I do agree with PGC to an extent that well as a woman we should educate ourselves and become independant, rather than thinking marriage is the be all and end all. The thing is there are certain women who are too poor to be educated and they suffer from hard lives so their freedom is actually marriage, they may well want to get further education but their parents may not encourage it so unless we know the background we can't comment. However I would always encourage my female cousins in Pakistan to not think about marriage untill they have a solid education behind them and some sort of skill in which they can earn and support themselves.
If I put myself in their shoes I would rather be an independant educated married woman than an uneducated dependant on husband married woman. My whole marriage would be totally different and I for one would not like that life.