Share in prosperity: ‘Women empowerment imperative for progress of country’

The seminar highlighted the steps taken by the government for women’s development

FAISALABAD: Speakers at a seminar said women empowerment was imperative for the progress and prosperity of the country and there was a need for more steps to address reservations of women and removal of impediments in this regard.

Speakers expressed these views at seminar on women empowerment held at Parveen Shakir Complex Lady Bagh jointly organised by Social Welfare Department and a local NGO on Saturday.

Addressing the seminar, MNA Begum Khalida Mansoor has said the government has taken a number of revolutionary steps for the welfare and betterment of the women. She said steps have been taken to bring women into the main stream of development thorough revolutionary policies and legislations.



She also emphasised upon discouraging the conservative traditions and customs in the society to save the rights of the women. She appreciated the arrangements of the seminar and said such awareness programmes should be held regularly to highlight women rights.

MPAs Haji Ilyas Ansari, Madeha Rana and Dr Najma Afzal also spoke on the occasion and gave details about the legislations, policies and measures taken by the Punjab government for the development of the women.

They said the provincial government has given ample opportunity to the women to show their qualities and capabilities in the different fields of life.

Social Welfare Director Chuadhry Ashraf, Jorj Clemet, Christina Peter, Adeel Anjum and others delivered speeches on women empowerment and said the benefits of government measures for the welfare of women would trickledown to the womenfolk in far flung and backward areas.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5^th, 2017.