Conference on Minority Women demands addressing gender and faith-based inequality
March 9, 2021
LAHORE, Pakistan: The Centre of Social Justice (CSJ) organized a Conference on the “Status of Minority Women and their Rights and Challenges” in Lahore on Tuesday in connection with International Women’s Day 2021.
The themes discussed in the Conference included socio-economic and legal rights of minority women, right to education, right to health, protection against forced conversions, and gender-based violence (GBV).
The Conference was attended by eminent scholars, economists, and legal experts, and they were of the view that millions of Pakistani women from religious minority communities contribute daily in the Country’s economy with some earning prestige in different sectors including health, education, and politics; however, yet their numbers are very low.
Experts shed light on Challenges & Prospects for Minorities in Education System of Pakistan
January 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A “National Conference on Minorities and Education System of Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects” was organized in Islamabad on Friday under the auspices of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) and the Peoples’ Commission for Minorities Rights (PCMR).
The Conference was attended by educationists, researchers, rights activists and representatives of the Ministry Of Education and hundreds of participants online from across the Country.
In his remarks at the Conference, the Author, Educationist, Research & Consultant Dr. Abdul Hameed Nayyar said all education policies introduced in Pakistan had ignored the promise of fundamental rights of religious minorities made in the 1973 constitution.