ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Sania Nishtar has expressed joy as percentage of women in new Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships for fiscal year 2021-22 has reached 51%.
Nishtar in a tweet said, “I am delighted: 51% of the new #EhsaasUndergradScholarships for women this year! Tnx to gender data disaggregation & its use for accountability!”
“We must reimagine the role of women in the future workforce, which is being transformed by tech, digitization & burgeoning innovations,” she added.
She also shared a chart describing final province wise results of award of scholarship to women in the outgoing fiscal year.
I am delighted: 51% of the new #EhsaasUndergradScholarships for women this year! Tnx to gender data disaggregation & its use for accountability! We must reimagine the role of women in the future workforce, which is being transformed by tech, digitization & burgeoning innovations. pic.twitter.com/UQjGt7IKcl
— Dr Sania Nishtar (@SaniaNishtar) June 15, 2021
It shows the scholarships for women under Ehsaas initiative in Punjab stands at 59%, 41% in Sindh, 61% in Balochistan, 51% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 50% in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 45% in Islamabad and 50% in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Read more: https://pakobserver.net/beneficiaries-under-ehsaas-kafalat-programme-increased-to-10m-sania-nishtar/
