A Successful and Empowered Woman
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| A Successful and Empowered Woman Ms.Shaista Ghazi is a brave daughter of Gilgit-Baltistan. |
Ms.Shaista
Ghazi is a brave daughter of Gilgit-Baltistan. Her forefathers had migrated to
Gilgit from Hunza. She is a perfect example of a successful woman. She got her
early education from Public school and college, Jutial, Gilgit. Afterwards, she
completed her degree in Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Karakorum
International University (KIU), Gilgit. She remained a mediocre throughout her
academic career.
Along
with her studies, she worked as a news reader at Pakistan Broadcasting
Corporation (PBC), Gilgit. She broke the tides of the conservative society when
she got appointed as Section Officer in 2012 through Gilgit-Baltistan
competitive examination. She was the first lady from Gilgit Baltistan to attain
such an administrative position. She is
now serving as Deputy Secretary GAD Gilgit-Baltistan. She can be attributed as
an example of commitment and hardworking women. Despite discouragements from
all the sectors of the society, her deeds and hard work pave the way for her
success.
She
shares her memories as; at first people were pessimistic about working of women
at administrative level. They opined that, being a woman, it will be
challenging for me to continue my profession. People were of the opinion that a
woman cannot compete with men in the competitive examination, since I have
studied from a local university, while they have studied from international and
from well-reputed national universities. Despite their discouragement, I was
determined to let my dreams come true and finally I proved it.
She
further shares her experience as a working woman and maintains that she is at
no regards less than men. According to her opinion, men and women are equal in
all regards. She holds herself equally responsible and accountable as a male
counterpart could be. She does not face any kind of discrimination and
harassment since her joining of the service. She further argues that, this
might be because of the powerful post or due to her strict and straight forwarded
personality.
Ms.
Shaista’s conviction regarding hurdles and challenges is worth mentioning. The
way of success always passes through hurdles and challenges, one who wants to
win must face those challenges with bravery, she argues. Furthermore, women
should help and encourage other women to change the prevailing system of
non-traditional sectors. She is of the view that men should not discourage
women and treat them with respect, as women have equal rights to earn and
learn. It goes without saying, she says, that all this would have not been
possible, had there been no support and encouragement from my family.
By: Zeeshan Ali
The writer
has an MPhil degree from QAU,
Working as a
development practitioner, based in Islamabad and manages GB Awareness Forum
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