Friday, March 8, 2013

Government Committed to Women Emancipation: President


President Asif Ali Zardair has let it be knows that he and government are now endorsing women and their emancipation.  He is supporting their emancipation from discrimination.  Women in this region of the world have long tried to receive equal treatment of all facets in life.  Zardari acknowledged that the time had come for women of the world to be saluted for their resilience during times of gender inequality. Benazir Bhutto, the first Prime Minister elected in the Muslim world, felt that she was obligated to fight for the right of the women of her county.  Zardair believed that the rights of women were inseperable from their rights as human beings.  Zardair and his team devised a plan that would protect the women from harassment and empowering the women through government programs.  While in power, he created the Women in Distress and Detention Fund Act in  2001.  This provided government aid to women that needed assistance.  The National Commission on Status of Women was created to protect the legal rights of women.  He has even asked the government to revisit laws and policies that limit the social mobility of them and also the embarrassment that they feel as a result of old laws and customs. 
            This article touches on the reality that there are still parts of the world where women will not have the same economic opportunity as the men.  This article is more promising because this article stems from a Middle Eastern state.  The fact that a region where Islam  has dominated the ideologies of the people to revolutionize the way women are treated is a great thing.



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