Gender Inequality is Detrimental To Society....!
Gender Inequality is Detrimental To Society in Pakistan :
World's population comprises of more than 50% women. Although population yet they have been given equal rights. They have been kept deprived of enough education, health facilities and nutrition.
Women are considered as ''Fragile human beings'' both physically and emotionally in our society.
Women,in many poor and under developing countries lead a miserable life. in Pakistan, women face many hurdles in the race of life. they are not able to get proper education. about 70% of the population lives in rural area. In most rural areas, there are only primary school for girls in comparison to the schools for men, who have high and higher secondary schools. as most of the population is illiterate and conservative, so the parents do not send their daughters to school. that is why the ratio between male and female education is quite alarming. education is necessary if we want our nation and country make progress. it is said '' if you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a family ''. But women in Pakistan are deprived of such facilities. They have not been given equal opportunities of getting education. Man and woman are as the two wheels of a cart in which the function of the one wheel depends on the function of the other wheel. If one of the wheels is out of order, the other wheel cannot function of well. Islam teaches its followers that ''seeking of knowledge is the duty of every Muslim'' but it is an irony of fate that this golden saying has been totally neglected in the case of women. This gender inequality is a violation of the equal human laws and rules.
In Pakistan, overall general health conditions are not satisfactory but women suffer more than the other members of society. Their worst situation is observed during maternity period. As hospitals and doctors are not available in remote areas, so most of the women lose their lives during child-birth. Due to this reason maternal and infant mortality rate is much high. It has been observed and surveyed that mortality rate of mothers during child-birth is more than 30/1000 in Pakistan which is matter of great concern. in rural areas it is twice of this number because of the non-availability of qualified health care staff i.e. mid-wives and lady women to the male doctor . the poor ailing women die by inches due to the sheer negligence of the male members. this sort of gender inequality indicates that women are not treated fairly as they deserve . if women are pale, weak and frail, it is obvious that their off-springs will also be thin, weak and unhealthy , weak and unhealthy people cannot contribute much to the progress and prosperity of a country .
Male-nutrition is another factor responsible for poor female health in Pakistan and some other developing countries. According to medical experts more than 60% women in Pakistan have the deficiency of vitamin D.This situation is quite grave and gloomy. The quality as well as quantity of food for female and male is based on discrimination. The male members of a family are served first with good quality of food while women dine what is left behind on the dining table. It is assumed that women do not need good nutrition and can survive and grow well with low calorie intake. As a result women fall a victim to many diseases. As a matter of fact, women need good nutritious food because they have to feed and bring up children. But due to discriminatory attitude of the male members of the family. Women are ignored in every walk of life. such weak and anemic women produce sick and undernourished next generation. the gender inequality depicts a horrible picture of the health condition of women in Pakistan. This poor health situation also hampers women participation in the economic growth of the country.
Pakistani women are not independent and self-relying for their financial need. They must depend on their male member of the family. This aspect is another factor for their vulnerability. Due to lack of education,women are not able to get appropriate job. Women are given lees job opportunities. Their quota in jobs is for less than the quota reserved for men. Women workers in industries, factories and mills are given less wages as compared to the wages paid to the male workers. Although women workers contribute much to the economy of the country yet there is no effective security plan to safeguard their rights. They are being victimized on the basis of gender. More than 15 million female home based workers are currently working in Pakistan, but their salaries are so small that they hardly earn a square meal. As a result they have to live from hand to mouth. All these suffering are because of inequality in society specially in the case of women-folk.
Women are also mal-treated in the cases of inheritance. they are not given their proper share in the property left by their parents. Islam has earmarked their due share in the inheritance. This injustice is a crystal clear sign of gender inequality in our country along with some other countries.
Gender inequality, in any form, is detrimental to society. The pace of progress and development stops. The wronged ones feel frustration. They fall a victim to inferiority complex. Their latent potentialities cease to function. They lead a depressed and dejected life. They think that their very existence in the world is good for nothing and futile. They act as they are dumb-driven cattle. Under these circumstances a nation cannot make progress. It can not keep its pace with the ever advancing nation of the glob . This State of affairs is quite grave and worthy of consideration as it adversely affects our society
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