Marginalisation to Gender Justice and Achievement of SDG5: A Pathway to Encounter Socio-Cultural Barriers for Strengthening Rural Women in Pakistan

Abstract

Gender disparity and inequality is very common now a days specially in rural areas that’s is because of cultural and societal norms cordons to women authorization. The objective of this research is to analyze reasons that results in gender inequality and ways to marginalize the gender justice with SDG 5 initiatives.. Islamic supportive and conductive attitude towards gender justice and women empowerment is discussed in this research. The qualitative and analytical methodology is adopted for this research .By investigating the primary and secondary data as well; it can be observed that Islam is the religion promoting rights for all human beings on equal level. Women. Islam promote justice and equality. Poverty, cultural infrastructure of societies, precedence of men over women and dearth of education are main reasons to lack of objectives and indicatives of SDG5 specially in rural areas. Islam is the religion which raised women status in societies by promoting rights and justice. The study suggested recommendations for encouraging the dignity, equality ,protection, dignity and justice towards women especially in rural areas on legislative level. It should be deliberately a universal humanitarian mission.