Pakistan determined that women will have central roles in political, economic and other spheres

Pakistan welcomes a stand-alone goal on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and calls for investing sufficient resources and adopting appropriate policies to ensure its realization. Pakistan’s initiatives have included the establishment of national and provincial commissions on the status of women that are led by women, and contribute to legislation and policies for women’s empowerment and gender equality. It has strengthened the national policy for development and empowerment of women, and enacted and implemented pro-women legislation, including through amending the criminal law. Women’s empowerment is the first pillar of a key national planning document, Vision 2025, signaling determination to ensure a more central role for women in political, economic and other spheres of national life. Speaking at the Global Leaders' Meeting on 27 September 2015, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said: “All countries stand to benefit from empowerment of women. We are therefore determined to ensure a more central role for women in the political, economic and other spheres of our national life.” [ Speech ]