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| Dialogue with MPAs on Promtion and Protection of Socio-Economic Rights of Women Working in Agriculture Sectors in Punjab , Lahore | |||||
13-11-2018 Lahore Dialogue with MPAs on Promtion and Protection of Socio-Economic Rights of Women Working in Agriculture Sectors in Punjab Aurat Foundation organized a dialogue with Members Provincial Assembly today in Hotel Avari. Panel included Ms. Mehnaz Rafi, Women Rights Activist, Mr. Mohammad Shahid, Assistant Director Labour and Mr. Zaigham, Director Labour, Labour and Human Resource Department Punjab, Mr. Safdar Abbas, Assistant Director, Social Welfare Department, Additional Secretary Agriculture Department and representatives of Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Women Development Department. More than 25 MPAs participated in dialogue. The aim to hold the dialogue was to share the gaps identified in its “Participatory Policy Assessment” in the context of GSP+ and SDGs. Ms. Mumtaz Mughal, Resident Director AF welcomed the guests and briefly explained the objective of the dialogue. The Participatory Policy Assessment Report highlighted the key findings as 65% women work in the fields and homes too, 83% women have no access to their family inheritance documents so that they could not utilize the facilities of micro credit schemes and modern technology, 85% women were working exactly equal to the men but were getting low wages. 92% women have no access to the health facilities while 68% women have to work during their pregnancy period without proper food and nutrition facilities. 87% women don’t have knowledge about women protection legislation, and 90% women don’t have information of their right to unionization. This is all due to a major discrepancy that majority percentage of these women are illiterate and silent/inactive workers. To resolve these challenges, it is recommended that there is a dire need to collect sex and gender disaggregated data to address the gender disparity faced by these women. Moreover, social safety nets should include these women in their networks so that they could be the part of EOBI, PESSI, BISP, Khidmat Card, Zakat, and Bait ul Maal etc.
Mr. Zaigham, Director Labour, Labour and Human Resource Department Punjab, gave his full commitment on implementation of recommendations of PPA conducted by AF. He endorsed the legal amendments and shared that labour department already working on legal framework. This is right time to share the recommendation with relevant department.
Mr. Shahid endorsed the recommendations and gave his commitment to include theses recommendation in 100days plan of government of Punjab.
MPAs also showed their concern and gave their commitment to take up the important issue at assembly floor as well as with party leadership. They also pledge to move the resolution in upcoming session.
Ms. Mehnaz Rafi highlighted the struggle of women to protect socio economic rights of women working in agriculture sector in Pakistan. She also extended the concluding remarks to the participants.
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