This additional GDP would be equivalent to adding an economy to the combined size of Germany and Austria each year. According to the most recent Labor Force Survey 2017-2018, released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics in 2019, the labor force participation rate is mere 20 per cent for women. Only 25.6 per cent of rural women participate in the labour force, while only 11 per cent of urban women participate in the labor force. Additionally, only 0.5 per cent of women in the labor force are managers, in comparison to 2.8 per cent of men. A key reason behind this gap between women and men could be attributed to the heavy underrepresentation of women in leadership positions.

Source: Pakistan Today March 07, 2020 16:18 UTC