Women Empowerment At A Glimpse !

Women Empowerment once a least deemed thought is an utter reality of the modern times. Submissive, dependent and sensitive women including our male chanvinistic society also are no more the complacent women in general. The very thought of Women Enpowerment has not only brought women out of their enclosed shells but has introduced them a new path to their basic rights. Women of our times are highlightingly present in every walk of life ranging from fashion to media, higher education, employment so on and so forth. It is very well said that "A personality and behavious of a man can be judged by judging the hand that nurture him". Then why do the presumptuous men of our society forget that how well developed and groomed would be that mother who developed them so well.

Looking back into the history we come to know that women were actively involved in many influential walks of life like Politics, Education, Business, but not with that much strength and number as in the current era. To add authenticity to this fact, Activist movements in the process of creation of Pakistan prominently flash the names of great women politicians. Since then, there has been no looking back as women came in with a Big Bang in all walks of life exercising all their potentials and hidden talents. Thus the utmost efforts of women finally paid them back by bringing a change in the Set thinking of males of our society. And this was the very first step in the process of Women Empowerment to change the mentality of males of our society who looked at the working womens with contempt.

The Women's Movement

The year 2000 marked the beginning of the women's movement in Pakistan. The liberalization of women is very important for the success of this country. Equality leads to the process of development of a nation.

There are four ways in which this movement is working. giving a public voice, rise in employment and educational opportunities and lastly the overall perception of women. However there has always beena clash in view points. Is too much freedom and the promotion of civil rights giving a rise to western thinking in Pakistan? This debate needs to be viewed with respect to the islamoc teachings and not the western democrats.

This is surprising to know that women's movement has its root in the 19th century when Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had the same agenda to lift certain reastriction and focus on literacy but this was very slow. By 1921 only 4 out of 1000 women were educated.

There are great prospects in Pakistan for women of substance but the true women are hidden behind the elites who are only interested in shopping, kitty parties and pretention. It is safe to say that such women have a big hand in deteriorating thier position and respect. True women of substance were legends like Fatima Ali Jinnah and Benazir Bhutto.

Another issue that rose was the fact that if there were vacancies in the jon market it was the post of sweepers and nannies which was not approved by the families. Currently what we need in this country is support from the government, traditional social welfare activities and equality. Hence consiousness and awareness needs to be raised.

Moreover women need to be active agents rather than passive ones. Thier aim in life should not just revolve around reproducing childeren but also participating in the welfare of the state.

In 2009 PM Gillani himself has stated that women empowerment is embedded in the heart of the government. It is thier utmost priority so i hope the women development centres and NGO's are properly funded. Women rights is the core belief of human rights and without this a nation can never totally move forward. the growth will be slow but it will be steady and consistent.

Women Empowerment can work as a catalyst for progress in Pakistan ..

Gender discrimination is considered to be a big worry in the course of growth.
So thats the reason why acting as well as working as to improve or eliminate women's empowerment is th key factor in improving the economic, political and social conditions in Pakistan. Gender equality and women empowerment are human rights and those core issues which lie at the heart of development and achievement, they move parallel to each other. A country cannot succeed untill and unless the women and men are treated and considered equal, they get their rights and most importantly also a country cannot progress with out the contribution of the women living there, to get success it is equally important that the contribution of both men and women is there..As you cannot clap with one hand same is the case here.

Women across the region are still deined their rights under the law and in practice. There is a dire need of actually working on the knowledge and education of both men and women in Pakistan regarding this sensitive and miserable issue. When there is no difference in both the genders in our religion Islam then who are we to create differences. This is now actually speading as a cancer in our society. Women empowerment is not restricted to controll over reproduction or financial independence only, where as a combination of literacy, employement and health also. So men and women in Pakistan really need to be shaken up on this issue because this is really important for the survival, growth and effective developement of Pakistan. Women empowerment is really important and useful for the developement of our country as it represents women as an active agents rather than a passive recipients of development policies.

A great number of studies have actually shown that if women are provided with their rights to get education, work, speak for themselves especially and health then they have more power over their house hold decision making, then they will also be a better mother to their children. They will manage to bring up good citizens to our counry. These studies have also shown that women empowerment has a positive relation with the well-being of children and lead in the betterment of the family. Also this will bring better environments in the family which then have positive effect in the society all togather as well. Hence this would result in good decision making process, evaluation planning and policy formulation around Pakistan.Not only this, but will also manage to increase source of income. This will bring up more revenues to not only the family but also to the country, resulting in the increase in the GDP. Hence would work as a catalyst in the reduction of poverty resulting in more growth.If this issue is treated well and in time, then this will lead towards brighter and prosperous Pakistan InshAllah.

By Mariam Javed

Wake up ladies....Get unplugged !

Islam preaches love, peace and equality and believe it or not as opposed to popular beliefs it also talks about women rights! We are not to be ridiculed, degraded or walked upon. Rather we should be walked with, side by side and hand in hand.

Pakistan is a male dominated country but that does not mean that women empowerment is a bad thing. This basically means the ability to bring change, alter perceptions and have a strong self image.

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