HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqir Fatima has said the government is working on different schemes to educate women and encourage them for participating in social development activities.
She expressed these views in a meeting with the management committee of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women Centre here late on Sunday. She said apart from the federal government, the Sindh government was also considering providing district-wise platform/organisation for the protection of women rights.
Besides, various proposals for legislation required for the protection of women rights were in the pipeline, she added.She said the tenure of the PPP government would prove a golden age for women welfare.
She said in order to empower the women economically, the government was working to have a due share of jobs in different organisations and to encourage the women artisan by providing loan facilities to them.
She made it clear that awareness among the women for the protection of their rights was essential and stressed upon the NGOs to play their role in this regard. She lauded the services rendered by the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women Centre for the protection of women. Later, the minister, along with the Ministry of Women Development Technical Adviser, Dr Nagina Sadaf, visited the centre.
Source: The News
Date:4/7/2009
Gilani orders inquiry into cutting of woman’s nose
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has taken serious notice of cutting off the nose of a woman in Kashmore and ordered an immediate inquiry into the incident. He has asked the relevant authorities to investigate the matter and submit a detailed report. The Prime Minister has also directed that the woman should be provided best medical care whose expenses will be borne by the government.
Source: The News
Date:4/7/2009
10-member women wing of ANP set up
KARACHI: ANP Sindh chapter on Monday set up its first ever women wing with a 10-member organising committee. Speaking at a press conference here at Bacha Khan Markaz, President Sindh ANP Shahi Syed announced the formation of party women wing, which will complete its organisation in various parts of Karachi.
The committee members include Jan Pari and Begum Jan in District West, Ameena Bibi and Bakht Khanam in District Centre, Sahrifeen Nasreen and Madeha Saif in District South, Kher-un-Nisa and Shazia Batool in District East and Nusrat Kundi and Gulshan Aziz in District Malir, he said.
He said that his party believes in gender equality and advocates for women rights because of its liberal political ideology. Giving tribute to Begum Naseem Wali Khan, he said that she could be named first in the index of women political strugglers who played a vital role in women empowerment. Syed pointed out that for lack of women wing, ANP had lost half of its total votes in the past elections and for avoiding such losses in future the wing has therefore been established. After the wing completes its organisation in all districts of Karachi, the central women leadership will be announced with the consent of Chief of ANP Asfandyar Wali Khan, he told reporters.
Source: Business Recorder
Date:4/7/2009