Staff Reporter
Owing to the efforts of Governor Punjab’s wife Begum Perveen Sarwar as the President of Punjab Girl Guides Association, Rescue 1122 and the University of Lahore have mutually launched a training program for girl guides in which they will be offered free training in various rescue courses.
Begum Perveen Sarwar has been appointed the Chief Patron Punjab region Country office Pakistan, WIO Award Academy.
According to details, Punjab Governor’s wife Begum Perveen Sarwar was talking to the media on Saturday and said that the Punjab Girl Guides Association is committed to empowering young girls. In the first phase, the University of Lahore, and Rescue 1122 Punjab have launched the training program for Girl Guides.
Various free training courses will be offered to girl guides, adding that our country cannot progress without the due contribution of women.
So, in addition to education, it is very important to equip young girls with skills that open various avenues of opportunities for them.
Begum Perveen Sarwar said that as the Founder of HunarGah and Chairperson of Sarwar Foundation, she is working towards the empowerment of underprivileged women through skills development.
Sarwar Foundation has opened Hunar Gah centers in rural areas across Punjab where women receive free training in stitching, sewing, dressmaking that enable them to earn a living for themselves and educate their children.
We have Hunar Gah centers in fifteen women jails of Punjab and we recently inaugurated a Hunar Gah at Quetta prison so that women prisoners learn an employable skill by the time they are released from jails and can live with dignity, she added.
Begum Perveen Sarwar also attended the 6th Annual National Olive Festival as the Chief Guest and invited the management of the Olive Festival to organize the next festival at Governor House.
Such initiatives should be encouraged and promoted as they play a significant role in promoting the agri-tourism that has the potential to strengthen Pakistan’s economy, she added.
