June 12, 2021
On the eve of World Day Against Child Labour, the Hari Welfare Association (HWA) said on Friday that children in Sindh province were engaged in the worst forms of child labour with indecent and inhuman living and working conditions mainly because of the non-implementation of several bills related to them.
The rights body said the non-implementation of the Sindh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2013, the Sindh Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 2015, the Sindh Prohibition of Employment of Children Act, 2017, The Sindh Child Protection Authority Act, 2011, and Sindh Tenancy Act, 1950, posed question mark on a performance of the authorities in the province. It said that in Sindh, 6.4 million children were out of school, and the vast majority was engaged in child labour.
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National
April 11, 2021
KARACHI: The rights of peasants and rural workers in the province are vulnerable and unprotected due to the non-implementation of the existing laws, speakers told a seminar jointly organised by the Hari Welfare Association (HWA) and the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC).
SHRC Chairperson Justice (retd) Majida Rizvi said that the major issues are little awareness of the laws regarding the rights of peasants and rural workers, and no accountability of the officials of the relevant departments over the implementation of the laws.
She said that a monitoring mechanism needs to be developed within the SHRC, and each department concerned should submit a mandatory annual progress report on the implementation of the laws to the commission, which will provide annual or regular recommendations to the relevant departments.
The rights of peasants and rural workers in the province are vulnerable and unprotected due to the non-implementation of the existing laws, speakers told a seminar jointly organised by the Hari.