in rural areas
- Poverty
- Illiteracy
- Mobility problems
- Exploitation by middlemen
- Unfamiliarity with Modern Trends
- Lack of Proper Exhibition/display & access to the marketing of their Work
- Lack of access to skills/ technical training facilities
- Lack of any legal support
Working Women
- Shift Work/Overtime
- Inflexible working hours
- Work-Life Balance
- Unfavorable physical working environment
- Unjust working conditions/privacy/safety & security issues
- Harassment/gender discrimination/exploitation/nepotism
- Transport problems
- Stressors at the workplace & home lead to health problems
- An insufficient legal support system to solve work-related problems concerning female workers
Under the head of Advocacy, the Working Women Welfare Trust has set up a task group comprising experts and working women from different fields to discuss the problems of working women and their solutions.
Humaira Qureshi
Committed!
Always deliver more than expected.
Under the current local and global conditions the economic pressures are increasing and women are compelled to come out from their homes to play active role in the income generating activities for their families. The areas of women professionals is increasing and demanding more and more participation from them. This phenomenon has exposed women to new hazards. At one hand their social and intellectual level has changed and on the other hand their problems such as health, stress, security, time management and skills development has become manifold. The current project is aimed at to hold different advocacy sessions with media, legislators and administrators. Key officials and NGOs’ workers to identify and propagate for legislation on different issues facing by working women in Pakistan.
Years of Work
Reach
Key issues highlighted
During our struggle for more than a decade
What we have achieved so far?
Highlighted and lobbied the key issues including:
Job impact on the mental and physical health of working women
Provision of on-site Day Care centers for working mothers
Flexible working hours
Provision of safe and convenient transport for working women
Problems of female sales and marketing staff
- To sensitize key officials and media about the challenges faced by working women.
2. To empower the working women by providing them with a plate form of collaborated efforts.
3. Thought sharing & compiling recommendations for the real & broad spectrum of development.
4. To explain the importance of the Paradigm of development & its needs.
5. To lobby and emphasize legislation about problems of female workers and professionals.
6. To proceed, the real and strategic changes in the system for the welfare of the female workforce in ruler & urban areas.
Activities Highlights
at a glance
Struggles of Working Women
Implementation Challenges
Financial Concerns
Women's Leadership
Working Conditions
Need of the Time
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