Originally Posted by sadafnoorelahi

qurban i have seen your outline.it covers all important topics .i would suggest that you should right an essay rather than just an outline. english will improve from the essay not simple outline. commenting on the outline, you should reorder it with priority given to mother,then wife and then daughter. moreover, how will you explain right of getting separate home/ or the right to vote?.will they be separate paragraphs for each subheading you have mentioned?. particulary,the heading about rights of women in other religions is very impressive.

Originally Posted by Qurban Ali Qureshi

Originally Posted by sadafnoorelahi

comments,suggestions and criticism are strongly encouraged.
Outline
I. Introduction
II. Causes of gender disparity
A. Social/cultural determinants (according to me this heading and its subheading sould be come under the heading of "Status of women in pakistan" because in your essay you have mentioned them with respect to Pakistan)
1. Patriarchal society
2. Customs
a. Sawara and vani
b. Dowry
B. Discriminatory ordinances
1. Hudood ordinance(you can compare it with respect to hudood punishments ordained by Allah in Quran and compare it with current scenario of Pakistan)
2. Law of evidence (you can mention here the Islamic law of women evidence and status of it in pakistan )
C. Religious extremisim
III. Status of women in pakistan
A. Socioeconomic status
1. Loss of access to resuorces
2. Iilliteracy
3. Deplorable health conditions
4. Poverty
5. Unemployment
B. Political participation
C. Violence against women
1. Rape and sexual harassment (Give here suitable examples of sexual harassment by giving the current scandals occured in pakistan like in lahore a five year girls rape and government action for it)
2. Bride burning
3. Acid throwing
4. Honour killing(you can give the example of the "karo kari in sindh")
IV. Suggestions
V. Conclusion

(According to me as far as I have observed the structure of outlines of different solved Essays, their structure was like that
1. heading
2.heading
3. heading
A.Subheading
i or a.(subheading of (A)) you can use both ("i" or "a")markers od subheading
4.
please follow the structure of heading after observing different Essays' outlines)

Quaid-e-azam mohammad ali Jinnah said,
“
it is a crime against humanity that our women are shut down in four walls of houses as prisoners”


Women are an integral part of the society. there role in nation building cannot be undermined. despite the fact that islam endorses equal rights to women,(you can even text the examples here how women and men are equal in islam .you can give the example of two student A ad B studying in same class and having same subjects ,scores differently in all subject but collectively average marks obtained by them are equal for instance 80 out of 100. Due you have any idea of how many line or words in introduction should be?) the picture presents a different scenario in Pakistan. multifarious reasons have contributed to the present dismal condition of women in Pakistan, the principle factors being illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, lack of participation in political culture and the prevailing customs. world statistics, be it gender empowerment index or gender discrimination index also highlight the gender bias prevalent in the country. Now is the time that government should address the issues of the fair sex and redress their grievances through social awareness, education and media.

Pakistan has a male-dominated society with a centuries old explotative feudal system still in practice. The feudal lords act are the opinion leaders to the common mass and are considered the final judge in all matters. These feudals try to keep old traditions alive and this includes suppressing and oppressing women and denying them the right and opinion.this ensures that no opposition is raised against them.

The old practices of sawara and vani are still prevalent in Pakistan. in such ignoble practices, women are treated as a compensation for the acts of wrongdoing committed by any member of their family against the victim family. under the umbrella of such customs, girls as young as 10 or 12 years are married off to men as aged as 80 or even older.

Dowry is ,yet, another despicable practice followed in Pakistan.there is hardly any family in the country where this practice is not exercised. although, islam has propagated simplicity and has placed the economic burden on the groom’s family in form of mehr, still this exrercise is in vague. the families of brides are overburdened with demands of cash or expensive commodities. This practice has resulted in the general perception of female child as a burden over her family. every now and then, there are news in the dailies or electronic media where women are tortured for not bringing sufficent dowry

In addition to the social and cultural factors, law of the land too has been discriminatory towards women. Ordinances such as huddod ordinance enacted in 1979 have completely stifled the rights of women by equating rape with adultery. A large number of the women prisoners today are charged under hudood ordinance. families of the victims have used the law to their advantage to punish any woman who refuses to yield to their pressure. another nail to the coffin was hammered by the introduction of law of evidence which reduced the status of female witnesses in financial agreements.

Pakistan is declared to be an Islamic country in the constitution, however, the country has mutilated the very spirit of islam. The religion of peace provides equal rights to both the sexes. In islam, women are granted the right to expression, to earn livelihood, to refuse an undesirable husband, to acquire education and the right to appreciation on achievements. on the contrary, some hardcore “islamists” are bent on denying the right to better living for women. this is the primary reason why Taliban are bombing schools in swat and malakand division as they consider it unislamic for women to cross the boundary of their houses.they believe such women will become “party girls” and can no longer assume the role of a “homemaker woman”

Some ignorant and sadistic maulvis encourage muslim men to suppress women and to treat them harshly or else they might go astray. they even justify domestic violence by misinterpreting Quranic verses. islam is a peace-loving religion which promotes tolerance, love and peace. It is mentioned in hadith,
“
a muslim is one from whose, hand and tongue other muslims are safe.”

Nevertheless, such maulvis believe that a men can assert their superiority over women by maltreating her.

Women, in Pakistan make up nearly half the population. but, the fact is that they are denied access to resources such as education, medical care, medicines, jobs, law. due to their inability to utilize such basic resources, their status has been denigrated. they remain dependent on their male members, fathers, brothers, sons and husbands for the satisfaction of their needs, who in turn exploit them and their rights.

Health indicators of Pakistan present a very gloomy picture. more than half the women are anemic. Female child mortality rate is much higher than the male child mortality. Maternal mortality rate is still high. One woman in 40 women dies of women related complications. early girl marriages, successive child births, loss of control on own body, and inter familial food distribution have resulted in the present situation.

Education is the right of every human being. but in Pakistan, this priviledge is provided only to the male members. the ratio of female to male primary schools is 4 to 10.the rate of literacy in women is much lower( 36%) than that of men (64%).such illiterate women are easily exploited and their rights including the right to free choice in marriage ,or inheritance or health facility are easily forfeited.

As the Chinese saying goes “women hold up half the sky”, women in Pakistan seem to be holding up the whole sky. Pakistan has inherited the menace of poverty since her inception. but the burden of poverty has fallen more on women than on man. they are refused basic necessities on the pretext of absence of sufficient money. what to speak of social needs like love, belongingness, respect, self esteem, such women are even denied basic provision of food, medicine, clean water, sanitary conditions etc.

“Woman is a full circle-in her is the power to create, nurture and transform”. alas, the fact is not recognized in pakistan, where her labour is under estimated and considered lowly than the male labour. this is the foremost reason for the denial of jobs to many women. even the few women that work are not provided accessory facilities such as nursing homes, accommodation, transport.

Women’s participation in Pakistani politics has been minimal in the 60 years of its life. in 1990,there were 10% reserved seats for women in parliment and 5% in provincial assembly. this managed to encourage some women into politics. the few that entered the government bodies had either inherited the constituencies from their forefathers or had ingratiated themselves to the ruler of time. even the election of a woman prime minister in 1988-1993 made little difference in the political arena. Removal of the reserved seats in favour of open merit has reduced the number of women politicians to a handful.

Ever since her inception, many governments time and again have tried to pass laws aimed at the betterment of the women. nonetheless, nothing proved fruitful. Most of the times, governments, overburdened with other issues like terrorism, poverty, foreign relations have been unable to pay the much needed attention.

In the gender empowerment index, Pakistan was rated as 152 out of 156 countries and in the gender bias index, Pakistan‘s number was 82 out of 93. Such figures sketch the exact scenario prevalent in Pakistan. Recently, international community has criticised Pakistan for the ill-treatment and biased attitude towards women. In 2011, it was ranked as the third most dangerous place for women

Although anti sexual harassment act has been active since may 2011, it has played little role in ameliorating the situation. women, still resign in huge number due to the persistent demands of sexual favours at work. rape is the most horrific psychological and physical crime committed against the woman. in pakistan , such cases are grossly unreported and hidden for the fear of “loss of honour” by the victim’s family.

Another brutal atrocity committed against women is named “honour killing”. The evil doers justify their devilish act by including it in the fold of islam. the fact is, islam does not encourage such acts of violence against anyone, including women. Quran has clearly mentioned
“
do not aggress-ALLAH is not with the aggressors “
and at another place
“ do not slay the life of one which ALLAH has made sacred, except by trial of court”.

Pakistan has been severly reprimanded for permitting such violent acts against women.

A comparatively, common and widespread torture against women is acid throwing. World acknowledges it to be the worst of acts against any human. There may be multiple reasons for such an act, refusal of proposal, insufficient dowry, refusal to yield to in-laws pressure, easy access to acid etc. but it has largely been encouraged by the fact that perpetrators go scot-free.

The news of bride burning is not a new thing , nowadays. It is usually reported that due to stove mal function, they get burned and die. Facts are coveted. It is believed in most of the cases such incidents are preplanned and not accidental. Again the causes are many, but the most prominent is the failure of bride’s family to satisfy the monetary needs of groom’s family.

Women are crucial to nation building, as is normally acknowledged in the maxim “ behind every successful man is the hand of a woman”. however, this fact is not normally recognized and women not paid due respect. It is high time that government should try to raise the status of the fair sex. It should be accepted that women, too, are a stakeholder in nation building.

The most important step that the government should take is to create social awareness among the public. It is important that people should shed centuries old fixation of women’s role as a home maker. they should encourage women’s participation in all the spheres and sectors, finance, business, legislation, medicine, construction etc.

Pakistan is going through worst financial crises. obstructing a larger part of the society from actively participating in the national development and financial sector will make matters worse. With ever increasing prices and inflation, women should be permitted and encouraged to contribute in whatever way to contribute to the national exchequer.

Education is the panacea to the prevalent condition of women. It is rightly said that an educating a man is educating an individual, while educating a woman is the education of the entire family. educated, healthy, and independent women can transform the society and put an end to the sufferings of other women. such women can groom the personalities of their children along proper lines and help in eradicating many prevalent ills. These women can also spread the light of knowledge to other females and help them to acquire highly paid jobs and contribute to the national exchequer.

Religious institutions can also play a conducive role in the betterment of the women in the society. The maluvis and religious leaders often have access to the grass root level of the society. therefore, seminars, symposiums and conferences should be convened for these religious leaders, where efforts should be made to inculcate image of a confident, independent and educated women in the society .such leaders should also be asked to endorse positive attitude towards women in their Friday sermons.

Women’s participation in political culture, too, is of utmost importance. Women in parliament national, and provincial assemblies can divert the attention of the world towards their sufferings. in addition, such women can also play an important role in preventing ordinances that are detrimental to their sex.

Media, is considered to be the fourth pillar of state. Nowadays, its importance cannot be ignored. According to a circle of the society, media is as important as economy. If the government is really sincere in mitigating the sufferings of women, media can be used as a potent weapon. Newspapers, radio, electronic media and social media all can be used to promote a positive image of women.

To conclude with, Pakistan still follows centuries old customs and values aimed at the assertion of male character by suppressing and oppressing women. women in Pakistan are in a deplorable condition. They are refused basic amenities of life such as education, health facilities, transport, maternal health care etc. even in legal issues, employment, control over their own rights are merely an illusion. In rural areas, matters are even worse where their plight is not better than that of any animal. all such actions are later on justified either in the light of their “islam” and decades old traditions and customs. All is not black and white. now awareness is spreading of the importance of women. slowly and gradually “ the cult of household women” is disappearing and women are walking side by side with men in all the sectors of the society.

qurban i have seen your outline.it covers all important topics .i would suggest that you should right an essay rather than just an outline. english will improve from the essay not simple outline. commenting on the outline, you should reorder it with priority given to mother,then wife and then daughter. moreover, how will you explain right of getting separate home/ or the right to vote?.will they be separate paragraphs for each subheading you have mentioned?. particulary,the heading about rights of women in other religions is very impressive.

Originally Posted by googlechrome

Please do check my out line, I heard someone saying social media is an expected topic.
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Outline:
Introduction: Man is said to be social animal. Living together, sharing ideas, views and information is intrinsic to human nature. Man has successfully entered in this dazzling era of science and technology, which has made the communication from highest of the mountain to the depth of sea very feasible. Now in this age of science and technology man can virtually connect to any other man on the globe (level)more or less. New tools on internet and web page technology has enabled us to share our ideas with or without showing our identities. This in turn has incarnated as a new type of media after print media and electronic media, the social media. Its accessible, credible and duplex. This takes it above all other types of media. Like all things social media too (use also here instead of too)comes with pros and cons. Positive use in limits for betterment is the most desirable one for society.
What is social media?
-Social media
-history:
-Types: Blogs, entrainment sites like YOUTUBE, profile sites like FB, Resume sites like LinkedIn, Message sites like Twitter
Advantages of social media
-Communication: Blogs, news, information, research, eBooks, jpgs
-Creation of a virtual society like the people in groups
- Public opinion put up and a support to the causes pursued by nations under repression, like middle east.
-Business and marketing: Duplex marketing, cheap advertizing, online shopping.
-Entertainment: People share contents of interest and like or block things, data and figures.
- Fan phobia is seeing decrements since the evolution of more sophisticated web sites to share contents. This brings the people close to the stars of society.
Disadvantages:
Privacy issues
Young generation problems
A drug that aims at time waste
Social complexities and scandals in under developed societies.
Conclusion: Positive use, limited use and for the betterment use.

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