essay on women and nation building

Role of Woman in Nation Building The world’s great leader and founder of Pakistan Quaid-E-Azam M.Ali Jinnah said, No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.” Nation-building refers to the process of constructing or structuring a national identity using the power of the state. The task of nation building requires the participation of all regardless of their race, ethnicity or gender in the creation of a strong state. It is the establishment of equitable, democratic and egalitarian society in which the rights of men and women are respected. A woman is an architect of society. She establishes the institution of family life, builds the home, brings up the children and makes them good citizens. Her strength in totality contributes in the making of an ideal family, ideal society and an ideal state. It has rightly been said who holds the purse holds the nation. Women played important role in many sectors. The list of women is quite large who have very significantly elevated the status and grandeur of women by virtue of their devoted efforts and activism for the cause of social welfare, struggle for freedom and Pakistan Movement.   Some of them are Bi Aman, Miss Fatima Jinnah, Begum Ra’na Liaquat Ali Khan, Begum Tassaduq Hussain and countless other ladies worked in different ways. In Pakistan today, almost one half of all women work outside the home (both in formal and informal sectors) for pay to augment the family resources. Although some, particularly the rural women, work in the farms/agricultural production, many others work in the public and private sectors – government, commercial, industrial.
FOR RELEASE WednesdayFebruary 27, 2008 Women's participation in post-conflict nation-building is an important ingredient in achieving an equitable, peaceful and more prosperous society, according to a RAND Corporation study released today. While many policymakers and development agencies fear that pursuing a stronger role for women in nation-building “too soon” will lead to instability, RAND researchers say that the available information suggest otherwise. A society that shows greater concern for the rights of the weaker strata of its society — including women — will be less likely to initiate violence, while economic and social development are strongly elevated when women enter the marketplace, according to the report from the RAND National Security Research Division. “Gender equity and women's inclusion play a central role both as a litmus test and as an active variable shaping a more democratic, stabilized and developed society,” said Cheryl Benard, the study's lead author and a senior political scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization. “Incorporating women in the nation-building process as early on as possible will help make these improvements happen sooner.” The report, titled “Women and Nation-Building,” examines the role that women have played in the recent reconstruction activities in Afghanistan and its impact on the post-conflict nation. Researchers concluded that when Afghanistan started to embrace a new and expanded public role for women in 2002 after the fall of the Taliban, that effort encountered less pushback than critics expected. Women voted, signed petitions, ran for public office, were outspoken critics of corruption and the influence of warlords, served as provincial governors and ministers and joined the Afghan police force — even in highly conservative provinces. Based on this case study and lessons from experiences in other.
Only available on StudyMode Read full document → Save to my library WOMENs ROLE IN NATION BUILDING The active participation of women would lead to development of peaceful and just society. For overall development of women in the country, focus must be given on factors like education, gender friendly laws, strong political commitment for women development, mainstreaming of women issues, empowerment, and increment of women participation and creation of effective environment for development. For sustainable peace and strong nation building, it is important to transform the traditional role of women as Ambassador of Social Peace and Warrior of Nation Building and formulate policies, planning and programmes according to it. Likewise, it is equally important that women establish themselves as active and able actors of society in nation building process. Open Floor discussion Following remarks from the presenters, the participants shared their views and suggestions during open floor discussion. Appreciating the paper presented and overall programme, the participants expressed various queries to the guest speakers so that their concern reaches the Women’s participation in nation-building is important in achieving an equitable, peaceful and more prosperous society. Women play a special role in the overall development of the country. “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing.” Today the educated women have come out of their inferiority complex and are shouldering all kinds of responsibilities, as Managers, officers, TV and radio news reader, pilots, Ministers, Anchors, Musicians, Clerks, Stenographers, and what not? State is a union of families and villages. Family is the basic unit of society, which is the foundation of state itself. Happy families create a healthy society.
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Only available on StudyMode Read full document → Save to my library “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing.” “woman is the builder and moulder of a nation’s destiny, though delicate and soft as lily, she has a heart, stronger and bolder than that of man, she is the supreme inspiration for man’s onward march.” Women constitute approximately 40% population of a nation. If she is given the task for the development of the country she can make a wonder. She is more dedicated , more hard working, more sincere, more devoted to the cause. Many social evils like; dowry, illiteracy among the females, killing of girl child in the womb, ignoring the hygienic values, police etc. can well be tackled by the active involvement of women. Today the educated women have come out of their inferiority complex and are shouldering all kinds of responsibilities, as Managers, officers, TV and radio news reader, pilots, Ministers, Anchors, Musicians, Clerks, Stenographers, and what not? There are veteran MPs and Ministers in the centre and the State, Ms. Mayamati, Ms. Jayalalitha, Mrs. Sushma Swaraj, Ms. Mamta Bannerjee, Mrs. Rabri Devi, Uma Bharti, Mrs. Vijaya Raje Scindhiya have proved to be the astute Politicans. “Rightly” said by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, “our women have a very great part to play in the progress of our country as the mental and physical contact of women with life is much more lasting and comprehensive than that of men.” Read full document Please sign up to read full document. hostname : studymode.com , essaysImgCdnUrl : \/\/images-study.netdna-ssl.com\/pi\/ , useDefaultThumbs :true, defaultThumbImgs :[ \/\/stm-study.netdna-ssl.com\/stm\/images\/placeholders\/default_paper_1.png , \/\/stm-study.netdna-ssl.com\/stm\/images\/placeholders\/default_paper_2.png .