Sindh’s vision lags behind modern demands
As many as 108 women were killed in the name of Karo-Kari in Sindh during 2019 Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
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KARACHI:
Despite taking several measures to provide social protection and relief to the women of Sindh, the provincial government still has to accomplish much. These measures range from making legislation, setting up relevant government bodies and launching projects with investment worth millions.
The reasons behind slow progress in gender equality are lack of implementation of relevant laws, male dominance in women-specific government institutions and mismanagement of funds earmarked for administrative affairs.
FIA report on shelter homes ‘unsatisfactory’
Plea accuses welfare organisations of abuse, marriages of orphans in shelter homes
The Sindh High Court has summoned the Sindh Child Protection Authority chairperson, women development department s Hyderabad deputy director, Karachi AIG Ghulam Nabi Memon, and the Investigation DIG in personal capacity over a plea pertaining abuse and marriage of orphan girls in custody.
A single bench of the high court, comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar, heard the plea implicating shelter homes run by the Edhi Foundation and others on Monday.
The petitioner s counsel alleged that the administration of Edhi Welfare Organisation tells people to take the body of a dead child when they are approached for child adoption but never hands over a living child. There are many people who want to adopt children and are capable of providing a better upbringing, argued the counsel.
Sindh Women Development Minister Syeda Shehla Raza has lamented that only a small number of women is working with the police force.At least 10 per cent of police should comprise of women as per the.