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The Home-Based Women Worker's Federation(HBWWF) is a trade unionfederation of home-based female workers in Pakistan. It is the first-ever all-women-run trade union for informal workersin the country. [1][2]The Federations focus is on addressing class struggles and the economic exploitation of workers. [3]
e. Violence against women in Pakistan, particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence, is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights in Pakistan. [1] [2] Women in Pakistan mainly encounter violence by being forced into marriage, through workplace sexual harassment, domestic violence and by honour killings.
AED. Al-Khair Foundation. Adventist Development and Relief Agency Pakistan. AFS Intercultural Exchanges. American Himalaya Foundation. Arab-Pakistani Fund. Akhuwat Foundation. Asian Human Rights Development Organization. Association for the Development of Pakistan.
Occupation (s) Academic, Ex-director Gender studies department Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. Known for. Human Rights Activist, Feminist, Member Awami Workers Party. Farzana Bari ( Urdu: فرزانہ باری, born 7 March 1957) is a Pakistani feminist, human rights activist and academic who served as the director of the Gender Studies ...
Women in Pakistan make up 48.76% of the population according to the 2017 census of Pakistan. [3] Women in Pakistan have played an important role throughout Pakistan's history [4] and they are allowed to vote in elections since 1956. [5] In Pakistan, women have held high offices including that of the Prime Minister, Speaker of the National ...
Feminism in Pakistan refers to the set of movements which aim to define, establish, and defend the rights of women in Pakistan.This may involve the pursuit of equal political, economic, and social rights, alongside equal opportunity. [ 1][ 2][ 3] These movements have historically been shaped in response to national and global reconfiguration of ...
Rubina Saigol (died 27 August 2021) [1] was a Pakistani feminist scholar, educationalist and women's rights activist. She authored and edited several books and papers in English and Urdu. Her scholarly work explored the themes of gender, education, nationalism, the state, ethnicity, religious radicalism, terrorism, feminism and human rights.
The Punjab Commission on Status of Women ( PCSW) is a human rights institution in Pakistan, which was established by the Government of Punjab in March 2014 under the PCSW Act, 2014. [1] Its mandate is to work for the empowerment of women, expansion of opportunities for socio-economic development of women, and elimination of all forms of ...