Islamabad [Pakistan], As several videos have gone viral on social media platforms in Pakistan containing derogatory language on women's rights to education and freedom, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned such views expressed by so-called religious leaders and clerics call it "deep-rooted misogyny" in action.
In a post on school for reasons that schooling is associated with 'obscenity.'"
Referring to another video that denounced the use of mobile phones by women as relating it to "obscenity", the Human Rights Commission in its statement released at the National Press Club in Islamabad on Saturday said that these videos use derogatory language towards women. women and could also potentially lead to incitement to violence against women.
In the statement, the HRCP further stated: "This deep-seated misogyny must be reduced immediately. With approximately 12 million girls out of school, widespread cultural restrictions on women's mobility, and an alarmingly high incidence of violence against women and girls, "Pakistan cannot allow us to give space to derogatory and anti-women rhetoric."
The HRCP urged the government to intervene and prevent such narratives from spreading as education and freedom remain a constitutionally protected right of women in Pakistan.
Calling on the government to take action, the HRCP stated: "The State must urgently counter such narratives through strong and consistent public service messages that uphold the right of girls to education, as is their constitutionally protected right under Article 25A , as well as women's digital rights in general."
Earlier, a report published in October last year also highlighted the dire condition of female citizens in Pakistan: around 70 percent of women who graduated from engineering programs in Pakistan are unemployed or not working.
The research, jointly conducted by Gallup Pakistan and PRIDE using data from the 2020-21 Labor Force Survey, found that 20.9 percent of the 28,920 women who graduated in engineering were unemployed. Only 28 percent of them were still in the labor force, leaving about 50.9 percent of them unemployed.
According to an analysis of data from the three categories (employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force), 21.1 percent of engineering graduates lived in rural areas and 78.9 percent lived in metropolitan areas. Of engineering graduates in rural areas, 43.9 percent had a job, while 36.3 percent were unemployed, Dawn reported.
Compared to the national average of 50.9 percent, the percentage of engineering graduates in rural areas who chose to remain unemployed was significantly lower (19.8 percent).
In metropolitan regions, 16.8 percent of women with engineering degrees were unemployed, compared to 24 percent who were employed. In metropolitan areas, a significant percentage of female engineering graduates (59.2 percent) did not enter the workforce.
Of the engineering graduates who chose not to enter the workforce, just over 64 percent were married and 28.4 percent were single. The age range of 25 to 34 years had the highest percentage of female engineering graduates (50.9 percent), followed by the range of 35 to 44 years (21.7 percent).
In a post on school for reasons that schooling is associated with 'obscenity.'"
Referring to another video that denounced the use of mobile phones by women as relating it to "obscenity", the Human Rights Commission in its statement released at the National Press Club in Islamabad on Saturday said that these videos use derogatory language towards women. women and could also potentially lead to incitement to violence against women.
In the statement, the HRCP further stated: "This deep-seated misogyny must be reduced immediately. With approximately 12 million girls out of school, widespread cultural restrictions on women's mobility, and an alarmingly high incidence of violence against women and girls, "Pakistan cannot allow us to give space to derogatory and anti-women rhetoric."
The HRCP urged the government to intervene and prevent such narratives from spreading as education and freedom remain a constitutionally protected right of women in Pakistan.
Calling on the government to take action, the HRCP stated: "The State must urgently counter such narratives through strong and consistent public service messages that uphold the right of girls to education, as is their constitutionally protected right under Article 25A , as well as women's digital rights in general."
Earlier, a report published in October last year also highlighted the dire condition of female citizens in Pakistan: around 70 percent of women who graduated from engineering programs in Pakistan are unemployed or not working.
The research, jointly conducted by Gallup Pakistan and PRIDE using data from the 2020-21 Labor Force Survey, found that 20.9 percent of the 28,920 women who graduated in engineering were unemployed. Only 28 percent of them were still in the labor force, leaving about 50.9 percent of them unemployed.
According to an analysis of data from the three categories (employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force), 21.1 percent of engineering graduates lived in rural areas and 78.9 percent lived in metropolitan areas. Of engineering graduates in rural areas, 43.9 percent had a job, while 36.3 percent were unemployed, Dawn reported.
Compared to the national average of 50.9 percent, the percentage of engineering graduates in rural areas who chose to remain unemployed was significantly lower (19.8 percent).
In metropolitan regions, 16.8 percent of women with engineering degrees were unemployed, compared to 24 percent who were employed. In metropolitan areas, a significant percentage of female engineering graduates (59.2 percent) did not enter the workforce.
Of the engineering graduates who chose not to enter the workforce, just over 64 percent were married and 28.4 percent were single. The age range of 25 to 34 years had the highest percentage of female engineering graduates (50.9 percent), followed by the range of 35 to 44 years (21.7 percent).
