Pakistan
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Yes | Structure of parliament | Unicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | Yes | >Current members | 342 |
| Percentage of women | 20.47% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
The role of women in politics is vital for any nation’s progress. A country cannot move forward if half its population is excluded from decision-making. In Pakistan, however, women face serious obstacles in entering politics.
The Youth Association for Development (YAD), Quetta, Pakistan, has completed a transformative initiative titled "Women’s Participation in Elections, Politics, Leadership, Democracy in Pakistan".
ISLAMABAD: The gender gap in registered voters in Pakistan has narrowed significantly, now standing at less than 10 million, according to the latest data. This is a notable achievement, considering the country’s historical disparities in voter registration.
Throughout its history, Pakistan has grappled with enduring patriarchal norms and cultural customs that confine women to the domestic sphere, obstructing their engagement in broader societal roles.
PAKISTAN ranks low on the Gender Gap Index in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, 2023. On women’s political empowerment, it ranked 95th out of 146 countries, with only a handful of women occupying senior, managerial, policy- and decision-making posts.
“If you want to know how civilized a culture is, look at how they treat its women.” - Bacha Khan
Gender mainstreaming in state institutions is essential for promoting gender equality in society. One effective approach to achieving this goal is through political and cultural advocacy focused on gender issues.
Washington — When Suriya Bibi was running for a seat earlier this year on the Khyber Pakhtunkwa provincial assembly, she faced numerous challenges beyond being a woman and hailing from a minority sect in Pakistan's remote district of Chitral.
On International Women’s Day, March 8, women in major cities across Pakistan, including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Multan,
In Pakistan, as in corporate boardrooms around the country women are often absent. In recent years this has changed at a glacial pace.
The Pakistan elections are only a day away, on February 8, and candida
PESHAWAR: In the lead-up to Pakistan’s general elections on Thursday, a concerning reality emerges regarding the inadequate prioritization of women’s representation within political parties.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 120 million people were pushed into vulnerable situations and we witnessed a great need for more community engagement and participation across the board.
ISLAMABAD: As political parties get ready for the upcoming general elections in February, they ought to think about feeling the pulse of a populace that is eager for change, according to Dawn.
In a significant development, representatives from major political parties have unequivocally expressed their commitment to advancing women’s political participation.
President of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and former Prime Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Shujat Hussain has said that the role of women in the develop
The Election Commission of Pakistan has launched a media awareness drive among people with the overarching goal of motivating their active involvement in the electoral process, uplifting 49% of w
With the general elections just around the corner, the low turnout among female voters remains a persistent challenge as Pakistan has suffered from an endemic low voter turnout in general and wom
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Acting Speaker Sindh Assembly and Pattern in Chief Women Parliamentary Caucus Sindh Rehana Laghari, on Wednesday, stressed on need of reforms in the election laws to strengthen role of women in politics.
Islamabad: Women have been considered as a passive vote bank and political parties tend to use them mostly for representative functions at public gathering, meetings and campaigns.
The suspense around newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's federal cabinet finally died down on Tuesday — a whole eight days after he was sworn in as premier — after federal ministers and state ministers took their oaths to shape up the 37-strong cabinet.
MPA Heer Soho says community chose her as leader after her father.
Constituting one-fifth of parliament, women parliamentarians accounted for nearly 35 per cent of parliamentary agenda during 2021-22 – 38 per cent in the National Assembly and 25 per cent in the Senate.
South Asia Partnership (SAP) Pakistan and Aurat Foundation held a convention on women’s political participation in Pakistan on Saturday. The focus was on women in local government.
Civil society activists have demanded political parties to award tickets to women aspirants for the local government elections to bring them into the national mainstream.
More than 550 women contested local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, the election commission said.
Contrary to popular belief, the performance of Women legislators in both Houses remained remarkable and in Parliament’s history they presented a significant number of 133 bills for legislative business in just four years (2018 to 2021).
“Empowering young women is key to Pakistan’s sustainable social and economic development,” said Usman Dar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on
In 2018, several feminist groups in Pakistan organized marches under the banner of ‘Hum Auratien’ or si
Pakistan ranks second lowest in the world for gender equality, placing at number 148 out of 149 countries.
SHAHDARA, Pakistan – Bushra Khaliq stood in the middle of a village home, chin up and shoulders back, holding the attention of fifty women around her.
Hameeda Shahid is making history. She is standing for parliament in a conservative tribal area of Pakistan which borders Afghanistan.
An election commission representative has informed that the ECP’s aggressive registration drive in collaboration with Nadra and civil society had registered as many as 3.8 million women voters in recent months, compared to the initially identified 12
Islamabad: To enhance political participation of women with disability (WWD), participants of a roundtable discussion stressed for concrete measures to ensure issuance of national identity cards to
LAHORE, PAKISTAN — Reforms to Pakis
KARACHI: A Pakistani female la
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly has recently elected Dr. Mehar Taj Roghani as the new Deputy Speaker. She will be the first woman to occupy this position in history. Before that, Dr.
What’s the role of the police in a community? Is it to serve the citizens by ensuring their security or to maintain public order by coercive power?
While we women welcome the initiative of talks taken by the government and stand in full solidarity with them, we would like to clearly state that women will not be a negotiating chip this time.
ISLAMABAD: To add to the hype surrounding local bodies elections, non-government organisation and human rights groups have urged the election commission to prepare and release gender disaggregated data.