http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/30 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:01:36 GMT 2026-04-04T12:01:36Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/bitstream/id/1049/Journals-graphic.jpg http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/30 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3113 Role of Microcredit towards Socioeconomic Empowerment of Pakistani Urban Women Naila Masood Ahmad; M. Masood Ahmad The microcredits offered to the un-bankable poor women are perceived to be instrumental in improving the livelihood patterns and empowering the womenfolk around the globe. The present qualitative study explores the efficacy of microcredit towards the socioeconomic development of urban women hailing from three locales of Rawalpindi district. It examines the impacts of opportunities offered by the micro-finance institution, Akhuwat, to the women to help them ameliorate their living conditions through efficient utilization of credit. The paper has endeavored to investigate the claim that the use of interest-free microcredit by households has a direct correlation with socioeconomic empowerment of marginalized urban women. A total of 90 women were interviewed using a questionnaire and in-depth interviews. Results indicate that female borrowers have greater access to income generating opportunities, become more confident, participate actively in decision-making processes, develop stronger networks, experience reduced domestic violence and enjoy enhanced freedom of mobility. Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3113 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3112 Trends Of Early Marriages In Pakistan; Quantitative Analysis Of Pakistan Demographic And Health Survey (Pakistan Health & Demographic Survey 1990, 2006-07 & 2012-13 Sadaf Farooq; Shamas ul Deen Early age marriage has certain socio-economic, demographic and health outcomes and consequences. This study examines the trend of early age marriages in Pakistan using data from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) by carrying out uni-variate analysis of ever married women from age 15 to 49. Due to difference in cultural traditions and kinships, age at marriage is different in different regions of the world. Women with increasing birth cohort tend to marry earlieraswomen who born earlier have higher possibility of marrying in younger ages than the women in youngest cohort. With the development interventions and changing socio-economic roles of women, decreasing trend of early marriage occurrence is found Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3112 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z