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‘Changes in bill to help mainstream women in water resource management’
Karachi
January 19, 2021
Hailing the passage of the amendment in the Sindh Water Management Ordinance Act, women rights activists said that it will increase the women’s role in water resource management and irrigation system in the province.
On January 12, the Sindh Assembly passed the Sindh Water Management (Amendment) Bill, 2018, an amendment bill that aimed to amend certain sections of this legislation in order to provide for the empowerment of women in respect of decision- making as well as for improving their socio-economic development.
Rana Ansar, an MPA belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, took up this amendment to the bill. The Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) and other civil society organisations had lobbied and carried out advocacy efforts to have this bill passed.