WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ‘IS IT AN HONOUR TO BE A WOMAN?’

SYED MANSOOR NAQVI PRESIDENT MBE

Women hold a very prestigious & symbolic value in our lives. In our every day lives, women play many different roles and all are important. It could be your mother, your sister, your daughter, your friend or your wife who is your soul mate and life partner. You can't live without the ladies & their love; your life is meaningless & aimless.

Just imagine the role of a mother in your life. The woman who gave birth to you, provided you nourishment when you were weak and gave you strength by providing you food.

WOMAN AS A MOTHER IN YOUR LIFE:

The role of a woman as a mother is surely the most important. She is the one who helped you take that first step or picked you up when you were down. She is the real woman in your life who builds your personality & also gives you the consciousness between what's good for you & what's bad. She is the first institution that developed in your mind the difference between the good & the bad.

Many people say to me that we don't have respect or we lack respect for women. I tell them that's because you don't respect them. First, you need to give respect and then in return, you will be given the proper respect whether in your role as a son, a brother, a father, a friend and lastly, as a husband. If you give the woman the desired respect, she won't let you have your meal yourself. She would, in fact, insist too much deeper regarding feeding you by hand herself. It is something with the psychology of a woman who loves when given due respect. Now after giving due respect, just imagine the role of a woman in your life, i.e. so much evident in so many forms.

Just see the enjoyment of all these relationships. A woman like your mother makes you feel so luxurious & so overwhelmed. You feel so peaceful when you are with your mother & feel so valued & blessed by God. Can you deny the love of your mother, who cared for you when you were just a little toddler?

WOMAN IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP AS A SISTER:

A woman as a sister in your relationship is just adorable as your home is complete with your sister. Your home is found to be incomplete when there is no sister in your home & the environment is just so lonely & isolated. Your home doesn't even look organized as your sister in your home makes your home so organized & makes you feel the comfort of the home.

You should imagine the height of the relationship, i.e., your relationship with your sister.

THE ROLE OF A WOMAN AS YOUR DAUGHTER:

Now comes the role of a woman as a daughter. Someone who takes good care of you. You just can't imagine the depth of a woman's role as a daughter and how she is always there to lend a helping hand for both parents, and fathers usually have a closer relationship with their daughters compared to their sons.

Most of you who have sons might have experienced how sons are so different from daughters. Once they are married, they tend to migrate towards their wife's side of the family. On the other hand, the daughter's role is to nurture their parents with intense care & with extreme humbleness. A daughter shares with her parents when they go through any pain and agony. You just need to imagine how big of a blessing the daughter is while being a shadow of her parents.

Just before moving towards the relationship as a wife. First, I would first like to acknowledge that in all three relationships, i.e. mother, sister & daughter, the common thing & the element that binds the relationship together is love, love and pure love. In all these three relationships, you have given love. Therefore, you have been given love in return. In fact, in all these three relationships, you have given something & that's why you got something back in return. In all these three relationships, you have done a partnership & you have shared your good self with them. It's a belief that you make your life a curse once you get married. You just can't compare these three relationship & compare that with your wife.

THE RELATIONSHIP & ROLE OF A WOMAN AS YOUR WIFE:

Now comes the relationship, which is your life partner, i.e. your wife or your soulmate. You just want to take rather than give, which is wrong. You want money from your wife as soon as you get married to her. You also want money from her while she earns money. You also want her to work round-the-clock in your home as well & provide her responsibilities as a homemaker. You want her to raise your kids, which is the most important thing.

You, as a husband, only want from your wife & you don't want to give anything to her. Just treat your wife differently, apart from the other three relationships: mother, sister & daughter.

THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE- 'DIGNITY & RESPECT FOR WOMEN IN ALL ROLES:

I just salute all the women. They just need respect and above all, respect. It's the sole responsibility of a man as a thinker that the way you think for your mother, sister & daughter, think similarly full of affection for your wife. If we think the same for our wife as we think for our other three relationships, i.e. same power & same liberties, surely you will enjoy the relationship to a maximum. You will enjoy the true essence of a husband-wife relationship.

I hope I have succeeded in trying to convey a very important message when it comes to the dignity and worth of a women's respect. My dear friends, if you give respect to women, the entire system of your family will improve. If you give her liberty, the overall family system will be worthwhile. You can surely bring better means of bread & butter to your home. These little tips are like Gold to you in your life.