GENDER INEQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EDUCATION: ISSUES AND REMEDIES By Dr. Shazli Hasan Khan

Abstract The condition of women in a society is an index of that society’s place in civilization. Societies that discriminate on the basis of gender pay a significant price in terms of higher poverty, low quality of life, slower economic growth, and weaker governance. Women are dominated by patriarchal kinship system that results in socio-economic dependence of women on men and stipulate their relative lower status compared to men. As such women and girls have restricted mobility, access to education, access to health facilities and lower decision-making power, and experience…

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