Women in Pakistani society have been always oppressed and have been victims of forced marriages, honor killing, unacceptable dowry demands, haq bakshish (marriage to Quran) and acid attacks. They have always been dependent on men for their survival due to their economic backwardness and due to very low political representation coupled with the social structure of our society.
Pakistan was ranked 134th out of 135 countries among worst places for women in the world (2012, world economic forum). According to a report of the united nations development program, Pakistan was ranked 123 out of 148 countries in the 2012 gender inequality index.
Gender studies, in the light of the above circumstances, is very important for betterment of the situation as gender studies focuses on the study of gender in general but women in particular and works for empowerment of women or at least advocates to do so.
PU (Punjab University) established its gender studies department in Pakistan around 2001, which shows how neglected this subject has been in our country. Furthermore, university of Karachi established “Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies (CEWS)” around 1989 however it started advanced courses only around 2002. Similarly, I could not come across any university that has offered courses on the subject before this and although now the subject is gaining some attention but it is not as much as it should be considering the gender inequality that exist in our country and the adverse effects it is bringing to us as a nation. Recently, FPSC included gender studies as a subject in its optional subjects for civil services exams and this was indeed a positive step as the subject will now get more attention.
In my opinion based on the readings I came across, the subject needs to be introduced in many universities and must be funded and encouraged by the government. Considering gender studies is a western subject and has its roots in the west and that most of the theories in gender studies originate from the west, there is a need for research so that those theories could be made relevant in the context of our society. Gender studies should also be offered as an optional subject in college and university level courses and should be introduced in other competitive exams (like FPSC included it as an optional subjects in css) as an optional subject. Gender studies requires much more attention then what is currently given to it as a subject in order to achieve or at least work for achieving gender equality

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