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As per the last available figures, women made up 11.2 per cent of the total bank employees in 2018. AFP/File
It doesn’t take a Sherlock Holmes to figure that women are treated differently by banks and financial institutions in Pakistan.
And God forbid if you are a widowed pensioner be prepared for a lifetime of humiliation at the hands of cocky employees who think giving someone their due share of money is a favour.
A little case study done in the run-up to this piece to map the customer journeys of a man and woman trying to open bank accounts makes the treatment accorded to the two genders quite clear. For example, while the non-salaried guy was asked about the source of money, the question for the girl was why she needed an account in the first place. Too often, adult females are required to get some form of validation from their male relatives to be a part of the banking net.