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- Pakistan has placed third from the bottom in the 2026 Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum, despite showing its strongest year-on-year improvement in a decade.
- While the country saw significant progress in educational attainment, women continue to face major barriers in workforce participation, political representation, and legal rights.
- The report highlights that women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership roles and ministerial positions while still facing restricted rights regarding inheritance, divorce, and reproductive autonomy.
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