Gender Inequality Worsens Poverty in Rural Punjab Pakistan

Abstract

Poverty is the biggest problem that Pakistan faces, from the past decade poverty increased by 30-40 percent in Pakistan. That’s mean 40 percent of the country’s population lives under the poverty line. The concept of gender needs to be understood clearly as a cross-cutting socio-cultural variable. The research adopted triangulation approach. The field work exercises for the examination was completed by the analyst. Descriptive inferential and multivariate analysis was carried out to explore the research. The study showed that there is a strong significant association between age of the respondent and their thinking that gender inequality effect poverty. Gender is an integral part of rural livelihood. The major reason for this is high accusation of gender inequality at family level especially in rural areas. Gender disparities in educational attainment have a big impact on rural household poverty. Educated individuals can all the more likely comprehend local area issues and significance of gender equality. This examination looks at the impact of poverty and gender inequality in person's life. Schooling is the likely determinant of poverty. Literate people have healthy life, sustenance and better behavior. Most of the respondents thought that only men’s education upgrades the family income and social status as compare to women. Gender preference, lack of awareness and knowledge, low living standard and financial barriers were the most important reasons of gender inequality. Hence the findings of the investigation suggested that implementation of a comprehensive set of policies will be helpful for poverty reduction and development of the society.