FEMALE LABOUR FORCE SHARE ON THE RISE IN PAKISTAN UNLIKE INDIA.

While female labour force participation in both Pakistan and India is below 30 per cent (half of the global average), the two neighbouring countries seem to be heading in different directions, with Delhi recording an average decrease of one per cent and Islamabad witnessing 2 percent rise in female labour force participation in recent decades. Although the gender gap in labour force participation has declined substantially over the past 30 years, average female labour force participation remains well below the male rate. Increased female labour force participation and stable male labour force participation led to a seven percentage point decline in the global gender gap in labour force participation, which fell to 20 percentage points in 2018. [Extracted from the article]