Zubair Qureshi
Gender biasness is deeply rooted in cultures, economies, political and social institutions around the world. Women are facing unacceptable levels of discrimination and abuse, which is not only wrong, but prevents them from playing a full part in society and its development.
These views were expressed by Chairman of the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Col (R) Amirullah Marwat while addressing an event titled “Journey to Self-Discovery and Empowerment of Rural Women: Skill Development Artisanry, Micro-Entrepreneurship, and Adult-Literacy & Numeracy under EU-Funded SUCCESS Programme.”
The event was attended by Founder Chairman of the NCHD Dr Nasim Ashraf, Deputy Head of Delegation, European Union Thomas Seiler, stakeholders and representatives of women rights groups.
Momentum Ventures in collaboration with NCHD had organized this conference to pay tribute to the hardworking women in remote areas and Women’s journey to self-discovery and empowerment of rural women through skill development Artisanry, Micro Entrepreneurship, Adult Literacy and Numeracy skills.
Col Amirullah congratulated the organizers for organizing an important event highlighting role of women on the eve of the International Women’s Day and explained the importance of education for women in the remote areas. He said NCHD’s Literacy programme was focusing on rural women. Thanks to the NCHD programmes, more than 4 million adult literate have been trained .While addressing on the occasion, Dr Nasim Ashraf said education was the single equalizer for the society. Pakistan lags behind in the Human Development Index (HDI) just because of lack of the will of the government. “We can only achieve political stability if we invest in the education of the nation. NCHD was created to support the line departments and improve HDIs with the support of the government,” he said.Allah Nawaz Samoo Chief Executive Officer TRDP said today there were over 60 million illiterate people in Pakistan and over 15 million illiterate people in the province of Sindh and the irony of the situation is that most of them are women and young persons. There is an urgent and an immediate need to eradicate illiteracy in order to build a more patient, tolerant and just society.
