Role of Benazir Bhutto in Women Liberation in Pakistan

1. Dr. SAIM Ali Soomro
Deputy Director .
(NISE).
DSAS

2. Areas of Intervention/initiatives

3. Areas of Intervention/initiatives
1. The Constitution of Islamic republic of Pakistan
(1973)ensures fundamental rights to all citizens
with out any discrimination of caste, creed, sex &
religion.
2. 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 oriebtated
economic activities, although their contribution is
substantial (agriculture) but largely it remains undervalued
and un appreciated.

4. • 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, currewntly 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, Labour force participation rates of women in
Pakistan is on increase from 13.7 in 200-2001 to 16.80% in
2004-2005. By occupation women are still under represented
at senior, legislative & managerial levels. The govt. has also
fixed 10% quota for women Superior civil Services.

5. Vision
• 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.

6. AIM
• 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.

7. Thank you.
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