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Women's Autonomy and Their Role in Decision Making at Household Level: A Case of Rural Sialkot, Pakistan

The present study aims at understanding the impact of women's autonomy and their role in decision making at household level. Women are becoming more autonomous due to enhancement in their education, exposure towards media, awareness, high access to resources, strong communication with their husbands, freedom from domestic violence and freedom of movements. For the present study 138 married women were sampled from four villages of Tehsil Sambrial, Sialkot. The results showed a positive relation between women's autonomy and their role in decision making at household level. There should be balance of power between men and women. There is still a need to enhance women's autonomy and their role in decision making at household for the development in Pakistani society.