Bilal Rasheed
CEO Havelian
Topics for Lecture 2
1. Status of Women’s health in Pakistan
2. Status of Women’s Education in Pakistan
3. Status of Women’s health in
Pakistan (1/7)
• Anaemia:
• Due to Iron deficient nutrition and blood loss throughout a
woman’s life
• Four Delays in Pregnacy:
• Delay in Decision
• Delay in Transportation
• Delay in Emergency Care
• Delay in Recognition of Post-natal Complications
– Losing three women per hour
– 30000+ deaths per year i.e. 340/100000 pregnancies because of
Hemorrhage, hypertension and infection, the three major
causes of maternal death
KPK 36 72 33 70 52 70
Sindh 44 67 19 51 65 80
Punjab 54 59 44 66 73 82
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4. Status of Women’s Education in
Pakistan (2/7)
• Drop outs from schools
• Alif Ailaan’s 25 million broken promises, 2015.
• Out of 25 million out of school children, 55%
are girls
• Child labour