Punjab Woman Development Minister Hameeda Waheeduddin said on Wednesday that the Punjab government had introduced a comprehensive package to empower women so that they could fully explore their potential and play their due role in the national development.
The package is blend of administrative and legal reforms and is designed to be a comprehensive roadmap to put the country on the road to progress. Now, Pakistan is known for its conducive environment towards women, the minister said while addressing the daycare’s inauguration ceremony at the Punjab Education Foundation head office on Wednesday.
Chairman Qamarul Islam Raja and MD Tariq Mahmood, besides a large number of female staff, attended the ceremony. The daycare is set up through financial support from the Women Development Department.
The minister gave a detailed overview of different steps taken by the Punjab government to strengthen the overall status of women in the society.
She said that 56 daycare centers had already been set up in different government departments in Punjab. An amount of Rs 900 million has been earmarked for the construction of working women’s hostels. She said that it was satisfying that these hostels had already been set up in 16 different districts. Similarly, family court complexes have been constructed in ten districts while land has been identified in seven other districts for setting up family courts.
She said that women help desks had been established in 680 police stations in the province, where women staff was available to facilitate female visitors.
PEF Chairman Qamarul Islam said that Punjab Education Foundation had been working hard to help elevate women’s status through education, adding that 45 per cent of the student beneficiaries were girls.
