How are projects at the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre addressing the issue of gender inequality in South Asia?
Khadija Haq: The Centre is a policy research institute and think tank that seeks to inform policies for sustainable and gender-equitable development through research papers, policy studies, and seminars on economic and social development issues. Our research work is presented annually in a report entitled Human Development in South Asia. The 2000 edition of this report – the first of its kind – focuses specifically on the gender question and provides a comprehensive examination of the extreme gender-divide in economic, social, and political spheres in the South Asia region. Prepared with the collaboration of distinguished scholars and policy-makers, the report explores how the culture of patriarchy permeates overall development in the region, leaving women behind in nearly all human development measures. Women remain severely underrepresented in government, civil service, and other public bodies and large gaps persist in education and job opportunities. Much of women’s work remains inv
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