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Equality in education and the workplace of women and men is a fundamental right, an essential element of democracy and an imperative of social justice. This paper finds that inequality at the workplace takes place due to lack of opportunities for higher education of girls and women because there are less educational opportunities for growth of girls and women. Gender inequality in higher education impacts the economic growth, incomes, leadership, promotion, pay scale and career development of girls and women. At the undergraduate level male’s students account for 50.8% of the enrollment while female students constitute 49%. However there is a significant gender disparity in diploma programs with 65% of male and 34.9% female. Study finds that instead of having job experience, girls are not getting enough opportunities for their development because they are lacking higher education. Paper analysis defines different barriers for higher education like poverty, child marriage, bias, orthodox, different thinking of families and community, etc.That leads to increase discrimination at workplace. The conclusion discusses how these findings cast doubt on widely held beliefs about gender equality in the workplace.

Higher Education, Barriers, Lack of Opportunities, Impacts.