Women in politics

Women in Politics

Being a woman myself, this blog post is very close to my heart.

I belong to the lot of auspicious urban women who can put into
effect their voting rights; yet there are ample of areas in Pakistan
where women are either dejected or out-rightly debarred by the
local communities from voting. For a while now I've found
myself argumentative about womens lack of involvement in the
voting progression but most of my utter has been with close
friends and family. Still, I believe its about time that I stop
lecturing to the before now rehabilitated and chat with each
person and anybody whos concerned in listening!
The General Elections in 2013 however showed some
improvement as there was high percentage of women
contribution. This is an awesome improvement and it is worth to
courage those women, who casted their vote despite having the
fear of terrorism and the barriers in certain remote areas.
Looking at political perspective, where more than 450 women
were contesting for the seats of National Assembly alone.

Nevertheless, regardless of these developments there are some

more requirements to be done before all Pakistani women can
work out their legal right of voting. Paradoxically, even today
many political parties plunge to the desires of activist and
conservative forces when it comes to womens political
involvement. We saw an evident case of this in 2013 when the
candidates of nearly all the major political parties of
Pakistan signed pacts in the tribal regions excluding women
voters from casting votes or taking any action in the political
process!
This kind of deeds by political leaders is profoundly given the
verity that under the decentralization of power plan in 2000, the
government standoffish 33% seats at all levels i.e. National,
Provincial and Local Government for women.
When given liberty and autonomy to proceed, Pakistani women
have for eternity been a foundation of constructive role in the
political showground. Women parliamentarians have played an
essential role in forming women-led conferences and tabling
means governmental bills. Additionally, in Pakistan women
politicians have held key offices such as ex- Prime Minister
(Late) Benazir Bhutto who held the office from 1988 to 1990
and then from 1993 to 1996 being the first PM of any Muslim
country. Correspondingly there are a lot of female politicians
from all the parties have held key positions. Evenly significant is
the fact that the irresistible presence of nearly 40,000 women in
local councils since 2000 has contributed enormously towards
mainstreaming women into politics.

In the same monarchy we must also recognize the hard work

of Malala Yousufzai, young Pakistani activist for female
education and youngest female Nobel laureate as well
and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Pakistani journalist and filmmaker
who became the first Pakistani to win an Oscar. While these
young women are not politicians they however reveal the
gigantic latent that Pakistani women have and how they surpass
and make the whole country proud when given independence to
chase their obsession and put their knacks to follow.
I cant highlight enough that this is the right time to make a
genuine endeavor in order to make sure the contribution and
liberty of the women in elections. Every modest attempt by you
and me can really go a long, long way in making powerful
female voters in our country. So next time you want to pamper
in some drawing conversation on local politics, are looking for a
significant topic to peep on or youre preparing on sending out a
letter to your local newspapers editor, make sure that addition
of female voters is amid the topics that you discuss. A modest
endeavor from all of us is essential for bringing a big shift
in womens political role in Pakistan.