Gender Studies MCQs for CSS Aspirants

Some Updated Facts and Figures:

Pakistan is the second worst country in the world in terms of gender
parity,ranking 148 out of 149 countries in the ‘Global Gender Gap Index
2018’ report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) .
Pakistan is the first Asian country to legally recognise self-perceived
gender identity.
Closing gender gap to boost Pakistan's GDP by 30pc: IMF study.
There is gender gap of 12.99 million voters in Pakistan.
The unemployment rate for females fell from 9pc to 8.3pc: FY18
Pakistani woman police officer Shahzadi Gulfam, who was deployed
on a UN peacekeeping operation, received the 2011 International
Female Police Peacekeeper Award in recognition of her outstanding
performance. Prepared by: Aamir Mahar
Around 35pc of Pakistani women use any form of non-abortive birth
control despite them being inexpensive.
Thari women set example for all with nearly 73% turnout in 2018 GE.
Asma Jahangir died on Feb 11, 2018.
Every 20 minutes, a woman dies in Pakistan of maternity-related
complications and that out of every 100 females, 40 per cent are
married below the age of 18.
Rosheen Saleem Vazeer, a student of the Centre of Aviation, is the
first Pakistani woman to earn European Aircraft Maintenance
Engineer (AME) licence.
Ambassador Riffat Masood is Pakistan's first woman envoy to the
Islamic Republic of Iran.
Asia Bibi, who was born in 1971 and has four children, was the first
woman to be sentenced to death under the blasphemy laws. (BBC)
Helena Saeed has become the first Pakistani female Additional
Inspector General (Addl IG) of Police in the country’s history.
A Pakistani-American woman named Sadaf Jaffer has been sworn in as the
mayor of the Montgomery Township, becoming the first South
Asian-American woman mayor in New Jersey.
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s documentary Student Athlete is
nominated for the NAMIC Vision Awards 2019.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first Pakistani to win the Eliasson

Global Leadership Prize 2018.
Malala Yousafzai received the 2018 Gleitsman Award on 6th December
from the Centre for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School for
her global movement to equip girls with 12 years of free, quality
and safe education.
Who coined the term hegemonic masculinity? Raewyn Connell
In 2012, transgender were registered as third gender on their CNICs.
RAWA is the feminist association of? Afghanistan
APWA was founded in 1949 by Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan.
The first Urdu magazine meant for Muslim women was
“Tahzeeb-e-Niswan”.
WID coined by US Agency for Development professional women.
The author of 'Reversed realities' is: Naila Kabeer.
Tehmina Janjua is Pakistan's first ever woman foreign secretary.

Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women

at Workplace is: Kashmala Tariq. Prepared by: Aamir Mahar
Pakistan altered its marital laws through the Muslim Family Law
Ordinance (1961) rendering triple talaq illegal.
A 10 per cent quota for women in CSS jobs announced in 2010.

Rukhshanda Naz as the first anti-harassment ombudsperson of KPK.

10 December: Human Rights Day 2019
International Women's Day 2019 will be on March 8 with theme is
#BalanceforBetter. Prepared by: Aamir Mahar
Pakistan ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1996.
The author of 'The Second Sex' is: Simone de Beauvoir
The author of 'The Dialectic of Sex' is: Shulamith Firestone.
The Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies (CEWS) is in Karachi.
The first UN women conference took place in Mexico City in 1975.
Pakistan's Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 sets the legal age of
marriage for boys is 18 years and 16 years for girls.
Sindh was the first province where the Domestic Violence (Prevention
and Protection) Act, 2013 was enacted in March 2013.