Gender Equity
According to the Social Watch Report, 2013, Bangladesh received a gender equity index ranking of 0.55, much higher than the Pakistan score of just 0.29. In Pakistan, as of 2008, only 60% as many women as men were literate a figure that is little higher in the 15-24 age group. This is a key age group to consider because it represents those old enough to have had a full chance to gain literacy in school yet not be weighted down by past practices, which tend to perpetuate illiteracy in older