International Journal of Human Resource Studies ISSN 2162-3058 2012, Vol. 2, No. 1 www.macrothink.org/ijhrs 122 Socio-Cultural and Economic Impediments of Inequality in Provision of Educational Right to Female: A Case of Southern Punjab (Pakistan) Tehmina Sattar Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan (Pakistan) Email: teminasattar@hotmail.com Ghulam Yasin Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan (Pakistan) Email: miannyasin@yahoo.com Phone: +92-61-9210448 Saima Afzal Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan (Pakistan) Accepted: December 17, 2011 Published: February 03, 2012 Doi:10.5296/ijhrs.v2i1.1210 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijhrs.v2i1.1210 Abstract Inequality in provision of educational right to girls is the leading rationale of their exclusion from the mainstream. If the marginalized sections of the society such as minorities, disabled and girls are given education as their indispensable human right then this will escorts towards their social inclusion in education sector. Enrollment ratios of girls lag far behind than boys at all levels of education in Pakistan. Worldwide literacy rates for adult men far exceed from women. Education enhances labor market productivity and income growth, yet educated women have beneficial effects on social well-being of the family. The social benefits from women's education ranges from fostering economic growth to extending the average life expectancy among female population. Despite these facts the issue of educational