Treat with love and care; punishment negatively impacts children
Verbal, physical abuse and punishment should be banned in schools
According to newspapers of 19th May 2012, a little boy who was the student of sixth grade had committed suicide after being scolded by his school teacher over his absence from school, in Faisalabad. It is really tragic that the school headmaster didn’t listen to the request of eleven years old boy who even not received proper support from the family and therefore in sheer dejection set himself ablaze.
Pro poor spending reaches Rs. 294 in three years- 2008-2011: PRSP-II progress report
Pro poor spending reaches Rs 294.3 billion mark through budgetary allocations, non budgetary programmes and microcredit loan schemes during three years (2008-2011) in a bid to reduce poverty and benefitted 17.28 million poor across the country, says a Progress Report on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)-II.
FIAN welcomes FAO Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests
After working for more than a decade to put land at the top of the international agenda, FIAN welcomes the Committee on World Food Security's (CFS) adoption of the FAO Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.
Killing of Khalil Dale forces ICRC to put on hold operations in Pakistan
Following the brutal murder of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a health-programme manager working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the organization is reviewing its presence and activities in Pakistan and has put on hold its existing operations, says ICRC in a press release issued both from Islamabad and Geneva..
Emotional abuse of girl child is not an exception
It is hard to detect and substantiate emotional abuse of female child because of many reasons, including a clear lack of an accepted and consistent definition and least importance of the subject matter in feudal and patriarchal societies. It is widely recognized that verbal abuse of girl child is much prevalent and occurs in a range of relationships and social settings, all around the world. However, the intensity of such phenomenon is much higher in poor and developing countries, such as Pakistan.
People’s plight in Lyari needs urgent attention: HRCP
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced concern over the acute difficulties of the civilian population in Lyari, Karachi, where law enforcement agencies’ operation against organised crime has been going on for several days.
It is indeed hard to believe, but it is true! A ten-year-old boy, Shehryar, is living in the capital, hundreds of kilometres away from his family, to pay the debt of Rs50,000 in installments incurred on his elder sister’s wedding in Sargodha.
The minor boy toils at the shop of a motorcycle mechanic in Sector G-9’s I&T Centre from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for earning Rs50 per day.
Pakistan is one of 57 countries currently most off-track to meet its sanitation MDG target to halve the proportion of people without access to adequate sanitation. On current trends Pakistan is due to halve the number of people lacking sanitation services by 2025, missing the MDG sanitation target by 10 years, according to a new report released today by the international aid agency WaterAid.
12th April: International Day for Street children
The little souls need societal care and support to be good citizen
The International Day for Street Children was celebrated for the first time on 12th April 2011. The success of the International Day for Street Children 2011 has provided a platform to discuss and deliberate the issues of millions these vulnerable children, all around the world including Pakistan. The International Day for Street Children was launched in 2011 by the Consortium for Street Children (CSC) in more than thirty countries with a view to create a broader awareness about the issue of street children. In 2012 the theme for the International Day for Street Children is “Challenging Perceptions”. The day is celebrated by street children, child rights activists, social workers, NGOs and their officials, policy makers, and individuals across the globe.
As part of a crackdown campaign against corporate users of unlicensed and pirated software, the Federal Investigation Agency
(FIA) has confiscated computers with pirated Microsoft Windows and
Microsoft Office during a raid at a large scale pharmaceutical company
in the twin cities.
Muhammad Asif, who repairs sewing machines for a living, is happier than most employed men. He believes that if one learns any trade or work with keen interest he can be successful in life.
He became a successful sewing machine technician by a stroke of luck. Earlier he did not have any goal in his life. Once he was reading a newspaper in which he came across a classified advertisement titled 'Sewing Machine Repair Course' offered by an institute at Urdu Bazaar, Rawalpindi. He learnt the art and practiced his ability there for four long years, which finally made him capable of starting his own business.
Embellish LIVES
In Pakistan, where few opportunities are available to women to build their self-reliance, finding self-confidence, established women in rural communities is rare.
Salma Raheem, a master-embellisher from remote Dera Jatta in Bahawalpur, always dreamt of escaping poverty and inspiring women around her to do more with their lives by developing their skills.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Women Wednesday signed Letter of Intent to develop a common approach for better coordination and cooperation to work effectively on advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment initiatives. This initiative will help both the UN agencies to amplify the voices and capacities of women, wherever their rights are violated, their opportunities are suppressed and their contributions are ignored.
Parveen Akhtar had never imagined, even in her wildest dreams, that one day she would have to take care of her three invalid children all by herself.
Her life took an ugly turn after the death of her husband, who was a security guard, five years back. Now she has to take care of her invalid children – a 23-year-old daughter and two sons, aged 20 and 18. She is also bearing the expenses of her youngest daughter’s education.
Celebrating International Women’s Day’s theme ‘Connecting Girls – Inspiring Future
In order to celebrate International Women’s Day and pay tribute to girls who achieved excellence in various fields, Aurat Foundation organized an awards distribution ceremony on 8th March, 2012 at Hotel Holiday Inn, Islamabad. The awards were distributed among the girls who are role model for us, namely Malala Yousafzai (the peace-maker), Samina Baig (the mountaineer), Shahroo Malik (the artist), Marium Hote Malhar (the social worker) and Sara Nasir (the sports-girl).
International Women’s Day
54m women in Pakistan need adequate food to survive
While we celebrate International Women’s Day estimates and simulations show that over 54.6 million women in Pakistan are in dire need of adequate food and the required nutrition as almost 48.6% of the country’s 187.3 million population (July 2011 estimates) is reported to have been food insecure, 60% of which are women.
Statement by Civil Society and Women’s Movement
of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, International Women’s Day
We pay tribute to the girls and women of Pakistan for their ongoing struggle for rights, equality and justice. We reaffirm our commitment to creating an enabling environment where every day of the year would be Women’s Day. We acknowledge and appreciate the support and solidarity of progressive Pakistani men in the women’s rights movement.
5-step guide to help farmers evaluate agriculture’s hidden heroes
Smallholder farmers will soon be better able to weigh up the cost and benefits of adopting new practices that support some of the most overlooked contributors to global food security — the insects and other animals that pollinate their crops and boost yields.
Urban poverty’s hidden dimensions threaten development, new research reveals
Residents of low-income and informal urban settlements suffer hugely from inadequate living conditions and limited access to services, which puts a disproportionate burden on women’s unpaid time and results in far-reaching consequences for their well-being, according to a new research.
A report on the performance of female parliamentarians during the fourth parliamentary year of the 13th National Assembly
As the 13th National Assembly completes its fourth parliamentary year, women legislators continued to perform impressively, asserting themselves in their lawmaking and oversight roles, according to a Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) report on the eve of the International Women’s Day.