The implementation watch committee of national commission on the status of women concluded its work in a meeting for all its members.
Chair Dr Fouzia Saeed stated: “This committee, through its members, got thousands of inquiry committees in place in public and private sectors all over the country. It facilitated the appointment of a federal ombudsperson and oriented the regulatory bodies to look after their sectors in this regard.
Saeed said they had been quite successful in getting the mechanism in place. Now the focus will be on proper running of the system.” The members vowed to continue the process through their own organisations.
The members moved a motion to have continuation of this committee in some form to provide coordination function for the provinces and to continue the oversight at a national level. A task force was made for the transition and to ensure continuation of the functions.
She said: “I am happy that the provinces are taking on the work form here. All of them are setting up implementation watch committees under their women development departments which include influential people from public and private sectors and include representation of civil society and media.”
The provincial members of this committee, who were added after the 18th amendment, shared their updates. Sindh has already announced the committee and already had one orientation session for it. Punjab and Balochistan have formed the committees and will have the first proper meetings in April. Pakhtunkhwa is about to approve theirs soon.
The members of the committee received certificates of appreciation for their dedicated work over the two years.
Chair of the NCSW Anis Haroon distributed the certificates. Member Jamil Yousuf represented private sector from Karachi, Omar Hameed from the cabinet division, Rukhsana Rehman from establishment division, Maliha Husain from Mehergarh and Aqsa Khan from women organisation for research and development were highly appreciated for their time and commitment to pursue objectives of the committee.
