5. ● Humiliating, intolerable and barbarous
treatment
● To produce children
● Bought and sold like cattle
● Treated as commodity
● Married to aged men
6. ● In western countries, female life expectancy
is 81 years.
● In Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Northern Yemen
and Pakistan female life expectancy Is 48 years
and one out of five baby girls dies before
attaining the age of five years.
● While in developed countries, one in 100
dies.
● The employment participation rate of
women are only 50%
● Poorly paid
● Low political participation
7. ● Numerically the women in Pakistan are
almost equal to men
● Gender discrimination
● Not allowed to occupy rightful place in
government offices
● No health facilities in villages
● In rural areas only about 4% women are
literate
8. ● Role of NGOs
● Role of Government
● International Organizations
9. ● Social norms obstruct their freedom and
progress
● Men domination
10. ● Constitutional safeguards against all sorts of
discrimination
● Commission in the Pakistan Air force as
fighter pilots and as commissioned officers in
Pakistan Army
● Ordinance to release women on bail on petty
charges.
● Women of urban areas have come forward to
compete with men
● Demand their share in government jobs and
legislatures
11. ● BENAZIR’s 1st Government
● NAWAZ SHARIF’s Government
● BENAZIR’s 2nd Government
● GENERAL PARVEZ MUSHARAF’s
Government
12. ● In 1988, many female prisoners were set free
from jails.
● In July 1989, PPP upgraded women’s division
to the status of a ministry, named as ministry
for Women’s Development.
● By the end of July 1989, 100 million rupees
were allocated for the establishment of
Women’s Bank.
13. ● Extended support to NGOs
● Pakistan Women’s Lawyers Association
released a series of films which were intended
to educate women on their legal rights
14. ● Reserved 25 women’s seats in national
assembly, 9 in senate and also resorted seats in
in provincial assemblies
● Setup women police stations
● Prepared a draft for parliamentary approval to
appoint women judges in family courts
● Promised to induct women in senior jobs in
the executive and judiciary
15. ● First time in history of Pakistan, women
are recommended as Commissioned officers
in the Pakistan Air force as fighter pilots and
also as commissioned officers in Pakistan
Army
● Women Protection Bill (WPB)
16. ● The WPB is aimed at protecting the women
from all kinds of discriminations.
● It will shield the women from all sorts of
violence and provide them opportunities to
develop their potential.
17. ● National assembly passed the WPB on
Wednesday November 15, 2006.
● There was a wide scale support coming from
the liberal political elements while the rigid
Islamist groups opposed it tooth and nail.
● National Assembly passed WPB.
18. ● MMA boycotted National Assembly
● Senate passed the WPB on Thursday November
23, 2006 without any amendments
● The PPP, ANP and MQM voted for the bill
● Despite virulent agitation by the opposition the
WPB finally became a law after the presidential
approval
19. ● Women have been and are being oppressed every
where and this is contrary to the will of God. Women’s
oppression is a massive distortion to the message of
Islam.
● There are no. of examples when a father kills his
daughter because she married a man of her liking and
choosing without parental consent.
● In some cases her own relatives approached the police
to accuse her of fornication and subjected her to Islamic
penalties.
● In a society like Pakistan, the primary duty of a
reformer must be to pull the women out of despair and
despondency.
