Journal of Media Studies, Vol 36, No 1 (2021)

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Gender-based Inequality in workplace: The case of Media industry in Pakistan

Muzammil Saeed, Riffat Saleem, Muhammad Atif Khan

Abstract


This study examines gender-based inequalities in Pakistan's news media industry. For this purpose, our study applied qualitative measures to investigate workplace gender discrimination in national media setups. To provide a comprehensive scenario, regarding problems of gender based discrimination, faced by women journalists in Pakistan, this study analyzed written interviews of respondents about disparities in wage gap, opportunity discriminations, and misconduct at workplaces. Existing research, on work-place gender inequity in industrial and commercial setups of Pakistan, predominantly excluded media industry in its research focus. Though on global scale, gender-based discrimination in news industries of developed and developing nation-states are widely researched and published, in the Pakistani media women journalists' experiences of gender-based discrimination are hardly investigated. In this background, this study, with its results, is of significance for better understanding of workplace inequities and issues in our national industrial sector, in general, and in our news media industry, in particular.

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