Economic Position Of Women In Pakistan Essay

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Economic Position of Women in Norway and Pakistan Many countries thorough the world, have developed ways to incorporate women into society. Countries started naming women as inferior and that their responsibilities where private sphere, along with men are more capable to do better things such as anything that has to deal outside the house. As years were passing women knew that it was unfair, and not right for the government and the rest of the people, especially men to ignore their voices. The difference is that women in the different countries of the world, have gain their rights differently and some situations have been hard to adopt because of the way the countries were constructed. Even though something has been done for women on all …show more content…
Pakistan is a poor country, that most of the time it becomes more and poorer. The result of the why Pakistan is in poverty it is because there is exploitation, unnecessary security expenses, feeble authority, unsteadiness, religious strength, and gender inequalities. It is been stated that the women status in the country could help in the country’s growth, and that’s why Pakistan is the way it is. At the same time, not only these issues affect the country, but also the high believe on …show more content…
In the other hand, it is stated that Islamization constrains the chances in public sphere for women, and that it has become an undesirable result in society. Islamization doesn’t make the country grow from inside out, and with the rest of the world, that’s why the country is stuck with the same, getting poorer, and making the society become worse than before. The ones that are impacted the most are women, because they have no right to participate in public sphere, and have not rights to be part of society, and their role in life is private sphere as stated in their

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