Today is March 8, 2015, all over the world people are celebrating #InternationalWomen’sDay with much vigor –“Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!” is the theme of this year’s International women’s day which is the inspiring call of UN Women’s Beijing +20 campaign.
Below are some of the articles that I had written in honor of women which were published in various newspapers.
I would like to dedicate this write up for them.
PEOPLESPEAK: Speak up‚ stand for your rights‚ help yourself...
I have many female relatives and girlfriends, they have enormous potential to change the world but due to inferiority feeling they are being bullied by their own thoughts. Blaming male is ridiculous.
There are women like Saguna Shah, Anuradha Koirala, Pushpa Basnet, Ravina Deshraj Shrestha, Archana Thapa, Malvika Subba who despite being a woman, work like other ladies — fulfilling all the responsibilities that women need to fulfil and yet they are carving a niche in their field, living their dreams.
I want to say that you all have the potential, just use it and look up to the above mentioned female figures and even to your aunts, teachers, friends, sisters — learn from them.
It’s true that success will not come so easily, struggle is needed to achieve the dream, so never give up on dreams.
Women of today are stronger and most live a free life. I want to tell them that just follow your dreams but be careful.
— Moin Uddin, Ghattekulo, Kathmandu -
See more at:
http://thtimes.pugmarks.in/fullNews.php?headline=PEOPLESPEAK%3A+Speak+up%26sbquo%3B+stand+for+your+rights%26sbquo%3B+help+yourself+...&NewsID=408113#sthash.feQZCh8u.dpuf
Looking forward
I am always and more and more fascinated by the success of women and I truly do respect them and share their life stories with others to motivate other similar ladies who have potential but have not gone through it. They are the ones who are the change makers. However, I feel, they lack confidence within themselves. I have met women who have accomplished huge success, while here are others sitting just idle cursing their own fate because of the lack of confidence. Recently, we marked the 102nd women’s day and there was concern regarding the slow pace of empowerment of women. However, what if the women don’t start their career and only think life to be very useless or women are born to suffer? The women themselves have to stand up and challenge the world. They must be motivated from within themselves.
Raising voices within the confines of seminar halls will not accomplish the task at hand. It is a complex world where the men and women have to work together for the betterment of the society.
Moin Uddin, Ghattekulo, Kathmandu
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/mobile/fullNews.php?headline=LETTERS&NewsID=323723#.VPuuQfmUcs0
Women Power
MOIN UDDIN
I’m fascinated by the success of women and I truly respect them. I even share their life stories to motivate women who have the potentials, but haven’t dared to explore them.
In fact, women are the actual change makers. However, many of them lack self-confidence. I’ve met a lot of women in my life, and while some have accomplished huge success, many, due to low self-esteem and lack of confidence, are just sitting idle, cursing their own fate.
There are exemplary women achievers from different walks of life, and many people draw inspiration from them. Take for example, Melba Devi Gurung who is the first woman to record songs in India in 1928 and also the first Nepali woman to ever have a song recorded. Likewise, Bindeshwari Shah became the first Nepali female ambassador to India during 1989-90. Dwarika Devi Thakurani was appointed as the first female minister of Nepal in 1960. Rakshya Rana, at the age of 24, went on to become the first Nepali woman pilot.
Today, when things are supposed to have significantly improved, girls are still lagging far behind, and despite many individuals and organizations putting in their best efforts, girls continue to fall prey to discrimination and various other forms of violence. Time and again newspaper headlines scream cases of rape, molestation, trafficking, murder, domestic violence, etc. There are still cases of child marriage; young women are still burnt alive by their husbands and in-laws for not being able to bring the required dowry; wives are expected to live under their husbands and in-laws by default, and parents haven’t stopped discriminating against their own daughters.
Yes, there are lots of government, non-government and international organizations working in the field of women empowerment, but has it really made any difference?
What if, despite all the empowerment programs, women still consider themselves the ‘weaker sex’ and can’t garner the confidence to go ahead and achieve something in life? What if she believes that being born as a girl is a curse in itself?
Most of these thoughts and beliefs develop from years and years of gender policing that starts right at the childhood. Parents and guardians, knowingly or unknowingly, are responsible for this.
Therefore, in order to empower girls, the first step to take is to stop gender policing, right away. Also, steps should be taken to counsel women and make them believe that they are equal to men; that they have the power in them to achieve as much success (if not more) as their male counterparts.
Only raising voices in the auditorium or signing drafts and plans on women empowerment won’t help women start their life with courage and determination. The society, by working hand in hand, should be able to help women unleash their potentials and realize the strength inherent in them.
Women should be able to possess a burning desire in them to progress in a society in which gender doesn’t determine success.
The main problem I’ve seen in women is the hesitation: “Will I be able to do it?” “Will people appreciate my work?”
If they believe in the power of their dreams and for once trust that they can thrive outside their comfort zone, too, I’m sure there will be many others to lend their helping hands. All women need today is self-confidence and belief that they are no less.
All power to you, Dear Women!
The writer is a postgraduate student of Business Studies at Shankar Dev Campus in Putali Sadak, Kathmandu.
Published on 2014-10-11 10:37:27
- See more at: http://www.myrepublica.com/~myrepub/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=84605#sthash.9NgKSSDv.dpuf
Thank you for reading this writings. If you like to say something then please email me at moin.writer@gmail.com
Sincerely yours,
Moin Uddin
moin.writer@gmail.com
Below are some of the articles that I had written in honor of women which were published in various newspapers.
I would like to dedicate this write up for them.
PEOPLESPEAK: Speak up‚ stand for your rights‚ help yourself...
I have many female relatives and girlfriends, they have enormous potential to change the world but due to inferiority feeling they are being bullied by their own thoughts. Blaming male is ridiculous.
There are women like Saguna Shah, Anuradha Koirala, Pushpa Basnet, Ravina Deshraj Shrestha, Archana Thapa, Malvika Subba who despite being a woman, work like other ladies — fulfilling all the responsibilities that women need to fulfil and yet they are carving a niche in their field, living their dreams.
I want to say that you all have the potential, just use it and look up to the above mentioned female figures and even to your aunts, teachers, friends, sisters — learn from them.
It’s true that success will not come so easily, struggle is needed to achieve the dream, so never give up on dreams.
Women of today are stronger and most live a free life. I want to tell them that just follow your dreams but be careful.
— Moin Uddin, Ghattekulo, Kathmandu -
See more at:
http://thtimes.pugmarks.in/fullNews.php?headline=PEOPLESPEAK%3A+Speak+up%26sbquo%3B+stand+for+your+rights%26sbquo%3B+help+yourself+...&NewsID=408113#sthash.feQZCh8u.dpuf
Looking forward
I am always and more and more fascinated by the success of women and I truly do respect them and share their life stories with others to motivate other similar ladies who have potential but have not gone through it. They are the ones who are the change makers. However, I feel, they lack confidence within themselves. I have met women who have accomplished huge success, while here are others sitting just idle cursing their own fate because of the lack of confidence. Recently, we marked the 102nd women’s day and there was concern regarding the slow pace of empowerment of women. However, what if the women don’t start their career and only think life to be very useless or women are born to suffer? The women themselves have to stand up and challenge the world. They must be motivated from within themselves.
Raising voices within the confines of seminar halls will not accomplish the task at hand. It is a complex world where the men and women have to work together for the betterment of the society.
Moin Uddin, Ghattekulo, Kathmandu
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/mobile/fullNews.php?headline=LETTERS&NewsID=323723#.VPuuQfmUcs0
Women Power
MOIN UDDIN
I’m fascinated by the success of women and I truly respect them. I even share their life stories to motivate women who have the potentials, but haven’t dared to explore them.
In fact, women are the actual change makers. However, many of them lack self-confidence. I’ve met a lot of women in my life, and while some have accomplished huge success, many, due to low self-esteem and lack of confidence, are just sitting idle, cursing their own fate.
There are exemplary women achievers from different walks of life, and many people draw inspiration from them. Take for example, Melba Devi Gurung who is the first woman to record songs in India in 1928 and also the first Nepali woman to ever have a song recorded. Likewise, Bindeshwari Shah became the first Nepali female ambassador to India during 1989-90. Dwarika Devi Thakurani was appointed as the first female minister of Nepal in 1960. Rakshya Rana, at the age of 24, went on to become the first Nepali woman pilot.
Today, when things are supposed to have significantly improved, girls are still lagging far behind, and despite many individuals and organizations putting in their best efforts, girls continue to fall prey to discrimination and various other forms of violence. Time and again newspaper headlines scream cases of rape, molestation, trafficking, murder, domestic violence, etc. There are still cases of child marriage; young women are still burnt alive by their husbands and in-laws for not being able to bring the required dowry; wives are expected to live under their husbands and in-laws by default, and parents haven’t stopped discriminating against their own daughters.
Yes, there are lots of government, non-government and international organizations working in the field of women empowerment, but has it really made any difference?
What if, despite all the empowerment programs, women still consider themselves the ‘weaker sex’ and can’t garner the confidence to go ahead and achieve something in life? What if she believes that being born as a girl is a curse in itself?
Most of these thoughts and beliefs develop from years and years of gender policing that starts right at the childhood. Parents and guardians, knowingly or unknowingly, are responsible for this.
Therefore, in order to empower girls, the first step to take is to stop gender policing, right away. Also, steps should be taken to counsel women and make them believe that they are equal to men; that they have the power in them to achieve as much success (if not more) as their male counterparts.
Only raising voices in the auditorium or signing drafts and plans on women empowerment won’t help women start their life with courage and determination. The society, by working hand in hand, should be able to help women unleash their potentials and realize the strength inherent in them.
Women should be able to possess a burning desire in them to progress in a society in which gender doesn’t determine success.
The main problem I’ve seen in women is the hesitation: “Will I be able to do it?” “Will people appreciate my work?”
If they believe in the power of their dreams and for once trust that they can thrive outside their comfort zone, too, I’m sure there will be many others to lend their helping hands. All women need today is self-confidence and belief that they are no less.
All power to you, Dear Women!
The writer is a postgraduate student of Business Studies at Shankar Dev Campus in Putali Sadak, Kathmandu.
Published on 2014-10-11 10:37:27
- See more at: http://www.myrepublica.com/~myrepub/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=84605#sthash.9NgKSSDv.dpuf
Thank you for reading this writings. If you like to say something then please email me at moin.writer@gmail.com
Sincerely yours,
Moin Uddin
moin.writer@gmail.com
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