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Presently, Pakistan has one workplace harassment law in place called ‘The Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010’. The Act leaves much to be desired, and a recent judgment by a three member bench of the Supreme ...

Home-based workers of the city held a protest on Sunday calling for an end to workplace harassment and demanding equal wages as their male counterparts. The rally was held outside the Karachi Press Club as part of the ongoing worldwide ...

A law on protection of working women against harassment was passed in 2010. However, most working women lack awareness about the law, Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) president Dr Shehla said on Saturday. She was speaking at a ...

By: Asma Ghani Islamabad: The anti-harassment law will do away with the critique of selective protection if the proposed amendments to the act get the parliament’s nod. A number of proposed amendments, including the power of suo moto and extension ...

AT a press conference (Oct 20) at the Karachi Press Club, Secretary-General of the Home-Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) has recommended that the labour laws should also be extended to about five million home-based women workers. To achieve this goal, ...