Roles Of Benazir Bhutto And Indira Gandhi Of India

What was the most underrepresented social group in the elected assemblies of the world? whether is the minority ethnic, religious groups or the poor? According to Putman’s statistic, the answer was “women”. (Putnam 1976 cited in Megyery 1991) Statistics have shown that although women around the globe occupy more than one half of the population, very small proportion become political elite. Different from what women have encountered, man tends to dominate many spheres in life which includes electoral politics. Such gender disparity happens everywhere not just in Canada. Ever since Canadian women suffrage and the right to candidacy was achieved, they have made a couple strides in political arena, yet not as many as they wish with the existence of electoral glass ceiling standing

In Muslim societies such as Kuwait, women face issues with their right to vote and their right to run for political office. Under the reading of Islam it is interpreted by Kuwait’s that women are forbidden to hold a position of authority, but this interpretation makes no senses as under Islam it really states people are all equal (Korman 94). Other Kuwait’s believe that women are voting through their father or husband who cast a vote for the entire family not leaving a women’s voice unheard (95). Two great issues for women as we can see have been the right to vote and the right to run for political office. This was acted on in the year 1999 by Sheik Jaber III, past ruler of Kuwait, who issued a royal decree granting women the right to vote. Unfortunately, on November of 1999, the National Assembly voted down the measure, due to time, claiming it was not right to grant those rights for Kuwaiti women yet (Korman 94).

If more women were in higher governmental power, additional action would be taken to improve the government and the world in general. Women have always been considered a follower of men since the beginning of time. However, women are being politically elected to be head of state and government, they are leaders of countries and role models for the younger generations. More than 20 countries currently have a woman holding office as the head of a national government, and the global participation rate of women in national-level parliaments is nearly 20%. In addition, women are highly devoted to promoting national and local policies that address the socioeconomic and political challenges facing women, children, and disadvantaged

Genghis Khan’s “daughter led the final assault on the […] Nishapur” (Man 26), and “princesses of the khan’s family […] [took] part in general assembly,” (Zhao 57) participating in making important strategic military or political decisions (Zhao 56). In addition, women gained more independence as they acted as heads of the household in times of war when their husbands were fighting, which made them head of household management, which “allowed them to gain high status in family life,” as women began to control men because they had to rely on them for supplies and survival (Zhao 56). Overall women were “generally accorded […] higher status and more rights” as they played such vital economic and military roles “that it was imperative to grant them substantial authority (Rossabi, “From Yuan 365). This shows how average women experienced higher status during the Yuan Empire as they became more authoritative in private within families, and became more independent and involved in warfare, and in supporting the family and her husband.

Investigation Although the world is slowly progressing toward gender equality in the workforce, but it is undeniable that the world of politics is still predominantly men. However, throughout history, there are a few occurrences of females that contributed to the change in the course of history due to their distinguished political influences. Ottoman Empire, with their competent administrative and governmental systems, lasted over 600 years under the rules of sultans (Yapp1).

“From the moment she appeared on the international scene, she was destined to be an icon”. This quote, written by Adele Stan shortly following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, epitomized her reign as Prime Minister of Pakistan, and tremendous contributions to a diverse collection of issues. Her civil rights interests ranged from topics such as human rights violations during imprisonment, to becoming the voice behind the feminist movement that ensued as a result of her election. Leader of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a religious radical believed that Bhutto was beginning to gain too much influence and popularity among her people and western nations. In October 2007, al-Yazid and fellow Al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, began plotting and conspiring to

Tehmina Durrani is a prominent woman writer of Pakistan. She writes about the subordinated and marginal status of women in Pakistani society. She portrays the miserable plight of women in a so-called democratic country. Her works reflect female subjugation and sufferings encountered by the majority of women in the conservative milieu of Pakistan. She articulates her own experiences and holds the political, religious and social mechanism responsible for such plight of women in society. The present paper analyses her autobiographical novel My Feudal Lord and aims at studying various discourses like patriarchy, feudalism, misinterpretation of religion and social taboos, which, according to the novelist, are responsible for the oppression of women

Sexism could be defined as a conviction that one sex and mostly the male, is obviously better than the other, and this means that they therefore take over the noteworthy areas of political, economic and social life (Fulani, 2014). Undeniably therefore, sexism is discrimination, prejudice, or stereotyping naturally against women on the basis of sex. For instance, sexist discrimination in many countries in the past and also in the modern world denies chances to women in many spheres of activity (Fulani, 2014). Given this background therefore, of all the many social issues that confront the 21st century, my conviction is that the issue relating to sexism is one of the most relevant topics. Although the discussion relating to the subject of sexism may have been around since the dawn of civilization, it remains very much alive and controversial to this day, for the topic itself transcends political, cultural and religious arenas and crosses national barriers throughout the history of humankind (Fulani, 2014). This paper explores the history of human interaction among sexes with special emphasis on women’s struggles from the perspective of modern women.

Women around the world have had a huge impact on how the patriarchy stands today. The many obstacles that women have achieved throughout time have made it possible for girls today to stand up for what they believe in. In ancient societies feminism was but a lost cause. Female warriors, queens, rulers, and empresses showed the way to many other women that it was possible females could leave a mark in history. Historians and archeologists have showed us only bits and pieces from the burials they have discovered. The other women that may have ruled in the ancient world are unknown to us but may have left a greater impact on the ones we know of today. Women of the modern world should look up to these fascinating patriarchal breaking icons. Although

The role of women during history is always important subject. Women have been struggling during centuries to find their positions in the different societies. They are the important asset for each society as their contributions makes a family and family builds a society. In the past, women are considered as wives who were responsible to clean, cook and take care of the children and women did not have enough ability and right to make decision without their men ‘s approval but in these days, they play the bigger role than wives in the societies. During the history, money has a strong relation with power. In the past, they believed a person who brings money to home, they had more power therefore men had more power and they treated women as their own property but in the modern societies, many people do not accept men as stronger gender. They have more positive perspective about women. There are many stories that explain women’s dependent personality and women’s weakness before 19th century like prohibition of women‘s suffrage and prohibition of women’s social rights.

One of the constraints Benazir Bhutto faced was the fact that she was a woman. When she first became the prime minister, she had little power and one of the reasons being the military was suspicious of her and wasn’t ready to take instructions from a woman she believed she was in “office and not in power.” One could say that this also worked in her favor the second time she came to run for office support from the people of Pakistan because they showed her support because she was seen as a frail young woman who was going up against the brutal military. But Benazir proved this mentality was not real. From her documentary, she truly believed in herself. This also shows that what men have no problem with getting like her father was respected at the military level but not her. She had to work her way. The fact that she was a powerful woman involved in politics threatened other politicians and then eventually kicked out for “corruption” her husband was then arrested and she was told the charges would be dropped if she said she would no longer be involved in politics. It is famous to tie politicians you do not like in places like Pakistan to get them kicked out of office. The fact that they see a woman succeeding and It becomes a threat, says that society really expects women to fail. They

Indeed, even today when you go to Pakistan and get some information about Bhutto despite everything they share same musings, of him being the honored pioneer, and couple of countries are honored with the pioneers same as Bhutto. The gathering that he made (Pakistan People's Party), still exists and running as one of the biggest gathering of the nation. Bhutto supported the hearts of others; he gave his life for the atomic project. He never needed an atomic war, yet his contention was that we need fossil powers, so just choices we have is to go for atomic force plant. He took a promise to serve his nation till his final gasp, and he did as such. He had chances to deal and carry on with his life lavishly, however he picked not to. After he was

What can one person do to defend the human rights of all people? Benazir Bhutto, is considered by many, to be one of the most influential women of the 20th century. Benazir Bhutto was a revolutionary to say the least. Perhaps, Benazir’s most significant achievement was serving as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, during the 1990s. “The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and the opportunity to progress.” This quote shows the true character, possessed by Benazir Bhutto. For many, she was a leader; however, for some she was a beacon of hope, in a dark world filled with evil. Benazir Bhutto is considered to be one of the most influential pieces in the strive for the protection of natural rights.

Iphigenia was known for her bravery at Aulis where she submitted herself for sacrifice for the good of Greece, in order to advance and glorify the nation. As such, Benazir Bhutto was known for her bravery in Pakistan where she worked to advance and glorify the nation, ultimately ending in her assassination. Though their stories are not identical, there are many undeniable common themes and parallels present. Both the women were daughters to significant political figures of the time, Iphigenia being the daughter of Agamemnon and Benazir Bhutto being the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a former Pakistani prime minister. Being the daughters of significant political figures of the time placed both the females on the path to their eventual deaths and the glory that accompanied their deaths. In addition, both Iphigenia and Benazir Bhutto were females and undoubtedly, treated differently from the males of the time. Glory for either of them, being females, was usually attained through motherhood, marriage, and other traditionally feminine roles. This is, also, why Iphigenia mentions that her death will "be what I’ll be remembered by. Let that stand for me in place of the children and the marriage (Iphegenia in Aulis line 1396)." Both of them attempted to hide from their fate. Iphigenia attempted to hide when the army was coming to take her to sacrifice. Benazir Bhutto, also, hid by going into self-imposed exile to Dubai in 1998. Both of the women had many people wanting their death, and the people wanting their death in each story were motivated by a vision they had for their nation, be it Greece or Pakistan. It is to be noted this parallel has a minor split in that Iphigenia and

Sagrika Ghosh’s bare knuckle biography of Indira Gandhi shows the life and insights of the life of Indira Gandhi. She is fondly remembered as Durga who won India its first decisive military victory in centuries and the strong stateswoman who had the courage to look at the American bullying in the eye and not blink. In the beguile? story of her life, journalist Sagrika Ghosh has excavated not just Indira the iron lady and powerful dictator but also the flesh and blood lady. It has been 33 years since she was assassinated but the shadow of Indira Gandhi continues to loom over Indian politics. Even today she holds on public imagination as India’s first woman Prime Minister, the architect of the major military victories and the prime move of the