It is the duty of educated men to stand up for women & talk about issues faced by them: Shazia Marri

KARACHI, Mar 15 (SABAH): Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Security and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Shazia Atta Marri said “Its about women recognition since more than 50% of population of this country consists of women yet they need to show cards and slogans and come to streets for Aurat March to speak for our rights”.

Shazia Marri addressing media persons during the seminar titled “Unlocking the Power of Women Entreprenuers” at IBA City Campus Karachi on Wednesday.            

She further added that in my own constituency I am the first person who managed to succeed against other parties so I can say women have more potential than men and that is why this forum is really important for women as it provides a platform to them.

Federal Minister Shazia Atta Marri emphasized upon a recent study jointly conducted by IMF and ILO which showed that if gender gap can be reduced in Pakistan, it will result in huge positive impact on GDP of Pakistan. Since Pakistan is going through economic problems at the moment, she said that its time about changing the perspective and focusing on empowering women.

The Federal Minister mentioned that our religion has enjoined many rights for women which can help us in clarifying many myths regarding different social issues. It is the duty of educated men to stand up for women and talk about issues faced by them. This attitude should prevail so that any discrimination which exists against women would be reduced. Further, she said that these women entrepreneurs will open new pathways for other women in the workforce and she ended her speech by using the proverb “alone we go faster, together we go far”.