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| Project Launching Ceremony: "Promoting Social and Economic Rights of Women Garment Workers in Pakistan", Lahore | ||||||||||||||||||||
21-12-2023 Lahore Project Launching Ceremony: "Promoting Social and Economic Rights of Women Garment Workers in Pakistan" Aurat Foundation launched a project in Lahore to “promote the social and economic rights of women garment workers in Pakistan. After the opening and welcome speech of Sara Anam RD Aurat Foundation Lahore, Project Manager Shamila Tanveer informed about the goals and explained the details of the project. She said that building the technical and professional leadership skills of women workers working in the garment sector, improving professionalism, health and safety measures are the main objectives of this project and Aurat Foundation is committed to support women workers in leadership and organizing them in apparel industries. She further stated that the aim of this project is to break the occupational segregation and precarious forms of employment for women and promote the social and economic rights of women garment workers in Pakistan as well as break barriers and challenge gender occupational segregation and ending the precarious employment situation for women. She explained that the project will promote active participation and integration of women as well as strategies for poverty alleviation and economic justice.
Various stakeholders such as government departments, Labour department, chamber of commerce, labor rights experts, women-led organizations and unions, representatives of technical training institutions, trade union representatives, Apparel Women Workers participated and strategic recommendations were made to identify the gender gap and barriers faced by Women Garment Workers (AWWs) and for economic justice which will help Aurat Foundation to chart a way forward.
Addressing the participants, Justice (R) Naisra Javed, said that working women are integral part of our society and their role has always been undermined by the society. She appreciated the efforts of Aurat Foundation for women working in textile industries and assured all kinds of her support.
Hanif Ramey, General Secretary, United Labor Federation Punjab, discussed in detail the challenges and problems faced by textile women workers in Pakistan.
Abdul Rehman Arif, Director Board of Textiles Industries in their address emphasized the importance of empowering women workers to make a prosperous Pakistan.
Ms. Sabahat Jabin, Deputy Director Labor and Human Resource Department, Punjab presented a comprehensive review of the legal framework for improving the working conditions and environment for women workers.
Dr. Shehla Javed Akram, Chairperson Women Chamber of Commerce and Industries mentioned the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce in strengthening the textile women workers and providing a safe environment for them.
Mr. Qazi Saddam, Provincial Focal Person SMEDA Punjab shed light on the steps taken by SMEDA regarding the development of women entrepreneurship.
Ms. Mahrukh Qadeer, Business Woman shared her life struggle and motivated the apparel women workers to know their rights and avail them. She assured her support for women workers.
In the end, Nabila Shaheen, Senior Program Officer, Aurat Foundation, thanked the participants for their attendance while highlighting the future plan of action.
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