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By Muhammad Sadaqat HARIPUR: Industrial workers, mainly women, are exposed to difficult working conditions which are detrimental to their well-being and could prevent them from contributing to the national economy. This was said by speakers while addressing the Women Workers ...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held a consultative workshop in Karachi to highlight the problems faced by home based workers (HBW) and the solutions society and the government together could provide to solve these issues. Unfortunately, national or ...

KARACHI: Labour laws in the country are inherently biased against female workers and the government is indifferent to the issues of working women. This was said by HomeNet Pakistan regional coordinator Nuzhat Shirin. She was speaking at a media briefing ...

By: Xari Jalil LAHORE: Representatives from the Gender Equity Program (GEP) and HomeNet Pakistan discussed labour issues and presented recommendations for comprehensive policies and legislation at the federal and provincial levels. This was done in a three-day meeting organised by ...