Nida Usman Ch
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Diversity & Inclusion Advocate | Founder - @info_learnpak and @WomeninLawPk | Justitia Laureate, Vienna 2021 | WomenTop50, Sri Lanka 2023
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It is an absolute honour to have been featured in the femilist of 100 women 2021 by
@gensecproject
, along with Sahar Bandial, Anum Zakaria, Hadiqa Bashir and other amazing women from the
#GlobalSouth
.
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Proud daughter ❤️ as Baba gets recognition for his craft from Governor Sindh after receiving one from Governor Punjab earlier.
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#HappyBirthday
to the man I call dad but who has been there like a friend and stood by me to be my strength.
#MahmoodAslam
May you live long and stay healthy. Ameen 😇💫🥰🥳💕🎂
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Humble New Beginning - 1st Physical Office Space, Alhumdulilah! :))))
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What kind of clothes are worn by young boys and men in madrassah's? What kind of clothes was the delivery boy wearing who went to deliver food to boys hostel and got gang raped the whole night? To blame women's clothes is to deny that boys and men can be victims too.
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You have to be a special kind of pervert or worse, deeply privilleged and entitled to assume that
#MeraJismMeriMarzi
is about asking for sex. Also, women are not responsible for how you interpret placards. The burden is yours to educate yourself.
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Is there any loneliness greater than being lonely in a marriage?
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Justice Babar Sattar delivers an exceptional judgement on rights of children and their protection from sexual abuse.
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The
#JustitiaAward
Vienna 2021 Laureate for Academia (International) comes home!!! Yaay! so excited. This would not have been possible without my colleagues at
@WomenInLawPk
. This should be celebrated as our combined success for putting our collective efforts on world stage.
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Vote for
@NidaAdvocate
Humble request for your precious vote and kind support for
*Nida Khan* Advocate
Candidate for
*Finance Secretary PHCBA*
Election 2023- 2024
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I love this click with Justice (r) Nasira Iqbal sahiba, from the "Women in Law: Struggles and Success" event held at Punjab University Law College on March 15, 2023.
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This is outrageous. A female MPA was actually asked to leave the assembly because she brought her child along! Workplace
#misogyny
continues to display its worst face even in highest aiwans. We demand workplaces to be made more
#Inclusive
,
#accessible
and
#equal
for all.
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Dikha Ker placard jab Aurat ne dikhaya aaina,
Toh Dekha muaashray ne apna ghinona chehra,
Tanqeed taan di lafzo per,
Na Dekha jhaank Ker gireban apna.
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Made it to small print 😅 Here is
@DunyaNews
paper reporting on my nomination for the prestigious
#JustitiaAwards
in Vienna. Yaay, can't say I am not excited 🙈
Results out TOMORROW!!! 🤲🤞
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Do you all see that name in the center, just below the title of recognition, yes that one which starts with the letter 'P'... Yes! THAT is what makes this so worthwhile 😍
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Not all men aur All lives matter k baad ab paish e khidmat hai Not All Privileged Lawyers Have Had It Easy 👌 brilliant 🤷
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History made at LHCBA 😍😍😍😍 with Sabahat Rizvi's victory as she is the 1st ever secretary of lhcba who is a female and the fact that we have 2 women on such potent seats, Rabbiya Bajwa and Sabahat Rizvi. WELL DONE YOU GUYS AND WELL DESERVED. Congratulations 👏 🙌
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It's been 2 weeks since
@RubinaSaigol
passed away. She wanted to make all her work openly accessible. Here's what I had been working on for her. It isn't complete yet but I will continue adding to it until its done. Here's presenting her
#Academia
page:
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"Give me washrooms and give me transport and I will get you women in the workplace – these things are a matter of dignity." -
@AdilNajam
#PopulationJustice
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Holding this in extreme gratitude on behalf of all
#womeninlaw
from
@WomenInLawPk
, supporters, allies, mentors, teachers and my family, my son, my parents and husband ❤
Thank you to judges and organisers
@WomeninManageme
#WimTop50
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Over 80 nominees from 17 countries and I am so so excited to have been shortlisted as one of the 8 int finalists for Justicia Awards 2021, Vienna. I am shortlisted with 2 other brilliant colleagues, Ana & Maeve, in 'Academia - International' category which is an honour in itself.
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Law firms must understand that repeating the cycles of exploitation & nepotism will only perpetuate the issue of high employee turnover with which they all grapple.
#PayDisclosure
#PayParity
#FairPayNOW
#LivingWageNotMinimumWage
#WomenInLaw
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All those cooking up conspiracy theories because victim identity is not being disclosed please note that the law requires that identity NOT BE DISCLOSED. Such is our internalised need to put a name and face to a tragedy that we cannot imagine empathising while maintaining privacy
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Loved catching up with
@WomenInLawPk
today in court followed by most warm and heartfelt hospitality by
@HafsaAhmad
in her office. Need this positivity more often 💞😊
#womeninlaw
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Was invited to LUMS by law and politics society along with Senator Raza Rabbani, ASC Irfan Qadir and Salhauddin Ahmed on a talk on judicial appointments process and its reform earlier today.
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WE DID IT GUYS! 🇵🇰 1st
#WomenInLawAwards2021
Yaaaay 😍 It is always the people behind the struggle and their collective hard work that makes it possible to achieve great things. This is to acknowledge them all. Aneesa Agha, Eshm Suhaib, Sara Raza, Ali Abbas, Adnan, Alizeh Meer>>
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Attn all female legal professionals including those from academia:
Create your profile on by clicking 'Register ' on top left corner of the website and follow the instructions on the form.
Share this message with your fellow female colleagues as well.
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@daanistan
What makes a woman so dispensible for men is what makes them resort to such henious crimes against them. Women still objectified, treated as property and not as a person in her own right. This must change.
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@JamaliMaham
A crash course on "professional way to address colleagues" should be instituted. The profession could really benefit from trainings in these basics. I'm so sorry you had to go through this but speaking out about it is a great start and more of us should be talking about it.
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So, the real reason why I am in Sri Lanka 😃
I hold this on trust for all the
#womeninlaw
who have been the support and backbone of the work we have done and who contribute and volunteer in whatever way they can 💕🙏🙌
#JustIn
: Congratulations to
@NidaUsmanCh
for being named among global Top50 Professional & Career women in Sri Lanka and winning the award for leadership in women rights activism. She is among the only two Pakistanis in the list of winners.
#womeninlaw
#100YearsOfWomenInLaw
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Only yesterday we handed out trophies for our
#WomenInlawAwards2021
and today my own trophy arrived from Vienna yaaay! what a perfect way to close the celebrations for
@WomenInLawPk
getting National and International recognition. Super grateful to Allah for all His blessings.
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With profound grief and sorrow I regret to inform that our beloved ruby khala
@RubinaSaigol
has passed away. Please pray for her. She has left a huge mark on us all and touched many lives. Will honour her memory and carry on the struggle. Inna lillah he wa inna elayhe rajayoon.
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Was invited to share my input with
@PresOfPakistan
yesterday.
As part of my thematic group I stressed amongst others, on fair representation in decision making roles of women in justice and public sector and for autonomy of women in administrative matters (1)
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Finally! Separate entry arrangements for women for
#LHCBAElections23
from GPO gate. These two officers trying hard to ensure the entry remains for women but some male lawyers still by passing them and violating the arrangement. Fellow male colleagues please cooperate with them 🙏
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Pakistani law students have taken to mooting and often qualify for international rounds but sadly at times teams are unable to represent Pakistan at these forums due to lack of support, especially in shape of funding and off course issues with visas.
Every year I get repeated
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To have a father that believes in quality education for his daughter's and to have a father who gives his daughter the confidence to sail through this world even if alone is to be very very fortunate.
Love you baba ❤️
This is because of you too.
#HappyFathersDay
#MahmoodAslam
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And they are hereeee, yippee the copies of the proposed
#JusticeSectorReforms
developed under our project 'Fair Representation in Justice Sector' are here 😃.
Thankful to USIP for the support,
@HaniaRiffat
and I are looking forward to speak about them soon. Details to follow.
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Extremely ecstatic to share the news that the bill on Maternity Leave and Benefit Amendment on which
@MaheenQasim
#SaharBandial
@HafsaAhmad
#AneesaAgha
#FatimaGohar
and myself worked on since past few months has finally been introduced in PA by MPA
@hinaparvezbutt
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Welcoming 35th with open arms. I'm grateful for this life, for my parents, family, friends and blessings of Almighty. It has been a remarkable journey that would have been incomplete without my teachers, my school, my mentors. 1/2
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@Shafqat_Mahmood
Getting everyone equally worse off is not quiet the level playing field that Pakistan needs 🙈
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Months of hard work, conception, design, data collection and support from my colleagues and our patrons and partners has resulted in completion of 2 of the 5 aspects of the path breaking project on increasing women's representation in law. We are so excited to share this on 17th.
Save the Date - Thurs, 17th June, 2021 | 1:30 pm
Delighted to announce that we will be launching the Web Portal/App and the Baseline Study on Status of Women's Representation in Law 2020-21 on 17 June 21 at 1:30 pm. The launch will be streamed on
@gdpakistan
Facebook page
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What do you think is the scope of single individuals in our society? How awkward do you think it is for them to dine alone, be alone in public spaces, live by themselves etc? Does our way of life envisage existence & movement of persons only in groups, tribes, pairs & families?
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Shame on Canada.
#CanadaIsComplicit
BREAKING: CANADA SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE SUPPORTING ISRAEL DESPITE ICJ RULING
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly said her country does not accept the premise of the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel.
“Canada will continue to support Israel’s
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If in 73 years we have been able to elevate not a single female to SC nor ensure inclusion of other marginalised classes at bench and bar then the profession really needs introspection. My article in
@thenews_intl
today:
#RepresentationMatters
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Spoke my heart out on session on importance of treaties & human rights of women. Challenges of structures within Pakistan & role & state of women in law in the process at the 3rd int
#WomeninLaw
Conference organised by Women in Law, Vienna.
Photo credits: Dr. Jarpa Dawuni
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I'm sorry but jamaat e insecure does not get to decide what we watch and what we don't. If they don't want to watch a movie, fine they can sit this one out at home but how dare they dictate the rest of us
@Marriyum_A
?
@ArifAlvi
@CMShehbaz
@MoIB_Official
#releasejoyland
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Still receiving so much encouragement from colleagues. Was honoured by the visit of Fahad Shahbaz , President
@ygapakistan
, earlier today who came to wish me for the new office space. Thank you so much Fahad for the well wishes and the support. 🙏💫
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📢Out Now: My recent work on “Patriarchy in Politics and Political Parties in Pakistan” published by
@FES_PAK
.
To access the full paper:
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So pleased by the visit of
@SAhmadmaan
, founder of
@theqanoondan
to the office earlier today. The well wishes of colleagues, friends and family is a great start for this new phase of my work life. Feeling blessed 🙂
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Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
It is with immense grief that we announce the passing away of my sister,
#NatashaSaigol
. We are devastated and in disbelief. She was full of life & extremely loving. We still can't process this.
May she rest in peace, Ameen. 😢🤲
#GoneTooSoon
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My son's teacher asked in online class about what the children noticed about the pakistan day parade and one of the girls in class said, 'that they were not wearing any masks' 😅
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To be featured in the journal by Women in Law, Vienna as a
#JustitiaAwards2021
winner alongside J Sonia Sotomayor, Ann Claire Williams, President of Slovakia, Ms. Zuzana Caputova & other inspiring
#womeninlaw
from across the globe is recognition of our collective hard work from🇵🇰
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I'm supporting them. Join us on 9th to show your support also and make history at LHCBA.
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Speaking at the 1st Women Police Conference held earlier today. Was asked to share my findings on fair representation study and was not at all surprised to see how closely they compare to the insights shared by women police officers re the challenges they face.
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My parents complete 37 years of friendship, shared responsibilities and companionship.
#HappyAnniversary
Mom and Dad 🥰
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While writing for
@TheNewsonSunday
for their special report on the
#Constitution
of Pakistan, I talk about how on the one hand, the constitution appears to guarantee certain fundamental rights and on the other, it contains inherent contradictions...
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Personal growth is key. This was a step in that direction.
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Personal News Update: resigning from
@EqdCommittee
along with 8 other members because we will not be bullied into retracting from our principled stance in accordance with the objectives of the Committee and its core values.
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Female Law students from 🇵🇰: I have the month of July to train up to 3 students so if working on gender & justice sector excites you & you will have at least 3 hours per day to commit, do send in your CVs with your cover letter to nida
@learnpak
.com.pk
Online joining possible.
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How did South Asia score on Global Gender Gap 2022?
1. Bangladesh at 71,
2. Nepal at 96,
3. Sri Lanka at 110,
4. Maldives at 117,
5. Bhutan at 126,
6. India at 135,
7. Pakistan at 145, while
8. Afghanistan is at the very last at 146
For full report:
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Pti supporters are to establishment what Maula jutt was to noori nutt - a worthy opponent!
What an applause-worthy fight! 👏👏👏 A standing ovation for the resilience & determination. The party's digital prowess & connection with their voters is stuff for books! Should be studied
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Thrilled to have finally met Farya in person. She came to visit me at the new office. Have known her since 2019 when we worked on
@TheWhyFound
session. Farya now runs
@theinclusivepk
with Mehwish Batool. It was so nice to catch up and discuss ideas for future collaboration.
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#HotOffThePress
: Look what's finallyyyy arrivedddd!!! Part II of the Fair Representation Study is finally here that focuses on
#WomenInPolice
In Phase II of this study, we looked at the Socio-Legal Gap Analysis of Recruitments, Retention and Promotion of Women in Lahore Police.
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Presenting
@LawyHER_Pk
at the
#t4jf
organised by
@OnlineVakeel
and
@JusticeProject_
.
@LawyHER_Pk
is the flagship dedicated one stop platform developed under collaborative action between
@WomenInLawPk
@gdpakistan
@MoLawJusticeof1
with support from
@AusHCPak
&
@ukinpakistan
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'In essence, the problem doesn’t revolve around career choices or transitions; rather, it stems from the inadequate compensation provided to junior lawyers, which leads them to seek better opportunities elsewhere.' Muhammad Rafeh Hyder take a bow 🙌
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Some Personal News:
Reappointed as Chair of the
@EqdCommittee
by President LHCBA Mr Tahir Warraich
Grateful for the opportunity to work towards a more equal and inclusive profession again despite the greater challenges of the pandemic this year.
Prayers and support needed 🙏
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Was invited by honourable speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Women’s Parliamentary Caucus to attend the National Conference for 75th independence day of Pakistan to mark contributions of women and women parliamentarians at the NA of Pakistan earlier today.
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This policy is being criticized as discriminatory to first generation lawyers. This needs to be reconsidered given that young lawyers and students from non-law backgrounds already have it so much harder to make it in the profession.
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Some very accomplished and well educated women I know still, in this day and age, face the question of what need is there for them to work after they get married by their in-laws and these are like rich people saying this shit. Truly, money doesn't buy you decency.
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@SohaNvd
I used to feel like a heavy boulder had been placed on my chest which I was unable to lift, one that seemed to be crushing my very soul. It was a hollow, deep and dark place where no light touched. I'm grateful to all those who helped me through that time.
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Fascinated by my mother's cactus in full blooom 😍 wow... so pretty!!!
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@theqanoondan
Precedents from related jurisdictions are persuasive in nature and not binding. Learning from other jurisdictions surely cannot be a terrible thing. It's is imp not to lose sight of local as well as global context. I don't see the harm of referring to persuasive precedents per se
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I CAN'T KEEP CALM!!! 🙃😃🙃😃🙃
The launch of the online portal/app and baseline study on state of women's representation in law is today at 1:30. It will be streamed at the following link:
JOIN US!
#MolawForWomen
#RepresentationMatters
#womeninlaw
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One of the most important elements to come out of the budget has been the focus on need for
#gender
responsive budgeting which we need to ensure that finances committed for advancement of women are spent as committed.
@MalBokhari
raises this pertinent issue very comprehensively.
Member National Assembly Barrister Maleeka Bokhari highlighting issues of Gender responsive budgeting in her budget speech. Govt needs to focus on inclusive budget & prioritize women & transgenders in budget.
#Budget2020
@MalBokhari
@unwomen_pak
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At least 3 incidents of transit rape have surfaced on buses and trains in recent past. These are the ones that were reported and highlighted in media, in reality the number is likely to be even higher. This is extremely alarming.
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Lahore high court bar voters ne dil jeet Liya! Tareekh qaim kerdi.... means all hope is not lost and u guys can do it!!!! Congratulations ❤️
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I am absolutely not ok with analogy of forced marriages being used in relation to political context in a way that trivialises such a heinous lived reality of most marginalised of persons. Yes what is happening politically is condemnable in its own right but ...
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Jinko qabil khawateen wukla nazar nahi aati, unkehliye khaas ailaan, well here are the women 👇 so now that you SEE them, what excuse do you have to not vote for them?
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I have still to see official results on all 75 seats of punjab bar but I am being told no woman got elected. This is so unfortunate, last time we had 2 now we have none. Representation matters and the profession needs urgent reforms. (1)
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Funny (or unfortunate?) how quick men are to point out that the 'day care' and not the 'assembly' is the right place for kids and yet when we call for the bill to introduce the same they say it's too costly for businesses; some even deny that assembly is a 'workplace' 1/2
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Was invited as one of the experts by Senate Committee discussing amendments to this law on Dec 6 2021. Heartening to see that most of our recommendations have been included. They were passed by Senate & now the NA. So overjoyed :) Thank you
@ShireenMazari1
for the opportunity.
Today MoHR's The Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Amendment)Bill, 2022 as passed by the Senate was passed by NA again & will now go to President for signature. This is a significant strengthening of the existing law incl expanding def of workplace.
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@mohsin66822608
@Malala
No no no... We don't tread into this culture debate line.... Because what is our culture anyway? Everyone does what suits them but everyone is quick to point fingers at others... THAT needs to stop.
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Thread: In loving memory of my phuppo, a mother figure in my life:
My phuppo was the only sister to 4 brothers. After my grandparents passed away, she was the bond that kept the family together.
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