Two things are simultaneously true about Pakistan, both as a society and as an economy: it is heavily – and unjustifiably – male-dominated, and women’s economic and social power is rising rapidly. In raw numbers, that has meant that the total number of women in the workforce is now growing at twice the rate of population growth, a healthy sign for rising economic egalitarianism and prosperity for the country. In the 1998 census, there were 108.5 men for every 100 women in Pakistan. The natural rate of births in general has a roughly equal number of boys and girls, and – if anything – slightly more girls than boys. This is why, in more gender-egalitarian societies, there tend to be slightly more women than men.

Source: Pakistan Today October 18, 2020 05:39 UTC