Pakistan’s former prime minister, late Benazir Bhutto, and youngest human rights activist, Malala Yousafzai, have recently been featured in a list of the “most influential women in the world”.
The recently-published list in Marie Claire, a renowned French magazine, features 60 women from women’s rights activists and pioneers of racial equality to inventors, scientists, and world leaders dating back to 1775 who, according to the publication, are “the kind of inspirational, powerful heroes who shook up the world as we know it.”
Although Pakistan has proved itself in a number of fields, producing doctors, scientists, and scholars of international renown, very few women are considered among these ranks. This is the much-needed representation of the extraordinary women of this country and their triumphs.
Briefly expressing the achievements of the former PPP leader, the website wrote,
Bhutto became the first woman prime minister of Pakistan in 1988. After a military coup overthrew her father’s government, she inherited the leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party. She pushed for open elections, and won, just three months after giving birth.
Furthermore, it said of Malala’s accomplishments,
Yousafzai survived a gunshot wound to the face by the Taliban and has since become a spokesperson for human rights, education, and women’s rights.” She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
Some of the women mentioned in the list are Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Gloria Steinem, Jane Austen, Maya Angelou, Queen Elizabeth II, and Indira Gandhi.
