International Women’s Day
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Every year on 8th of March International Women’s is celebrated all around the world. History of Women’s days celebration goes back to the emergence of Labour Movement that started in North America and Europe. The Charter of the United Nations signed an agreement in 1945 to have gender equality between men and women, it was then that the United Nations had strived hard for the upliftment of legacy of women’s around the world.
Now coming back to India about the conditions of Indian women. It was since ancient times that our society was male dominated, women were given the secondary place. The conditions of the women became more deteriorated as the time went on. The society was filled with all old traditions, rituals and believes. Credit goes to our social reformers who worked day and night hard enough to put an end to the evil practice of Child marriages, Sati, polygamy, female infanticide, dowry etc. Many Indian leaders work tirelessly to raise the status of the women one such leader was Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar who stood for the plight of women in India, especially the women from weaker sections of the society which was discriminated on the basis of castesim. He worked hard throughout his life for the cause and sufferings of these women. His principles and theories were based upon equality for all irrespective of caste. When he was a Chairman of Constitution drafting committee as well as a Law Minister of India he highlighted various issues and problems related with the Indian women. He even discussed about women’s issues in the Legislative Council. Now even after 70 years of India’s independence still we find that women are living in fear and bondage and they do not feel completely free from evil eyes and evil practice customs of society. Even today daily we come across many cases of defame, dignity to the status of women in the form of rapes, naked walk, torture, abuse, beatings, discrimination, dowry, cheat and fraud, death etc and so on. Still today we find that due to illiteracy and ignorance some people think birth of female child as a curse and something that has happened against their wish, they feel comfortable with a male child who would be a source of earning and at the end would benefit them at the old age and if a girl child is born then its a loss of money till she gets married or may be after the marriage. Such type of people are calculative in terms of profit and loss at the time of the pregnancy. On the contrary its false thinking and women’s have proved wrong to all such misconceptions today, we find that none of the sector is left behind whereby we find women’s are far more superior then men. A man is the guardian of home but a woman is the guardian of home, society and nation. Every human being be it a Prime Minister, President or who so ever millionaire or a beggar is a born and brought up child by a mother who is a woman. It has been since old times that women has undergone many hardships. A mother for whom all her children are equal who nurtures and takes care of all of them, but that same mother faces discrimination in the society. The basic lessons of equality is taught by her but in return she notices and gets inequality. The ideology of thinking should be changed it is then we can think of up liftment of the status of the women in India. Religion also plays an important role in improving and uplifting the status of women take for an instance in Islam which treats women and men as equals in the eyes of Almighty God same duties of worship, faith, prayers, fasting, charity, pilgrimage. Islam prohibits female infanticide, dowry and any sought of crimes. The male has to pay the bridal amount to the female rather then taking any money from female or her in-laws. The women would be getting inheritance of property share from husband’s side as well as from father’s side by some calculation. So economically the daughter or woman gets double benefit in her inheritance of property. On the other side if there are any minor or major issues which creates rift in their relationship then first preference is to be given to solve among husband and wife if not then need to indulge relatives and family members to solve the crises. If not then at the final stage for separation then by mutual understanding and consent of both the families the relationship comes to an end, thereby both are free to start a new life to get married to anyone of their choice to start once again a happy and prosperous life.
Mr. Liyakat Shah
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