KARACHI: They held banners demanding their rights. Some held photos of those who framed against his chest lost. And together, all burn in a formation placed candles on the eve '. 8 March outside the Karachi Press Club Read International Women's Day on Monday.
The event, which work together by the Association of homeworkers (HBWWF) and the National Federation of Trade Unions (NTUF), consisting of women at home, working women and families of the victims of the tragedy Baldia factory fire.
Shabnam Azam, a craftsman home Zardozi, said the basic problem is not a registered employee. "If I 12 prepare Sherwanis in one day, it Politicians will me only RS20 in it all day. But there is no one to raise his voice for us. Go and in our favor women day make statements, but do not forget us after ", he said.
Zahra Khan, secretary general of HBWWF said the atmosphere in the country is such that when laws on the one hand against the violence against women, the past and the millions of women homeworkers basic services are denied, including if they contribute to the production process. "Eighty percent contribution to the economy is in the informal sector and women are 70pc in this sector, and the number is increasing rapidly, with their contribution to 40pc to be. And yet they are recognition not given rights as workers. No salary ranges, no regular salary" , he said.
A. Nasir Mansoor, Deputy Secretary General of NTUF said women who "use to make their homes as factories products for the capitalists." Work at home They pay for electricity, gas and other bills itself. "A policy to protect the rights of domestic workers has been located, it is now expanding with the government without progress during his years next two and a half," he said.
Nuzhat Shirin, a social worker, said that workers courageously home health problems such as eye problems and breathing problems. "In addition to the health problems, they have no identity documents without roof over their head. Extreme poverty forces them to send their children to madrassas, such as food and education of any kind, is free because" he said.
Shahnaz Parveen, who lost her husband in September 2012 as Furqan Alam in the Baldia factory fire, he said, still wondering what it was to compensate her promised. "They say that the plant has been the victim of blackmailers. The factory owners are the rich, who are healthy and alive. Our breadwinner died in the fire. We are living hand to mouth, like," he said.
Dilshad Begum, the mother of Mohammad Azeem, a tailor who died in the fire, said marriage daughters and no source of income. "The little that was called compensation was not enough. There is a steady increase in our daily expenditure is considering that we are still alive, and no one to win," he said.
Gift occasion was also talk Anis Haroon Action Forum (WAF) platform women. "Women's rights to mobility, education and work needs to be protected by the state. Women should be recognized as equal partners in the development and also enjoy all the benefits granted by the Constitution and by international treaties Pakistan is signed," he said.
The demonstration called for all discriminatory laws against women are abolished and women are treated as equal citizens; End of the Jirga system and other legal systems; any discrimination on grounds of sex in the factories and workplaces; Justice for the families of fire victims Baldía factory; the elimination of all academic program content Anti-Women; a national policy for domestic workers with their rights enacted laws to protect and improve their working conditions; ensure the ratification and implementation of the tasks of the ILO Convention C177; Registration of home workers and subcontractors; ensure social security, including health care, education, employment, pensions and other facilities for home workers; and the abolition of traditions as dark Karo-Kari, Wani, Watta-Satta, Sawara, marriages and women passing through.
Published on the eve. 8 March 2016
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