ABSTRACT
This paper addresses the main issue of Advances and Innovative Schemes for Women in Pakistan; the First Women Bank Limited has been focused. This paper makes use of the primary data, existing literature on the subject, and the secondary data available. The results of the current study indicated insufficient number of financing facilities were offered to women in Pakistan; which is almost half of the size of total population. The advances and innovative schemes of credit for women are facing shortage qualified staff, small branch network, small number of scheme