Women's Role in Nation Building

WOMENs ROLE IN NATION BUILDING The active participation of women would lead to development of peaceful and just society. For overall development of women in the country, focus must be given on factors like education, gender friendly laws, strong political commitment for women development, mainstreaming of women issues, empowerment, and increment of women participation and creation of effective environment for development. For sustainable peace and strong nation building, it is important to transform the traditional role of women as "Ambassador of Social Peace and Warrior of
Nation Building" and formulate policies, planning and programmes according to it. Likewise, it is equally important that women establish themselves as active and able actors of society in nation building process.
Open Floor discussion
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Women’s participation in nation-building is important in achieving an equitable, peaceful and more prosperous society. Women play a special role in the overall development of the country. “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing.” Today the educated women have come out of their inferiority complex and are shouldering all kinds of responsibilities, as Managers, officers, TV and radio news reader, pilots, Ministers, Anchors, Musicians, Clerks, Stenographers, and what not? State is a "union of families and villages". Family is the basic unit of society, which is the foundation of state itself. Happy families create a healthy society and healthy society is a pre-requisite of strong political order in democratic societies. A woman is an architect of society. She establishes the