in-depth look at the magnitude of gender disparity in the province across 6 thematic areas covering 300 indicators. The key areas covered in the report are Demographics, Governance, Health, Education, Economic Participation and Opportunities, and Justice.
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This report is based on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), Punjab conducted in 2017-18 by Bureau of Statistics, Planning and Development Board, Government of the Punjab. The survey provides statistically sound and internationally comparable data essential for developing evidence-based policies and programmes, and for monitoring progress toward national goals and global commitments.
Punjab Gender Parity Report 2017
Punjab Gender Parity Report 2016 provides a comprehensive analytical study of the status of women in the Punjab for the first time. It illustrates the socio-economic well-being of women in Punjab, through an examination of about 300 indicators spanning all the significant areas of a woman’s life. The main thematic areas covered in the report include demographics and governance, health, education, economic opportunities, legal rights and violence against women
The aim of the survey is to collect a set of comprehensive statistics on the various dimensions of country’s civilian labour force as a means to pave the way for skill development, planning, employment generation, assessing the role and importance of the informal sector and, sizing up the volume, characteristics and contours of employment.
Gender perspective is vital to formulating and enforcing a comprehensive and non discriminatory regime of policies. As an indispensable introduction to this end, the “Compendium on Gender Statistics - 2019” presents sex disaggregated data on population, education, health, family planning, employment, time use pattern and, public representation.
The objective of the Pakistan Demographic & Health Survey (PDHS) 2017-18 was to collect high-quality data on fertility levels and preferences, contraceptive use, maternal and child health, infant mortality levels, immunisation, nutritional status of mothers and children, disability, migration, women’s empowerment, domestic violence, awareness and behaviour regarding HIV/AIDS, and other health-related issues. The PDHS 2017-18 also provides updates on data already collected through censuses and other sources.
The Government of Punjab has taken multiple administrative, legislative and policy measures through Women Empowerment Packages 2012, 2014 and 2016. These measures have reinforced the Government’s commitment to securing women’s political, social and economic rights in Punjab. Key legal amendments and laws passed in Punjab since devolution include Punjab Land Revenue (Amendment) Act and Rules 2012, Punjab Partition of Immovable Property Act 2012, Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2012; Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Act 2014; and Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act, 2016.