US approves $200m for gender equality, democracy in Pakistan

• US has approved a sweeping package of $200 million
• The package was passed on Thursday
• Pakistan stands second worst in terms of gender parity

ISLAMABAD: The United States (US) has approved a sweeping package of $200 million for gender equality and strengthening democracy in Pakistan.

The package, passed on Thursday evening, includes $858 billion for defence, $787bn for non-defence domestic programmes and over $15bn for other programmes.

The fund allocated for Pakistan is a part of the $1.7 trillion government spending bill introduced in the Senate – a 20-fold increase from the funds reserved in 2020.

In December 2020, the US congress cleared $10m for promoting gender equality and $15m for strengthening democracy in Pakistan.

As per the 2022 Global Gender Gap Report, Pakistan stands second worst in terms of gender parity.

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