International Journal of Gender & Women's Studies

Political Economy of Gender Equality: Case Study of Pakistan
Saima Sajid

Abstract
In the present study an attempt has been made to examine the impact of socio political and economic factors on gender equality in education and employment in Pakistan during 1980 to 2012.An ARDL bond test approach employed to see the long run relationship between the variables but Wald test f statistics left the inconclusive results. Finally, The OLS estimation has been done for the empirical analysis, which found that Urbanization, Economic Growth and Foreign Direct Investment jointly with better law and order situation have positive influence while , remittances, have negative affect on the status of women in Pakistan, This suggests that economic and political factors jointly affect the status of women in Pakistan. The study also found that improving the level of gender equality in education and employment would lead toward economic growth.

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