{"id":10081,"date":"2021-04-30T07:01:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T07:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=10081"},"modified":"2021-05-01T10:59:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T10:59:50","slug":"womens-important-role-in-politics-by-samra-ather-kakakhel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/womens-important-role-in-politics-by-samra-ather-kakakhel\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Important Role in Politics – by – Samra Ather Kakakhel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFull and equitable participation of women in public life is essential to building and sustaining strong and vibrant democracies. There is growing recognition of the untapped capacity and talents of women and women\u2019s leadership. Pakistan is ranked at 93 among 153 countries in women’s political empowerment where 20.2% of women are legislators, whereas 12% of women are appointed at ministerial positions, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2020.<\/h3>\n

\nMeaningful participation of women are the best examples like the late Benazir Bhutto(BB) and Maryam Nawaz Sharif (MNS) in national, local, and community leadership roles which has become an important focus in Pakistan\u2019s political life<\/h3>\n

\nBB and MNS have inspired millions as examples of women\u2019s leadership roles as well as women\u2019s empowerment not just with their unbelievable ascent to power but also with their talent, charm and wit. With their political intellect and personality they refused to cow down before the toughest of opponents. Their legacy as the most influential Pakistani women lives on. All this continues to inspire, and motivate other women especially the marginalised sections of society. Such women are a symbol of hope.<\/h3>\n

\nWhy does the world need more women involved in all aspects of the political process? Women are a large percentage of population in almost every country . Their participation results in tangible gains for democracy, including greater responsiveness to citizen needs, increased cooperation across party and ethnic lines, and a more sustainable future. We cannot overlook their role as mothers in every society.<\/h3>\n

\nWomen\u2019s participation in politics helps advance gender equality and affects both the range of policy issues that get considered and the types of solutions that are proposed. There are many researches which underscore that a female legislator has a distinct impact on their policy priorities. There is also strong evidence that as more women are elected to office, there is a consequent enhancement in policy making that emphasizes quality of life and reflects the priorities of families, women, ethnic minorities.<\/h3>\n

\nUN Secretary General Kofi Annan stated that \u201cstudy after study has taught us, there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. No other policy is as likely to raise economic productivity or to reduce child and maternal mortality. No other policy is as sure to improve nutrition and promote health, No other policy is as powerful in increasing the chances of education for the next generation.\u201d<\/h3>\n

Furthermore, as Madeleine Albright has stated, the world is wasting a precious resource in the dramatic under representation of women in leadership positions, often resulting in the exclusion of women\u2019s talents and skills in political life.<\/h3>\n

Male and female lawmakers must work together and collaborate to address the number of issues that face their respective nation and solve all those problem.<\/h3>\n

Women must be empowered inspired and encouraged to be strong political and community leaders in order to achieve national development goals.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Full and equitable participation of women in public life is essential to building and sustaining strong and vibrant democracies. There is growing recognition of the untapped capacity and talents of women and women\u2019s leadership. Pakistan is ranked at 93 among 153 countries in women’s political empowerment where 20.2% of women are legislators, whereas 12% of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,85],"tags":[251,48,1200,1201,129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10113,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10081\/revisions\/10113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}