The development of a society is virtually dependent upon the quality of human
resources both male and female, the changing pattern of economic and social
development of world societies irrespective of their level of development,
necessitates and equal advancement of both the social segments. The numerical
reality that women constitute about nearly half of the total population of Sindh
ideally assigns to them equal participating role in the economic life of the
province. However, like other developing countries, women’s role in Sindh as an
active worker-producer of goods and services has not been duly recognized by
this male dominated society. With the objective of ensuring increased
participation of women, clear-cut guidelines about integrating women in the
development process and defining their roles are still lacking in Sindh. The
present study is a step in the direction of bridging the gap of information about
female labor force participation of Sindh in different, activity rates, industry
group, occupation group and employment status in 1981 and 1998 population
census. The most important conclusion that emerges from this study is that
though percentage of women labor force in different, activities, industry group,
occupation group and employment status has mostly increased in 1998 as compared to 1981, but being nearly half of the population this increase is still
very low