[asia-apec 1125] Sindhi Women, problems and destiny

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WORKSHOP  on  “Sindhi Women, problems and destiny.”

A workshop on  “Sindhi Women, problems and destiny”  was held in Hyderabad Sindh (Area of Sindh Province:140914 sq. k.m. Pop:Over 45 Millions)Pakistan on March  26th . The workshop was jointly organized by monthly Subuh Theendo magazine, Oxfam and Sindh Research Council (SRC). It was attended by the following participants:

1-Dr. Mrs. Mumtaz Bhutto (Professor of history)
2- Saher Imdad (poetess)
3-Prof. Saeeda Bashir (writer),
4-Zahida Thebo (writer and WORD activist)
5-Mrs. Nazeer Qureshi (Sindhiani Tahreek)
6- Khurshid Shah (Social worker)
7-Fahmida Qureshi (Qoumi Sath org)
8-Hidayet Narejo (Oxfam)
9-Ayaz Latif Palijo(SRC)
10- Shahzadi Tunio(Oxfam)
11-Humaira Hashmi(Oxfam)
12-Shahnaz Sheedi (social worker)
13-Sughra Shaikh (Incharge Darulaman)
14-Jivan Das (Oxfam)
15-Sakeena Bhatti (social worker) 16-Abid Shah (Oxfam)
17-Tahira Pirah Sindhi (Journalist)      & others.

The workshop unanimously adopted the following resolutions:
Resolutions:
1-Informal education should be arranged for girls and women.
2-Only women should be employed as teachers in primary education.
3-Lady teachers should be employed and posted in their own villages.
4-Formal coordination should be improved between political parties, NGOs, writers and media on women issues.
5- Political and non-governmental organizations working on women issues should be made accountable.
6-Registration process for women organizations should be made easy and flexible.
7-A National Trust should be established for widows and handicapped women.
8-Coeducation should be adopted in Sindh’s primary and secondary educ. system.
9-Women should be given equal status in political parties.
10-Women should be made aware of political rights and injustices along with social and economical rights and injustices.
11-Voice should be raised on women’s issues through newspapers, magazines and electronic media.
12-Media should not glamorize women issues and atrocities made to them.
13-NGOs and political parties should establish free legal-aid committees at the district level.
14-Laws regarding marriage, nikah, divorce, rape and child custody should be translated into Sindhi and made available for women.
15-Strict laws should be enforced against KARO KARI and murderers of women should be provided death penalty.
16-A quota for women should be introduced in public as well as private employment
17-Adequate women representation should be made essential for national as well as provincial assemblies, technocracy and policy-making institutes.
18-Working women hostels and Darulamans should be established at the district level.
19-Women with minor children whose husbands have died or have become handicapped should be  provided monthly living allowance.
20-Legislation should be made that if an unemployed woman does not marry after getting divorce her ex husband should provide her monthly living allowance.
21-Small loans for business should be given to women.
22-Health centers , hospitals and schools should be established in remote and ignored areas of Sindh like Thar, Kacho, Kohistan and  Nara and coastal and riverine areas.
22-Women employees should be posted in their native/residential areas.
(Report By Ayaz Latif Palijo, published in monthly Subuh Theendo)

Forwarded by
M Ismail


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