Women Own Just 2% of Land in Pakistan
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- Only about 2% of ever-married Pakistani women aged 15 to 49 own land alone or jointly, according to an SDPI survey.
- Although 67% of employed women work in agriculture, only 1.5% of agricultural households are formally recorded as female-headed.
- Women also trail men in full-service bank accounts and mobile-wallet ownership, underscoring wider economic and digital inequality.
Only 2% of women in Pakistan own land, according to a new survey that exposes the depth of the country's gender gap in economic power.
The study by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute found that 67% of employed Pakistani women work in agriculture. Yet just 1.5% of agricultural households are formally recorded as female-headed. Among ever-married women aged 15 to 49, about 2% own land alone or jointly, while 97.2% have not inherited land or a house.
The divide is especially stark in Sindh, where 99.1% of women do not own land either alone or jointly. The study links the barriers to a broader financial and digital gap that limits women's economic independence.
Only 14% of women have full-service financial accounts, compared with 56% of men. Mobile-wallet ownership is also far lower among women, at 11%, compared with 48% among men.
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Originally published by Dawn in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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