The Textile Industry of Pakistan is considered as the lifeline of the country's economy. It accounts for the nearly 55% share of the total economy. Major exports from textiles are yarns, raw and finished fabrics and also a limited quantity of value-added textile items. The role of employees always considered as key parameter in obtaining performance. But involvement of women on job place is very less in Pakistan textile industry. Only garment sector containing majorly women employment. The issues regarding their workplace is needed to be identified about their workplace satisfaction and finds out reason why women are not involved on job place in textile industry on large scale. In this research paper a survey will be conducted and concluded about issues of involvement on job place in two cluster region of textile factories i-e Lahore and Faisalabad.
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To cite this article: Dad, A., Karim, A.M., Devi, R. (2020). Women Empowerment in the Textile Factories: Study on Punjab Province, Pakistan, International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences 10 (1): 55-70
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