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World Economic Forum

Gender Gap 2008 Report

Direct Link to Country Rankings 1-130: Pakistan 127

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/rankings2008.pdf

 

Pakistan Gender Gap Report 2008 Country Subindexes, Including Education:

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/ggg08_pakistan.pdf

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http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/05/04/world/20090504SCHOOLS_8.html

 

PAKISTAN - GIRLS' SCHOOL ENRLOLLMENT AMONG LOWEST IN THE WORLD

 

 

Photo: Zackary Canepari for The New York Times

 

PAKISTAN: A girl attends a public elementary school. Today, only about half

of Pakistanis can read and write, far below the proportion in countries with

similar per-capita income, like Vietnam. Girls' enrollment is among the lowest

in the world, lagging behind Ethiopia and Yemen.

 

 

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