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MESSAGE FROM ANIS HAROON CHAIRPERSON

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MESSAGE FROM ANIS HAROON CHAIRPERSON

National Commission on the status of Women (NCSW) strives to fulfill the promise of a life of dignity and justice to women of Pakistan. Commissions mandate is to address the issues that affect the lives of women adversely by reviewing and analyzing the laws and policies and consequently formulating recommendations through dialogue and research to enable them to hold a position of equity. The discrimination expressed in social issues is to be eliminated for a life of fulfillment. Our state and constitution safeguards womens rights. It is the implementation and practice that ignores the justice what is due. NCSWs basic concern is to create awareness at all levels and in all section of society. The contemporary issues of life demand a sensible understanding. This could be achieved by accepting rather than negating the realities. The Commission endeavors to resolve this conflict of myth and reality. Women rights are not something specific or alien, they are human rights as enshrined in our value system and they are not subjugated as individuals having a right to dignity. NCSW advocates that the potential of half of the population cannot be left unattended. In order to bring women of Pakistan in the mainstream development it becomes mandatory to revisit policies and laws. The government of Pakistan has established this Commission to realize this end, in order to strengthen the national cause. All efforts of NCSW are consciously directed to achieve this goal and to minimize the roadblocks to justice and equity that refuse the women their natural rights

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	Message from Chairperson NCSW on National Working Women’s Day The 22nd December has been declared National Working Women’s Day by the Prime Minister of Pakistan on 22nd December, 2010 in recognition of decade’s long struggle put up by working womeread more NCSW Celebrates the Day of Provincial Autonomy The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) welcomes the successful completion of devolution process. It organized a major celebration at its premises to commend the historic achievement read more NCSW Lauds the Government for Filing Appeal against FSC Judgment regarding WPA2006 The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) welcomes the filing of appeal by the Federal Government against the judgment passed by Federal Shariat Court (FSC) dated: 22-12-2010, whereby, read more NCSW Organized National Consultation on Gender Equality Policy Post 18thAmendment The National Commission on the Status of Women, together with Oxfam UK and UKaid organized a national consultation on Gender Equality Policy in the Provinces; Women’s Rights post 18th Amendmeread more NCSW deplores the tragic assassination of Federal Minister for Religious Minorities Mr. Shahbaz Bhat Once again the voice of sanity has been silenced for speaking out boldly for justice and the rights of vulnerable people in Pakistan. The NCSW deplores the tragic and cold blooded assassination of read more National Commission on Status of Women meets Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Members of the National Commission on the Status of women led by Chairperson Ms. Anis Haroon, met the Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, and apprised him of the difficulties being faced by theread more NCSW deplores blowing up of the only girls college in Orakzai Agency The National Commission on the Status of Women strongly condemns the act of militant groups in Orakzai Agency, where they have blown up to ashes the only Girls College. With the destruction of girlread more BY-ELECTIONS IN SHANGLA The National Commission on the Status of Women is appalled that women were yet again not allowed to vote in the by-polls held in Shangla. As reported in the press, under an agreement between aread more NCSW shocked and appalled at the horrific assassination of a liberal leader like Salman Taseer The National Commission on the Status of Women condemns the horrific and tragic assassination of Governor Punjab Mr.Salman Taseer, who possessed very liberal and progressive mind. This is a great lread more Nasreen Azhar, Member, National Commission on the Status of Women, gets Human Rights Defender award Nasreen Azhar, Member, Pakistan National Commission on the Status of Women, was awarded a Human Rights Defender award by the President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, at the President House in Iread more NCSW Applauds the Historical Victory of Pakistani Women’s Cricket Team The National Commission on the Status of Women expresses its heartfelt appreciation over the emphatic victory of Women’s Cricket Team of Pakistan which has created history by winning gold medread more NCSW condemns Death Sentence to Alleged Christian Woman in Nankana Sahib The National Commission on the Status of Women is shocked that a court in Nankana Sahib has sentenced a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, to death on the charge of having committed “blasphemy.&rdquread more NCSW Protests on the orders of DCO Lahore to Ban Women Vendors at Sunday Bazaars The National Commission on the Status of Women felt outraged at the orders issued by DCO Lahore Mr. Ahad Cheema, banning women vendors from selling their products at Sunday Bazaars. The Commission read more NCSW expressed concern over the growing cases of violence against women in Sindh The chairperson NCSW Ms.Anis Haroon had a detailed meeting with the Minister of Women Development Sindh Ms. Touqir Fatima Bhutto and Ms.Farida Hanan of Aurat Foundation in MoWD secretariat Karead more NCSW strongly condemns the cowardly assassination of Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan The National Commission on the Status of Women strongly condemns the cowardly assassination of Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan. The cold blooded murder of Dr. Farooq, psychiatrist, religiouread more NCSW extremely saddened and shocked by the punishment sentenced to Dr. Afia Siddiqi Dated: 24th Sept The National Commission on the Status of Women is extremely saddened and shocked by the sentence pronounced by the US Federal Court in Manhattan against Dr. Afia Siddiqi. The Commission is of read more Condolence Message sad demise of first ever a Woman Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan Dr.Shama Khalid The National Commission on the Status of Women felt grieved over the untimely and sudden demise of first ever woman governor Gilgit-Baltistan Dr.Shama Khalid. The NCSW offers heartfelt condolence tread more NCSW Condemns an attack on a lady doctor in Khyber-Pukhtunkhuwa The National Commission on the Status of Women strongly condemns the attack on Dr.Gulali in Khyber Pukhtunkhuwa and terms it a deplorable and cowardly act. The Commission believes that this attack read more National Policy Dialogue on Womens Political Participation The National Commission on the Status of Women organized a National Policy Dialogue on the Political Participation of Women under PPO 2002 and LG System. Representatives from media, civil society, read more The NCSW welcomes government’s step to sign the convention on civil and political rights. NCSW hop At the same time it urges the government to take into account the ground realities in the country where women are the victim of all kinds of violence for years. They are being denied rights to educread more National Commission on the Status of Women takes on the issue of Home Based Workers Three fourth of women workers in Pakistan are engaged in home based work, where they get low wages and are vulnerable to abuse of all forms, says the Chairperson of the Commission, Anis Haroon, in read more NCSW OUTRAGES ON RISING NUMBER OF CASES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN BY POLICE The National Commission on the Status of Women is outraged at the rising number of cases where police is involved in violence against women. One after the other we are seeing cases where the policeread more NCSW Condemns the Brutal Murder of Women Professor in Baluchistan The National Commission on the status of Women in its 40th BoD meeting strongly condemned the murder of Nazma Talib, Associate Professor at University of Balochistan. It expressed its strong concerread more NCSW Organised Roundtable Consultation on compliance of “Protection against Harassment of Women at Prime Minister’s Advisor on women development Ms.Yasmeen Rehaman MNA has said that the passage of Laws against harassment of women at workplace and at public spots is a reflection of Governmeread more NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ORGANIZES A ROUND TABLE CONSULTATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NCSW is pleased that the Government has passed a Law which upholds the dignity of women and men employees in every workplace and protects their right to work in a safe, healthy and respectful envirread more Condolence Message on sad demise of Late Naheeda Mehboob Elahi The commission was deeply grieved on an untimely and sad demise of Late Naheeda Mehboob Elahi on February 17 2010. In her death our society in general and NCSW in particular lost the person of grearead more Pakistan reaffirms commitment to empowerment of women at UN forum UNITED NATIONS, March 4 (APP): Pakistan’s democratic government has taken a number of legislative and economic initiatives to ensure empowerment of women and protection of their rights, Ms Anread more National Commission on the Status of Women Hails the Government for Getting Two Historic Bills again The National Commission on the Status of Women has highly appreciated governments efforts at all levels to get two bills against harassment passed within this week, one from the Senate and the otheread more SEMINAR ON “VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF RELIGION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN.” National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) organized a seminar on 09 December 2009 at the Hill View Hotel Islamabad on the theme of “Violence in the name of religion and its implicatioread more Seminar on Forced Marriages by National Commission on the status of Women in collaboration with Shir National commission on the status of women and SHIRKATGAH organized a seminar on “Forced Marriages” to commemorate the 16 days of activism against gender violence on 2nd December, 2009 read more NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN HAILS THE GOVERNMENT’S BILL AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT The National Assembly passed an amendment in Pakistani Penal Code to include sexual harassment as a crime. This Criminal Procedures (Amendment) Act 2009 was passed unanimously by the National Assemread more Islamabad: 29 October: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) has condemned the dastardly Expressing deep sympathies with the victims’ families and solidarity with the people of Peshawar and the Provincial government the NCSW has assured them that they are not alone in their hour read more National Commission on the Status of Women takes strong notice of the Phool Nagar’s Incident and U Islamabad: 20 Oct. While strongly condemning the Phool Nagar incident the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) has urged the Punjab Chief Minister to take prompt action against the perread more 1st September 2009: The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) has rejected as misplaced A major cause of divorce is domestic violence, which is endemic in Pakistan, and, it is hoped, that giving women means of redress will serve to decrease violence and abuse. Family problems, includiread more 19th August , 2009: Terming ‘Nizam-e-Adl’ an anti-women that tends to exclude women from the adm This was the consensus reached at the concluding session of a two-day conference on ‘Extremism and its Impact on Society: Implications for Women’ organised by the National Commission onread more
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