Women are playing a major role for the developmental change
in rural communities in Pakistan. But unfortunately their work is not regarded
as productive, organized and documented all over the world. However, in this
present age of industrialization, rural women are uplifting the living
standards by performing various activities in Pakistan. Since our population of
women is approximately 50% of the total population and the majority lives in
rural areas so the main focus of development is rural communities and
agriculture.
Women’s labour force participation rate has increased over
the years, as they have been intensively involved in agriculture and its allied
fields. They perform abundant labour intensive jobs such as weeding, cotton
stick collections, grass cutting, picking, and separation of seeds from fibre
According to Labour Survey of Pakistan (2006-07), 70% of female labour force are
engaged in agriculture and its allied fields and play very hard-hitting role
like milking, feed and watch of the livestock.






