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Kundi urges media to sensitise masses on women rights
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Faisal Karim Kundi Wednesday urged the media to play a more proactive role to highlight issues of women and sensitize the lawmakers for safeguarding their rights. He was addressing a seminar titled “Muasharey Mein Khawateen Key Huqooq Ke Liye Sahafi Khawateen Ka Kirdaar” […]
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Faisal Karim Kundi Wednesday urged the media to play a more proactive role to highlight issues of women and sensitize the lawmakers for safeguarding their rights. He was addressing a seminar titled “Muasharey Mein Khawateen Key Huqooq Ke Liye Sahafi Khawateen Ka Kirdaar” held in connection with the International Women Day falling on March 08. The seminar was arranged by Rawalpindi Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).
Spekaing on the occasion, Faisal Kundi said that media has played a significant role in highlighting women issues from domestic violence to rape cases, acid throwing attacks to harassment cases and under-age marriages to forced conversion etc. The media through mass sensitization urged the lawmakers to make law for safeguarding the rights of the most ignored segments of society.
He said that the media has to perform a more proactive role in bringing issues of women in the limelight. He said that gender-based biases and stereotypes have restricted the role of women, hindering their active participation in the socio-economic development of the country.
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