Empowering Women through Skill-Based Education in Pakistan: A Narrative Review
This qualitative systematic review focuses on the effectiveness and limitations of skill-based education for enhancing women's rights in Pakistan with an understanding that the solution lies in addressing organizational, economic, and structural constraints that hamper the enforcement of such policies. These include gender norms, poverty, and inadequate technical and vocational education and training that do not empower women's education. However, possibilities are opening, such as government and non-government skill-building initiatives and e-learning and e-business business and education portals for rural women. Skill-based education is characteristic because it economically impacts women's social rights and empowers them. The review underscores the need for policies, institutional support, and sector desegregation to minimize educational gender differences. These include social connectedness, advanced digital learning, and government policies supporting training. All the above steps are essential for GM, WEE, and improving Pakistan's socio-economic fabric.
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Women Empowerment, Skill-Based Education, Socio-Cultural Barriers, Vocational Training, Gender Equality
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(1) Muhammad Rafiq-uz-Zaman
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Asif Nadeem
Associate Professor, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Iqra Rasheed
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Rafiq-uz-Zaman, M., Nadeem, M. A., & Rasheed, I. (2024). Empowering Women through Skill-Based Education in Pakistan: A Narrative Review. Global Sociological Review, IX(IV), 52-59. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-IV).05
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CHICAGO : Rafiq-uz-Zaman, Muhammad, Muhammad Asif Nadeem, and Iqra Rasheed. 2024. "Empowering Women through Skill-Based Education in Pakistan: A Narrative Review." Global Sociological Review, IX (IV): 52-59 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-IV).05
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HARVARD : RAFIQ-UZ-ZAMAN, M., NADEEM, M. A. & RASHEED, I. 2024. Empowering Women through Skill-Based Education in Pakistan: A Narrative Review. Global Sociological Review, IX, 52-59.
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MHRA : Rafiq-uz-Zaman, Muhammad, Muhammad Asif Nadeem, and Iqra Rasheed. 2024. "Empowering Women through Skill-Based Education in Pakistan: A Narrative Review." Global Sociological Review, IX: 52-59
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MLA : Rafiq-uz-Zaman, Muhammad, Muhammad Asif Nadeem, and Iqra Rasheed. "Empowering Women through Skill-Based Education in Pakistan: A Narrative Review." Global Sociological Review, IX.IV (2024): 52-59 Print.
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OXFORD : Rafiq-uz-Zaman, Muhammad, Nadeem, Muhammad Asif, and Rasheed, Iqra (2024), "Empowering Women through Skill-Based Education in Pakistan: A Narrative Review", Global Sociological Review, IX (IV), 52-59
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TURABIAN : Rafiq-uz-Zaman, Muhammad, Muhammad Asif Nadeem, and Iqra Rasheed. "Empowering Women through Skill-Based Education in Pakistan: A Narrative Review." Global Sociological Review IX, no. IV (2024): 52-59. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-IV).05