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Women are facing two pandemics- COVID 19
and violence
It is needed to Orange the world
Women Rights Are Human Rights
LAHORE, 04-12-2020: A large number of brick
kiln women workers, social activists, civil
society organizations, representatives from
Punjab Commission on the Status of Women,
National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR),
Women Development Department, Labour
Department and Minister for Human Rights,
congregated in a seminar, which was
organized by Labour Education Foundation to
join hands to international campaign “16
Days of Activism against Gender-Based
Violence”. Speaking on the occasion the
brick kiln women workers shared that not any
brick kiln worker is getting the wage as per
the notification of government and they do
not have social security cards, which lead
bonded labourer, while the condition of
women brick kiln worker is more worst
because brick kiln owner not register the
women in their accounts as worker. Women
workers also shared that they have no basic
facilities like clean drinking water,
washrooms, first aid facilities at kilns and
women face different forms of violence at
home and at workplace. Women brick kiln
workers also said that women are facing the
domestic violence, discrimination in
education and cultural discrimination in
their day to day life and the COVID-19
pandemic has aggravated key risk factors for
violence against women, such as food
shortages, unemployment, economic
insecurity, migration flows.
They demanded proper implementation of
labour laws through proper labour inspection
to end modern slavery and ending violence
against women and girls. Above all, there is
need to change the culture that promotes
discrimination especially against the women.
Brick kiln women workers speaking at the
occasion also demanded better work
environment provision at the brick kilns,
especially provision of clean drinking water
and washrooms for women. They also
emphasized need of better role of government
departments for safeguarding women and
children in this regard.
On this occasion, Muhammad Tahseen director
SAP Pk, Niaz Khan General Secretory Labour
Progressive Union, Tayyab Virk Assistance
Director Labour, Waqas Afzal Reginal
Coordinator Punjab Commission on the Status
of Women and Ijaz Alam Minister Human Rights
Punjab also shared their views and emphasis
on the promotion of human rights education
at the larger level.
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