Much of women’s disempowerment comes via child marriage and poor sexual and reproductive health services, both of which we are familiar with here in the motherland. Pakistan has consistently ranked low when it comes to maternal and neonatal health, especially with regard to mortality figures. In the public sphere, there have been several calls from time to time for the Government of Pakistan and the international community to awaken to the low status of women — one of the more prominent campaigns in recent times has been by Malala Yousufzai. However, this has hardly mobilised the Pakistani government into action to introduce equitable practices in the public arena to facilitate women. The suggestions for governments in the way of guarantees communicated in the report serve as fitting starting points; it recommends fair finance, equal treatment, and accountability for governments. Our government must also realise that women’s untapped talent means the country is missing out on potentially higher GDP.