Impact of Education on Women Empowerment: Key to Sustainable Development in Pakistan

Abstract

Education plays a pivotal role in the empowerment and sustainable development of the women. This research study examines the impact of education on women empowerment: Key to sustainable development in Pakistan. The objectives of the study were to identify the factors of women empowerment for sustainable development. Another objective was to examine the perception of respondents regarding their empowerment through education. The said study initiated in the Islamabad and women across Pakistan working in the ambit of Federal Directorate of Education, were taken as the population of the present study. The stratified random sampling technique was used for the collection of the respondents. A total of 1055 women were selected as population and the sample of 650 was taken as the sample of the study. The mix method technique was used for the collection of responses. The questionnaire and interview were used for the collection of data. This tool kit was developed based on theoretical framework and four major factors of the women empowerment was taken as: individual empowerment, psychological empowerment, Economic empowerment and Social Empowerment. There was a sub theme of all these factors, those were also analyzed through data analysis. The data was analyzed, based on the univariate and multivariate analysis. The findings of the study driven from the data analysis and based on that, conclusions were drawn. It was concluded that, the education of women is significantly affected for their empowerment and sustainable development in a country like Pakistan.