Introduction

The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), in collaboration with Punjab Bureau of Statistics (BOS) is conducting a set of three surveys for its project Generating Data to Advance Women’s Social and Economic Wellbeing in Pakistan. 1 The survey is expected to generate provincial and district level representative data on the economic and social status of women in Punjab that will serve as a baseline for monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5 and 8, identifying policy gaps and informing formulation of effective policies. In particular the baseline survey will identify factors that inhibit or facilitate women’s economic activity and ascertain male perceptions of these factors and women’s economic participation. The project also intends to improve women’s economic participation and entrepreneurship through two evidence-based and targeted interventions, the Employment Facilitation Hub (EFH) and the Women’s Economic Incubator (WEI).