Punjab Minister for Women Development Ashifa Riaz has said the government was committed to empowering girls with education, skills and support networks. “These efforts will help end early age marriages.” She expressed these views while addressing a consultative session regarding early age marriages organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFP) at Women Development Secretariat on Friday. The minister highlighted that education was being given to parents and community members in remote areas by the literacy, population mobilizers and other stakeholders, adding that the agriculture department was facilitating and financing married female farmers to strengthen them economically in dairy farming and other agricultural sectors. “Ending child marriage requires more work across all sectors and at all levels.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 3rd, 2020.
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