“You educate a man; you
educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
Women are the inherent part of our society and cannot be neglected due to their
less power and authority. They are created as a companion for men and men have
to make her walk with them in the course of life. As Pakistan is an Islamic
state so Pakistani female’s role and behaviors are defined by Islamic laws and
as such are given divine sanction. She plays roles as a mother, a sister, a
daughter, a wife. They play their roles with great responsibilities in
upbringing of a healthy solid society, but she is in our so called modern world,
still living in chains.
The basic unit of society is a woman. As woman makes a family, family makes a
home and homes make a society. So we should never think that a society would
come into existence without the contribution of women. We all know that without
education, no development is possible. Here we have forgotten that the very
first and best school of a child is its mother’s lap. A good healthy society
doesn’t automatically emerge on its own and stands firm but it needs to be
emerged and for its emergence women play a pivotal role. From behavioral to
health education women have their hands in. it’s a woman who teaches how to
behave, how to speak and how to deal with different classes of people. These all
are the basic fundamentals of a good society and women are the main contributors
in building up a strong society.
Arabia, the origin of Islam, in pre-Islamic ages was wrapped all over by blanket
of evil deeds, wicked thoughts and immorality. Women were the most effected
during that time. They were treated like animals. They were only used as sex
toys and they were worse than slaves. The new born baby girls were buried alive
as they thought girls were a curse for the family and society. But! They didn’t
know that Allah’s blessings are upon that home and parents that have daughters.
With the advent of Islam, the women got the respect and status in the society
that she ever deserved. It the woman who is a mother and Islam has taught us
that “paradise lies under the feet of mother”. From this we can judge women’s
respect and importance in our life and society.
The western countries have tremendously developed in all fields of life. Their
education, their health departments, the departments of information technology
are the in the highest rankings. In western countries men and women are working
shoulder to shoulder in the same pace and both are contributing and playing
their parts equally in the developmental processes. They are given basic
education as well as fundamental and higher education without any restrictions
from the society. That is why the West is that much developed. As they are
educating and encouraging both the sexes equally and discriminating none. Like
this there is competition and where there is competition there is invention and
invention leads to massive developments.
Pakistan is an Islamic country and exists and functions in the context of its
unique set of historical, social, economic and political circumstances. Women
within Islamic boundaries can take part in all activities weather they belong to
financial, national, international, social or domestic affairs. Women population
of our country is greater than that of men population. If such a big portion of
population is kept behind then it’s difficult to progress with due speed and we
will obviously lag behind the developed countries. Pakistan is an under
developed country and most of its population is of the youth. It’s a golden
chance for Pakistan to rightly utilize the youth’s energies. Women are more
productive than men; if in Pakistan they are given the right platform they will
smoothly carry the nation towards development.
The role of Pakistani women in their families revolves around well-established
conventions of male supremacy and female sub ordinance. Here the complete
responsibility lies on the shoulders of the male to educate and encourage the
females to step forward and to play their role in developmental processes. Women
are not only for home-making and child-rearing but they must also be given
chance to put their hands a little forward in building up of a good solid
society. A good solid society is a good harbinger of development.
In order for a society to be a pure society, both men and women should think,
dress and behave in ways that allow pure thoughts and actions to dominate the
way of life and create a social climate conducive to the achievement of the real
goal of life.