{"id":16828,"date":"2024-09-04T06:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=16828"},"modified":"2024-09-04T06:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:32:46","slug":"steering-committee-on-pms-directives-for-womens-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=16828","title":{"rendered":"Steering Committee on PM&#8217;s directives for women&#8217;s empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"347\" data-id=\"16829\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240904-WA0031-1024x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240904-WA0031-1024x347.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240904-WA0031-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240904-WA0031-768x260.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240904-WA0031-1536x520.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240904-WA0031.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NCSW Hosts Steering Committee Session<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) hosted the third session of the Steering Committee on Prime Minister&#8217;s directives for the empowerment of women in Pakistan. The session was chaired by Director General, Ministry of Human Rights, Muhammad Arshad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary, Ministry of Human Rights, Allah Dino Khawaja, emphasized the need for speedy actions and responses from all stakeholders and partners, highlighting the Prime Minister&#8217;s keen interest in empowering women across Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee discussed key initiatives, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Establishment of 500 day care centers, with a proposed budget of Rs. 1.5 billion (Rs. 4.5 million per center).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creation of a &#8220;Working Women Endowment Fund&#8221; with a budget of Rs. 2 billion, to support women&#8217;s economic empowerment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disbursement of Rs. 500 million through NGOs and public sector organizations, to support projects focused on women&#8217;s education, health, economic, political empowerment, legal assistance, and disaster relief.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Chief Admin, NCSW, Shabana Nawaz, presented responses from provincial governments and assured incorporation of their recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session aimed to strategize efforts, ensure effective utilization of funds, and empower women across Pakistan through legislation, economic empowerment, and equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCSW Hosts Steering Committee Session Islamabad : The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) hosted the third session of the Steering Committee on Prime Minister&#8217;s directives for the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,5],"tags":[594,1332],"class_list":["post-16828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-national","tag-national-commission-on-the-status-of-women-ncsw","tag-secretary-of-the-ministry-of-human-rights-mohr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16830,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16828\/revisions\/16830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}