Women’s Action for Better Workplaces (WAction) was a project funded by the Embassy of Netherlands to enhance the capacities of women workers, and organizations to negotiate, and advocate with employers,
ISLAMABAD, October 25, 2018: There is an immediate need to review the existing labour laws, unify them, and make them consistent with Pakistan’s constitutional and international obligations and provide guarantees to workers, particularly women. This was recommended in the first-ever Gender Audit of Pakistan’s Labour Laws, shared in a ceremony here, today. The gender audit…
ISLAMABAD, October 18, 2018: Women Action for Better Workplaces (WAction), a project of Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA), shared the findings of its Monitoring of Workplace Report in a convention here on Thursday that speaks about the dismal situation of enforcement of Labour laws in Pakistan. According to these findings, 52 percent of…
Attitudinal, Environmental Barriers Hinder Transgender People, Women & PWDs from Observing General Elections 2018 Attitudinal, Environmental Barriers Hinder Transgender People, Women & PWDs from Observing General Elections 2018 ISLAMABAD, September 25, 2018: Despite progressive legislative and policy measures to facilitate participation of transgender people, women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the electoral processes, these…
ISLAMABAD, May 24, 2018: Unprecedented efforts of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and civil society in registering eligible-age women have successfully led to an unparalleled increase of 4,307,553 women on the electoral rolls in the last seven months. This increase indicates the success of the ECP’s Women NIC…
WAction Demands Legislative Assemblies to Consolidate, Upgrade, and Implement Labour Laws ISLAMABAD, May 13, 2018: The Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies need to improve the quality of labour legislation to make it consistent, applicable, and in accordance with the law of the country and best international practices This should be done, besides ensuring that special…
ISLAMABAD, March 14, 2018: The Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability– Free and Fair Election Network (TDEA-FAFEN) launched the Pakistan’s most comprehensive election information portal “Election Pakistan” in a ceremony here on Wednesday.
Federal Ombudsperson says doors of her office are open and all complaints will be addressed within 60 days ISLAMABAD, March 6, 2018: More than 60 percent workplaces in the federal capital are violating the labour laws which has detrimental effect on the working of women workers. These findings have been revealed by the Women Workers’…
LAHORE, January 25, 2018: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) needs to start taking measures now for sensitization and training of polling staff so that transgenders, disabled persons, and women could take part in the electoral process in the upcoming general elections and exercise their right to vote independently, in secret and with dignity. These…