Govt focuses to enforce human rights protection laws: Mazari
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Shireen Mazari said campaigns have been launched to create awareness amongst the people
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has said the government is focusing on implementation of laws pertaining to the protection of human rights.
Addressing a ceremony in Islamabad on Monday, she said child domestic labor has been proscribed through a piece of legislation. She said the provincial governments will also be requested to follow the suit.
The minister said we have one of the most progressive law regarding the rights of transgenders. She said progress has been made to implement it. A transgender center is being established to extend help to this community.
Poverty reduction journey facing economic slowdown
Islamabad
February 4, 2021
Islamabad : Pakistan’s impressive journey to reduce poverty in the last two decades is currently facing the risk of a protracted economic slowdown, or worse, a reversal in development gains due to the impact of COVID-19.
This was stated in a detailed report on ‘Covid-19 and Disaster Vulnerability in Pakistan: A Human Rights Based Analysis’ launched by the Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan, on Wednesday.
The report terms Pakistan government’s health response to a global pandemic as impressive. “However, the unprecedented nature of the virus and Pakistan’s historic weaknesses in the health sector have highlighted some areas that require considerations through a human-rights lens,” it mentions adding that strengthening Pakistan’s health system requires a strategic reorganization of healthcare delivery consistent
Islamabad : Ministry of Human Rights on Thursday started a comprehensive training programmes on resources and materials for the Human Rights Resource Portal.According to official detail issued by.
Multiple initiatives taken for PWDs’ solace
Islamabad
January 10, 2021
Islamabad : The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) has provided indoor health care services worth Rs72,000 under ‘Sehat Sahulat’ Programme from registered hospital as well as introducing a number of other initiates for the welfare of the Person with Disabilities (PWDs) during 2020.
The free of charge health facility was ensured through a highly transparent and computerised mechanism for those who were unable to get medical treatment in their meagre resources.
National Assembly of Pakistan has passed ‘The ICT Rights of Persons with Disability Act 2020’ during this time span, a MoHR official told this agency.