This Compendium is a result of the research undertaken and published between 2009 to 2013 under the Gender Research Programme of Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC). The programme was developed to factor in gendered perspectives in hardcore economic issues as well as social progress-engine concepts of development in the research and policy analysis. It is important to add to the research in Pakistan on the gender aspects of social and economic policies by developing quantitative and qualitative data, including gender disaggregated statistics and indicators.