more-inNo one would deny that Pakistan is a particularly misogynistic country, where patriarchal relations and attitudes discriminate heavily against women. Despite patriarchy, institutional and state prejudices and restrictions, even something called ‘culture’ and ‘religion’, women are changing their condition, and redefining social sensibilities. Data from girls’ and boys’ enrolment also show that girls’ enrolment at the primary school level, while still less than it is for boys, is rising faster than it is for boys. Girls enrolment at the primary school level increased by 34% between 2002-03 and 2011-12, while in the same period, it increased only 13.5% for boys. Boys’ enrolment at university level had increased by 258% over this decade, but for girls the increase in these ten years had been 432%!

Source: The Hindu June 27, 2017 18:33 UTC