Role of Women
(Syed Manazir-ul-Haq, Karachi)
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN OUR
SOCIETY
Women are the integral part of our society and cannot be neglected due to their
50% or above share in the population of the country. Pakistan is basically a
religious and God gifted state and Islam never prevents women to take part in
social activities. They under the Islamic boundary can take part in all
activities whether they belong to financial, national, international, social or
domestic affairs. Islam has given them great respect in the shape of Mother,
Sister, Daughter and Wife especially our Prophet has given so much importance to
Mother. Being the major part of our population if they keep bound in taking part
of the communal activities and behaviors we cannot progress with due speed and
stay behind from the developed countries. Women’s roles in our society are very
important. They take part in all activities physically and mentally even they
can fly aeroplanes and join in the law enforcement agencies to eliminate social
evils from the society. Almost in all sectors of life like Education, Factories,
Workshops, Shopping Centres, Offices, Banks, IT fields etc. they enjoy the
financial activities and happen to cause of enhancement in national income and
growth.
It is worth mentioning that education and skills pay a vital and important role
in the nation’s evolution and advancement. No nation can be developed without
education and skills. Women being the integral part of our society foster
infants. An infant gets his first education and training in the lap of a woman
and if women are not educated it means that we are depriving of infants from
their beginning education and training. It is a motto of skilled and learned
person that if we give education and skill to a woman we entrust education and
skill to a family.
In our society there are two class of women namely I) working women II)
household women.
Working women
Actually this class of women leads much busy life. They not only have to
discharge their official duties but also look after their domestic
responsibilities. They pay active role in the economic activities of the
country. They use their skills and expertise in fulfilling their executive
obligations and in some matters they supersede men. A large number of women are
also associated with foreign affairs services and brightening the name of our
country. Some women are also in our bureaucratic regime and enjoying well in
discharging their bureaucratic responsibilities. Some women are at minister
level federal as well as provincial and running the affairs of their ministries
with due care and responsible manners. Women are usually honest than men so they
hardly accept kickback and bribe by using their official powers owing to that
their achievements are well and sound. Their plans are accomplished not only in
the paper but also in practical way. They use their powers in legal way and
avoid unauthorized activities. Now women are also taking part in all playing
activities. Women cricket, football, table tennis etc. teams have been existed
and are taking part in the games. In short we can say that women are paying
intensive roles in all walks of life.
Household women
This class of women also leads busy life. They have to discharge all domestic
responsibilities from bottom to top. They are the queen of house and rule in the
domestic affairs. They not only teach their children but also care of them and
all other family members in all respect. They also run the financial affairs of
the domestic hierarchy and make wonderful savings from domestic expenditures in
this way they are called the finance minister of homes. In the nutshell we can
say that women pay an important and inevitable role in our society and without
their positive functions we may fall in the hell.