Agriculture sector: Rice exporters discuss juvenile rights

Leading rice exporters arrange training workshop to raise awareness among women and rice millers

ISLAMABAD:

Leading rice exporters of Pakistan arranged a training workshop on Thursday to raise awareness among women and rice millers regarding basic juvenile rights of the children of female agriculture workers, especially the rice transplanters.

Rice Partners Country Manager for Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Zafar Iqbal said that his firm provided best facilities for promoting decent working conditions among rice transplanting women and children throughout the rice value chain from agro-fields to rice mills. He added that his organisation had trained 30,000 female rice transplanters and also raised awareness regarding juvenile rights.

Addressing the event, Senior Corporate and Development sector Consultant Annan Waffi Qureshi said that juvenile rights should be prioritised in every sector of the economy including agriculture.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 11^th, 2020.

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