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Alliance Against Sexual Harassment
Founded in 2001, Alliance Against Sexual Harassment (AASHA) is an alliance of non-government organizations (NGOs) including Action Aid Pakistan, Bedari, Working Women's Support Centre, Working Women Association, Federal Women's Welfare Agency, Conscience Promoters, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research, and Working Women Organisation. AASHA is a non-governmental organization operating in Lahore and Karachi which raises awareness regarding sexual harassment and lobbies the policymakers to take action against it. History Dr. Fouzia Saeed, a founding member AASHA, assisted in drafting a code of conduct for the workplace, which has served as the foundation of the anti-harassment bill. AASHA first drew up the code of conduct in 2003. It was implemented for test purposes in various companies, such as Attock Refinery, McDonald's and Shell. Later, the private sector, labor unions, academia, civil society, and the government were consulted and their suggestions incorporated. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Institute Of Labor Education And Research
Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & ResearchPILER was founded on 1 May 1982 by a group of concerned individuals from the trade union movement, academia and various other professions. Prominent among thfounding membersincluded Dr. Zaki Hassan, Nabi Ahmed, Muhammad Usman Baloch, Ghulam Kibria, Omer Asghar Khan, Karamat Ali, Anita Ghulam Ali and others. The year 2000 was a landmark in the organisation's institutional history as PILER shifted from a small rented office to its own custom-designed building constructed on 2,385 square yards of land. Equipped with a hostel, conference hall, library, board meeting room, common room and dining hall, the spacious office—designed by the PILER's friend and well-known architect-activist-urban planner Arif Hasan—was built with the generous financial support froStichting De Zaaieras well as contributions from PILER's international partners, local philanthropists, friends and well-wishers. PILER is a Not-for-Profit company, registered w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fouzia Saeed
Fouzia Saeed is a Pakistani social activist, gender expert, trainer/facilitator, development manager, folk culture promoter, television commentator, and author. Saeed is well known in the activist circles of Pakistan's social movement, having worked for decades on women's issues, especially those linked to violence against women, prostitution, women in the entertainment business, women’s mobility and sexual harassment. Her work on violence against women spans over 20 years and includes founding Bedari, the first women’s crisis center in Pakistan in 1991. For over a decade, she focused on reducing the level of sexual harassment and the impact of debt bondage on Hindu women. On 10 March 2009, the Pakistan People's Party Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gilani, named Saeed to a three-year term as one of the 15 members of the National Commission on the Status of Women. Subsequently, Prime Minister Gilani appointed Saeed as the Chair of the Sexual Harassment Legislati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attock Refinery Limited
Attock Refinery Limited ( ) is a Pakistani oil refinery headquartered in Rawalpindi. It is a subsidiary of UK-domiciled Attock Oil Company. It is the oldest oil refinery of Pakistan. It is listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange. History 1922–1978: Initial years and growth under Attock Oil Company Attock Refinery's history dates back to the early 20th century when British companies became interested in oil exploration in the Attock District of Punjab, which was then part of British India. In December 1913, a group of British companies established the Attock Oil Company with an initial investment of £25,000. Drilling operations commenced in January 1915, and the company discovered oil at shallow depths. The progress was interrupted by World War I, but after the war, the company began constructing an oil refinery at Morgah, which was connected to the oilfields through a pipeline. The refinery began operations in March 1922 with an initial capacity of 2,500 barrels per day. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Pakistan
The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assembly has a maximum membership of 336, of which 266 are directly elected by an adult universal suffrage and a First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system to represent their respective List of constituencies of Pakistan, constituencies, while 60 are elected on reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. Members hold their seats for five years or until the house is dissolved by the President of Pakistan, President on the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister. The house convenes at the Parliament House, Islamabad, Parliament House, Red Zone (Islamabad), Red Zone, Islamabad. Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage, representing electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Rights In Pakistan
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or Adolescence, adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses are capable of pregnancy and giving childbirth, birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, ''SRY'' gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Sex differences in human physiology, Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. An adult woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. These characteristics facilitate childbirth and breastfeeding. Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
