Every human being has certain inalienable rights. These rights must be delivered in a way so that they have a positive effect on human lives and enable to live better and more fulfilling lives. The world is globalising very rapidly. Technological innovation has emerged as a phenomenon for advancement. The flow of information is increasing very rapidly, but unfortunately this rapid change has affected a very small segment of the society.
Women in Pakistan are afflicted with different type of violence. This has been happening for a long period, and no healthy efforts are coming in to consideration. They are unaware about their rights, and are prone to violence every now and then. The parliament has formulated different laws with regards to women protection, sexual harassment, but their passing has not been propagated properly and many women are not in the know that these laws have even been passed. Both educated and uneducated women are not equipped with such information. They are alien to these updates, and as a result are being exploited. The government must expand its role in this regard, so that more and more women should know their rights that the constitution has granted them. Our women are also not equipped with the rights, which our religion Islam has given to them. Islam has given a unique position of respect and honour to our women. Thus, those who use religion and misplaced conservatism to exploit women can only be countered if this awareness is spread.
So it is very important that these rights must also be inculcated in the society. Government must develop a plan of outreach to our women, so that the awareness about their rights can be inculcated in them. A majority of exploited women live in rural areas are not equipped with education. So they must be targeted through a proper channel. But this doesn’t mean urban women do not have to face exploitation. Not just the poor women in urban areas face many problems due to our rapidly changing and inegalitarain urban landscape but women from upper classes also have to face many problems.
The government has a huge infrastructure it can access nation wide. By working to improve awareness, we will be able to make our women more strong with a tendency to withstand different calamities. When our women will know their rights, then there are more chances that we can eliminate the violence that is being carried against.
MUHAMMAD UZAIR NIAZI
Mianwali
