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    Benazir Bhutto was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan. As Prime Minister, she felt a special responsibility towards empowering women. Some of her key initiatives included establishing womens' studies centers at universities, creating the Lady Health Workers Program, establishing the first womens' police station, and reserving 5% of public sector jobs for women. These initiatives helped provide employment opportunities and financial independence for women. Bhutto became an icon for women's rights in the male-dominated society of Pakistan. However, she was tragically assassinated in 2007.

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    Benazir Bhutto was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan. As Prime Minister, she felt a special responsibility towards empowering women. Some of her key initiatives included establishing womens' studies centers at universities, creating the Lady Health Workers Program, establishing the first womens' police station, and reserving 5% of public sector jobs for women. These initiatives helped provide employment opportunities and financial independence for women. Bhutto became an icon for women's rights in the male-dominated society of Pakistan. However, she was tragically assassinated in 2007.

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    First woman Prime

    Minister of Pakistan.

    A symbol of hope for women


    Benazir Bhutto
    December 2nd, 1988

    “As the first woman ever elected to


    head an Islamic nation, I feel a special
    responsibility towards all women”
    - The need for women to be employed
    - The rights of women in Islam
    RESULTS AT THE TIME
    sharply
    • Managed and run by women

    1989 • Empower them to gain their financial independence


    • Small-scale credit schemes for disadvantaged women
    Women's Studies centers
    at five universities in:

    Islamabad, Karachi,
    Quetta, Peshawar, and
    Lahore
    First Tenure
    • 5% quota for women in
    public sector jobs.
    Reserved and ensure

    Employment opportunities
    The first
    The first women's police station
    Lady Health Workers Program.

    1993 (Second tenure) Safe space, confident


    The results at the time
    • An icon for women's rights in a male-dominated
    society.
    • A country which run by a woman was a huge
    accomplishment.
    The impact

    The 5% quota: Has resulted in millions of


    Pakistani women being employed today.

    Contribute abundantly to the evolution


    of the status of women in Pakistan.
    • Murdered on 27 December
    2007.
    • By a 15-year-old suicide
    bomber
    REFERENCES
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    ughter-of-determination-benazir-bhutto.html
    .
    • Baqi, N (2017, December 02). Benazir Bhutto becomes first woman
    PM in Muslim world. The Express Tribune.
    https://tribune.com.pk/story/1574158/today-history-benazir-bhutto-t
    akes-oath-first-muslim-prime-minister
    .
    • Shaheen, F (2021, June 22). Shaheed Benazir Bhutto: A Champion of
    women’s rights. The News International.
    https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/853255-shaheed-benazir-bhutto-
    a-champion-of-women-s-rights
    • Tunio, Hafeez (2019, January 07). At First Women Bank, women
    recount harrowing tales of harassment. The Express Tribune.
    https://tribune.com.pk/story/1882823/first-women-bank-women-rec
    ount-harrowing-tales-harassment
    .
    • Bennett, O (2017, December 27). Benazir Bhutto assassination: How
    Pakistan covered up killing. BBC News.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42409374.
    • Azeem, M (2008, July 29). Women police station exists in name only.
    Dawn Today's Paper.
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    n-name-only
    • Ayub, I (2017, February 03). Footprints: of biases that are entrenched.
    Dawn Today's Paper. https://www.dawn.com/news/1312403.

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