Pakistan first lady: Women have to work twice as hard Women_in_Pakistan_today.mp4

Women have to work twice as hard to get half the acknowledgement as men, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan’s First Lady, says.

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00:00How do you view the situation for women in Pakistan today?

00:04You know, what I've seen with my mother and something that I still see today

00:08is that women have to work twice as hard to get half as much acknowledgement as a man.

00:14But we are a strong and resilient force.

00:18The founder of our nation, Qaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,

00:21used to say that there are two great powers in this world.

00:24One is the sword and the other is the pen.

00:27And there's a great deal of rivalry and competition between the two.

00:31But there's a third power, greater than both, and that is our women.

00:36So the more time I spend on the ground, I see what a strong force we are.

00:40And with regards to the issues that women might be facing,

00:43whether it's in Pakistan or globally, you name them, we're facing them.

00:47Be it inequality, be it security, be it access to health care, education.

00:53But we are a strong and resilient force.

00:55And the more time I spend on the ground, I see that with the power of the vote,

00:59we manage to make our voices heard.

01:02And for those who haven't voted or for some reason are outside the voting apparatus,

01:06they too, when they join forces and rally together,

01:11their voice can make cities come to a standstill.

01:14Yeah.