Toothless mandate of Daycare Centres Act
Toothless mandate of Daycare Centres Act
The writer is a radiologist and Founder President of Pink Pakistan Trust. She can be reached at [email protected]
Have you ever wondered how many Pakistani women can participate in economic activities to produce quality products and services if they are provided daycare facilities?
The Day Care Centres Bill, introduced by Senator Qurutulain Marri on November 12, 2018, was to bind public and private organisations to establish daycare centres to facilitate working women. However, there is no mechanism to monitor, facilitate, and implement the recommendations of that act.
Pakistan has slipped from the global ranking of 143 in 2016 to the global ranking of 151 in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap report of 2020. Pakistan’s global ranking in Economic Participation and Opportunity is 150, showing very limited economic opportunities for women in Pakistan at 32.7 per cent, and in Educational Attai
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The past few years have given rise to a different kind of ostracism, one that targets everything and everyone. This practice is called cancel culture and its original intent was to demand greater accountability from those in power, according to Merriam-Webster. However, arguably, it s gone off course.
Cassie JaganyiWhile I’ve been fully behind some of the earlier ‘cancellations’ that plagued the media – such as celebrities or other well-known figures who demonstrated unpopular behaviours or said discriminatory statements à la Harvey Weinstein or Bill Cosby – I’ve recently come to the conclusion that as a society, cancel culture may be a barrier for individuals genuinely looking to understand the world.
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New Delhi:Â The Pakistani government granted special permission to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and 14 other members of his family, to hunt an internationally endangered migratory bird.
According to reports, the prince and his delegation landed in the country Tuesday and will be hunting houbara bustards in the Sindh district.
The houbara bustards, also known as Asian houbara, are listed as a rare and vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and have a global population ranging between 50,000 to 1,00,000. The bird’s meat is also considered an aphrodisiac.
This special permission is being viewed as âsoft diplomacyâ between the Arab world and Pakistan.