GENDER
JUSTICE
REPORT
CARD

NATIONAL
ASER
PAKISTAN
2018
(RURAL)

The
State
shall

provide
free
and

compulsory

Target
4.5
by
2030,
Target
4.1:By
2030,
Ensure
education
to
all

Eliminate

gender
that
all
girls

and
boys
children
of
age
5-
disparities
in
education
complete
free
,equitable
16
years
in
such
a

and
ensure
equal
access
to
and
quality

primary
and
manner
as
may
be

all
levels
of
educatio n
and
secondary
education
determined
by

vocational
training
for
the
leading
to
relevant
and
law”

vulnerable,
including

effective
learning

persons
with
disabilities,
outcomes
indigenous

peoples,
and

children
in
vulnerable


situations

LOW
INDICATORS
OF
QUALITY,
EQUITY,
AND
ACCESS
MEANS
HIGHLY
VULNERABLE
GIRLS

Equity
challenges
for
girls
come
at

multiple
intersections.
The
vicious

cycle
of
deprivations
needs
to
be
EDUCATION RURAL-URBAN
broken
by
decision
makers-through

an
integrated'
results
based

approach
leading
to
social
and
CHILD
POVERTY

gender
justice.
MARRIAGES
“Gender
justice
refers
to
many
more

women
gaining
power,
and
that

both
men
and
women
benefitting

from
less
restrictive
gender
roles”.
DISABILITY RELIGION
(Oxfam,
2019)

SOCIAL
JUSTICE
is
the
view
that
everyone
deserves
equal
economic,
political
and
social
rights
and
opportunities.
Gender
Justice
is
about
entitlements
and

empowerment
through
capabilities
and
choice;
it
is
the
absence
of
discrimination
between
genders
and
disadvantaged
groups
with
accountability.
Adapted
from
https://gsdrc.org/document-library/gender-justice-citizenship-and-entitlements-core-concepts-central-debates-and-new-directions-for-research/
 ACCESS

ENROLLMENT
(6-16)
YEARS:
83%
Gender
Gap
Govt.
Schools
Gender
Differences
In
Pakistan

Gender
Differences
In
Pakistan
10 %
7% 39% 61% Pvt.
Schools

41% 59%
16.8%

%
of
Out
of
School
Children
Source:
ASER
Pakistan
2016 Source:
ASER
Pakistan
2016

Gender
gaps
persist
but
have
narrowed
in
2018
(17%)
as
compared
to
2016
(18%)

GENDER
GAP
PROVINCE
WISE
(%
of
Out
of
School
Children)

05% Punjab 05% 08% Sindh 06%

07 %
10 % PAKISTAN

17% Balochistan 11% 04% ICT 05%

Azad KP
Newly
03% Jammu
& 02% 17% Merged 10 %
Kashmir Districts

06% Gilgit-
Baltistan 04% 08% Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa 05 %

DO
YOU
KNOW? Male Female

No
Gender
Access
Gap
in
Punjab
More
Boys
are
Out
of
School
than
Girls
in
ICT.
 QUALITY
National-Learning
Levels
(Age
5-16)
Who
can
read
at
least
sentences
in 47 % 43 %
Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto

Who
can
read
at
least
Words
in
English
44 % 36 %
Who
can
at
least
do
Subtraction 43 % 39%
GIRLS
CONTINUE
TO
LAG
BEHIND!
Target
4.1
of
the
SDG
has
committed
that
all
children,
regardless
of
background,
should
have
access
to
free
quality
primary
and
secondary
education.
Target
4.5
specifically
focuses

on
equity
and
aims
to
“eliminate
gender
disparities
in
education
and
ensure
equal
access
to
all
levels
of
education
and
vocational
training”
(UNESCO,
2016a).

Provincial-Learning
Levels
(Age
5-16)
38% 34% 70% 69% 44% 27%
36% 32% 67% 67% 43% 20%
SINDH AJK
% %
35 32 58% 57%
KP
Newly
Merged 49% 33%
Districts

57% 57% 54% 48% 63% 59%

ICT
KP % %
JA B 52% 51% 54 43 57% 52%
PUN

47% 47% 56% 51% 45% 44%

31% 20% 57% 54%

GILGIT-
N BALTISTAN
TA
CH
IS 26% 15% 56% 50%
LO
BA
34% 26% 53% 47%
DO
YOU
KNOW?
The
gender
gaps
in
learning
levels
(Urdu/English)
have
disappeared
for
Punjab
and
AJK.
Who
can
read
at
least
sentences
in
Urdu/Sindhi/Pashto
Who
can
read
at
least
Words
in
English
Male Female Who
can
at
least
do
Subtraction
 INCOME
INEQUALITIES

Disparities
in
Enrollment
Exist
as
per
ASER
Findings
Enrollment
and
learning

levels
lag
for
girls

as

revealed
in
the
recent

ASER
2018
(rural)
report.

Boys
continue
to
out

perform
girls
at
every

%
income
level
(poorest,
46 %
87
poorer,
richer
and
richest.) 67 % %

54 %
83
“High
financial
household

cost
of
education
is
one

of
the
main
reasons
why

S
OY
girls
from
poor
families

B
33 %
S

ST
IRL

drop
out
of
school”.

HE
TG

T GIRLS
13

RIC
ES

T BOYS
(Transparency

OR

International,
2013).
PO

17

RICHES
POORES

Richest
Continue
to
Perform
Better
in
All
Three
Competencies
Learning Levels - Males Learning Levels - Females
Poorest Poorer Richer Richest Poorest Poorer Richer Richest
50 50
44 43 42
39 41
40 40
35 36
% Children
% Children

33 33
30 30 28
30 31 26
30 28 25 25
20 20 22
21 19 19
10 15
10 13 12

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DISABILITY
Male: 3.43
%
Female: 3.66
%
Total: 3.56
Amongst
the
children
in
the
2018
ASER
Pakistan
Survey
sample,
3.56
%
children
are
reported
to
have
any
difficulty
out
of
which
3.66
%
are
girls.