Women in Physics in District Swat Khyber Pakhtiunkhwa76th annual meeting conference paper, November,19-22,2023Auther: Naeem Ullah

The Conference paper aims to explore all inferences of female education in the wake of Physics in District Swat. The study explored the hurdles faced by women in the attainment of science education particularly Physics education in District Swat. the paper also reveals the current status of women Physicists in district Swat- an underdeveloped and far-flung area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. To flourish as a growing nation and to get more and more female enroll in science education particularly in Physics, Pakistani setup needs a change in society, where women need to be given equql rights in the field of science education. This study will also give a brief discription of factors due to which female students face hurdles for higher education in Physics. Mingora city and adjacent areas were selected for conducting the study and data were collected from fifteen respondents, five from university, five from colleges and five from higher secondory schools. Several factors were found responsible for preventing women to go into science education particularly in Physics. Some of these are socio-economics socio-culture and religeous constraint.