Abstract

The 2030 Agenda placed significant emphasis on women's empowerment, asserting that it would propel the achievement of all sustainable development targets and objectives. Due to the significance of the subject matter, this article investigates the correlation between education for sustainable development and women's empowerment in Islamabad, Pakistan, through an analysis of the literacy rates, occupational classifications, and residential areas of employed women in the city. This qualitative study develops interpretively from the perspective of feminist research. Eight health and education professionals were enlisted for multistage sampling. Through semi-structured interviews, information was gathered and analyzed using thematic content analysis. The results demonstrated that working increased the socioeconomic empowerment of participants in comparison to not working. Health care professionals exhibited this tendency less frequently than education personnel. Pakistan requires more educated women for the empowerment of women and sustainable development, according to the findings.