Why women empowerment is essential for development what is the role of women is necessary for social, economical and political establishment of Pakistan or for development.

3. “Empowerment is the process of increasing the capacity of
individuals or groups to make choices and to transform
those choices into desired actions and outcomes.”

4. Women Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual,
political, social, educational, gender, or economic
strength of individuals and communities of women.

5.  Women's sense of self-worth;
 Their right to have and to determine
choices;
 Their right to have access to opportunities
and resources;
 Their right to have the power to control
their own lives, both within and outside the
home;
 And their ability to influence the direction
of Social change to create a more just
social and economic order, nationally and
internationally.

6.  About 66% of the female population in rural
area is unutilized. This is mainly due to
existing social customs.
 In agriculture & animal care the women
contribute 90% of the total work force.
Women constitute almost half of the
population, perform nearly 2/3rd of its work
hours, receive 1/10th of the world’s income &
own less than 1/100th of the world property.
 Among the world’s 900 million illiterate
people, women out number men two to one.
70% of people living in poverty are women.

7. The main problems that were faced by women in past days
(and still today up to some extent):
 Gender discrimination
 Woman education
 Female infanticide
 Dowry
 Marriage in same caste and child marriage(still existing)
 Atrocities on Women: Raped, kicked, killed, subdued &
humiliated almost daily.

8. WOMEN ARE DEPRIVED OF:
 Decision Making Power
 Freedom of Movement
 Access to Education
 Access to Employment
 Exposure to Media
 Domestic Violence

9. “And for women are rights over men similar to those of men over women” (Noble Quran 2:228)
"O mankind! Verily we have created you from a single (pair) of a male and female, and made you into nations and
tribes that you may know each other." (Al-Hujraat 49:13)
 Equal rights
 Equal responsibilities
 Equally accountable to God in glorifying and worshipping
 Area of action for women

10.  The Constitution of Islamic republic of Pakistan (1973) ensures
fundamental rights to all citizens with out any discrimination of caste,
creed, sex & religion.
“All Citizens Are Equal, Irrespective Of Their Religion, Cast And
Gender In Eyes Of Law”
 Gender mainstreaming is essential for progress & prosperity. nearly half of
Pakistan’s population is women, yet their participation is below the
desirable in the process of development ,socio-cultural traditions
reinforced by lack of access to opportunity and resources relegate majority
of the women to traditional roles. Moreover in market orientated economic
activities, although their contribution is substantial (agriculture) but largely
it remains undervalued and un appreciated.

11.  Women’s enterprises are often invisible segments of different
markets and are not, therefore, recognized, counted or valued. For
instance, many rural women engaged pre and post harvest
processing which remains undercounted & under valued. Hence
women’s contribution to both house hold & national economies
remains unqualified.
 There is 10%quota of employment reserved for women in public
private sector organizations, currently its less than 5%. Most of the
women are employed in Ministries of health, Education, population
welfare & Social welfare. In public sector a small % of women are
occupying high profile positions, Labor force participation rates of
women in Pakistan is on increase from 13.7 in 2008-2010 to
16.80% in 2013-2015. By occupation women are still under
represented at senior, legislative & managerial levels. The govt.
has also fixed 10% quota for women Superior civil Services.

12. women and health, violence against women, women and poverty,
women and armed
conflict,
women and economy,
women and education
training
women in power and
decision making,
human rights of women, women and environment,
institutional mechanism for
advancement of women,
women and media, girl child

13. NATIONAL POLICY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF
WOMEN 8th March 2002 , duly approved by the Federal Cabinet
provide key measures for empowerment of women and the role of
Government , Family and the Society in its implementation. Goal
was to empower Pakistani women Economically, Socially, Politically,
& Increased no of seats for women in National assembly, Provincial
assembly, Local government, senate.

15.  Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
 Political
 Economic activity
 Decision making capability
Pakistan is 82 ranked out of 93 countries
 Gender Development Index (GDI)
 Health
 Income
 Education
Pakistan is ranked 125th out of 157 countries

16.  Lack of education and employment
 Limited opportunities to acquire land/property
 Dispossessed of their inheritance
 Lost individual identity
 Heavy house load
 No involvement in decision making
 Inhuman social customs
 Low wedges in paid work
 Diet deficiency
 Sexual harassment

17.  Changes in women's mobility and social
interaction;
 Changes in women's labor patterns;
 Changes in women's access to and control
over resources; and
 Changes in women's control over decision-
making.

18.  Providing education
 Self employment and Self help groups
 Providing minimum needs like nutrition, health, sanitation,
housing
 Other than this, society should change the mentality
towards the word “women”.
 Encouraging women to develop in their fields they are good
at and make a career.

19. I- Legal Empowerment
 Enforcement of legislation related to the protection
 of human rights.
 Number of cases related to women’s rights heard in local courts, and their
results.
 Number of cases related to the legal rights of divorced and widowed women
heard in local courts and the results.
 Increase/decrease in violence against women.
 Rate at which the number of local justices/prosecutors/lawyers who are
women/men is increasing/decreasing.

20. II- Political Empowerment
 % of seats held by women in local councils/decision- making
bodies.
 % of women in decision-making positions in local government.
 % of women in the local civil service.
 % of women/men registered as voters/ % of eligible women/men
who vote.
 % of women in senior/junior decision making positions within
unions.
 % of union members who are women/men.

21. III-Economic Empowerment
 Changes in employment/unemployment rates of women and men.
 Salary/wage differentials between women and men.
 Average household expenditure of female/male headed households on
education/health.
 Ability to make small or large purchases independently.
IV-Social Empowerment
 Control of women over fertility decisions (e.g. number of children)
 Mobility of women within and outside their residential locality, as compared
to men.

22.  To Make Pakistan a country where women enjoy equal
rights & respect, the same level of decision making
authority and equal mobility and protection under law as
their male counter parts.
“EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN NOT JUST A GOAL IN ITSELF,
BUT KEY TO ALL GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS”

23.  To promote women’s access to the to the economical,
political and social empowerment at National, Provincial
and district levels.
 Government of Pakistan is fully sensitive to safeguard
women’s rights and is engaged in taking steps to bring a
positive change in the lives of ABOUT 80 MILLION
Pakistani women and girls in order to accord them a status
they deserve, in conformity with the teaching of Islam &
the constitution of Islamic republic of PAKISTAN.

25.  Born: 9th September, 1929
 Nationality: German-Pakistani
 Occupation: Doctor (Fighting leprosy in Pakistan)
ABOUT Dr. Ruth:
 Member of the society of daughters of the heart of Mary
 Devoted the last 50 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan
 Started with medical treatment for the leprosy patients in a hut in
a slum quarter on McLeod Road, Karachi
 Collected donations in Germany and Pakistan and cooperated
with hospitals in Rawalpindi and Karachi, Pakistan

26.  Awarded Pakistani citizenship in 1988 due to her outstanding
contributions
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
 Civilian award at President’s House on 23rd March, 1989
 Hilal-e-Pakistan
 Nishan-e-Quaid-e-Azam
 Order of Merit, Germany
 Ramon Magsaysay Award
 Doctor of Science, Honoris causa, Aga Khan University, Karachi,
Pakistan

27.  Born: 12th July, 1997
 Nationality: Pakistani
 Occupation: Student, humanitarian, former blogger for BBC Urdu
ABOUT MALALA:
 Activist for female education
 Known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for
women in her native Swat Valley in the KPK province of Pakistan
 Went against the local Taliban who at times banned girls from
attending school to provide education to the young girls

28. PUBLIC APPEARENCES:
 Spoke before the United Nations in July-2013 and met Queen Elizabeth II
in Buckingham Palace
 Spoke at Harvard University in Sept-2013
 Met the US President and his family in Oct-2013 and confronted him on
the use of drone strikes in Pakistan
 Addressed the Oxford union in Dec-2013
 Spoke at the Girl Summit at London, advocating for rights for girls, in
July-2014
 Donated $50,000 through the UNRWA to help rebuild 65 schools in Gaza,
in Oct-2014

29. WORKS:
 Co-wrote a Novel, “I AM MALALA: The story of the girl who stood
for education and was shot by the Taliban”, with British journalist
Christina Lamb
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
 Youngest ever Nobel prize laureate
 Received the World Children’s Prize for the rights of children in
Mariefred, Sweden
 National Youth peace price
 Anne Frank Award for Moral courage
 Sitara-e-Shujaat, Pakistan’s third highest civilian bravery award

30.  Mother Teresa award for social Justice
 Rome prize for peace and humanitarian action
 International children’s peace prize, Kids Rights And Many others

31.  Born: 24th August, 1987
 Nationality: Pakistani
 Occupation: Flight Lieutenant
ABOUT AYESHA:
 One of the five women who have become pilots in the Pakistan Air
Force
 First of six female fighter pilots in the force to pass the final
exams to qualify for the battle
 Flying missions in a Chinese-made F7PG fighter jet
 Pakistan’s only female war-ready fighter pilot right now

32.  Born: 1986
 Nationality: Pakistani
 Occupation: Human rights activist and chairperson of Aware Girls
ABOUT GULALAI:
 Established the organisation Aware Girls in 2002, aiming to challenge
the culture of violence and the oppression of women in the KPK
province, Pakistan
 Chairing Ismail set up the seeds of peace network, founded in 2010
 The network is training young people in human rights and political
leadership and encouraging the participation of women in Politics in
Pakistan

33. AWARD AND HONOURS:
 Youth Action Net fellowship
 2013 Democracy award from the National endowment for democracy
 Acknowledged as one of the 100 leading global thinkers of 2013 by
foreign policy magazine
 Board member of the women’s global network on reproductive rights
(2010-12)
 Awarded international humanist of the year by International Humanist
and Ethical Union in Oxford, England

34.  Born: 12 November 1978
 Nationality: Pakistani
 Occupation: journalist, filmmaker and activist.
ABOUT SHARMEEN OBAID:
 Born and raised in Karachi, She then moved to the United States for higher
studies and graduated from Smith College in 2002.
 He returned to Pakistan and launched her career as a filmmaker with her first
film Terror's Children for The New York Times. In 2003 and 2004 she made two
award-winning films while a graduate student at Stanford University. Her most
notable films include Children of the Taliban, The Lost Generation, Afghanistan
Unveiled, 3 Bahadur, Song of Lahore and the Academy Award winning Saving
Face and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness.

35. AWARD AND HONOURS:
 Won Two Academy Awards for the documentaries Saving
Face (2012) and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015)
 The Government of Pakistan awarded her with the Hilal-e-Imtiaz
 The One World Media Award for Broadcast Journalist of the Year
(2007)
 Won six Emmy Awards, include two International Emmy Awards for
currents affairs documentary
 First non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists
 Won an Oscar for a non-fiction film