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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-IV).01 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-IV).01 Published : Dec 2024Empowering Futures: The Impact of Cultural, Social, and Economic Disparities on Girls' Education in Jhelum, Pakistan
Gender inequality poses a challenge to the educational participation of teenage-girls in Jhelum Pakistan. This paper seeks to examine the complex factors underpinning and the extensive effects of gender inequalities in education within this area. The present study details various causes of gender inequalities as analyzed from a qualitative content analysis of various works, which include economic factors, social-cultural beliefs and practices; early marriage, lack of awareness, physical facilities, and gender biases. This study finds that all these factors work together to exclude girls from education and maintain poverty and non-advancement of socio-economic status. Finally, the discussion highlights the need to establish various strategies to address gender inequality, such as; community sensitization, increasing the percentage of girls education, finances, establishing safe school structures, and favorable laws on gender. The solution to these recommendations would help Jhelum move towards the right direction for giving teenage-girls equal education opportunities and better community.
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(1) Sana Amjad
Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Amjad, S. (2024). Empowering Futures: The Impact of Cultural, Social, and Economic Disparities on Girls' Education in Jhelum, Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IX(IV), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-IV).01
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CHICAGO : Amjad, Sana. 2024. "Empowering Futures: The Impact of Cultural, Social, and Economic Disparities on Girls' Education in Jhelum, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IX (IV): 1-10 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-IV).01
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HARVARD : AMJAD, S. 2024. Empowering Futures: The Impact of Cultural, Social, and Economic Disparities on Girls' Education in Jhelum, Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IX, 1-10.
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MHRA : Amjad, Sana. 2024. "Empowering Futures: The Impact of Cultural, Social, and Economic Disparities on Girls' Education in Jhelum, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IX: 1-10
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OXFORD : Amjad, Sana (2024), "Empowering Futures: The Impact of Cultural, Social, and Economic Disparities on Girls' Education in Jhelum, Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, IX (IV), 1-10
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TURABIAN : Amjad, Sana. "Empowering Futures: The Impact of Cultural, Social, and Economic Disparities on Girls' Education in Jhelum, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review IX, no. IV (2024): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-IV).01