President Alvi Stresses Women’s Empowerment and Workplace Safety

WEB DESK

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi stressed the to take measures to improve the status of women, equip them employment opportunities and enabling working environment to increase their economic participation. He said that our religion Islam granted property rights to women and it was our responsibility to give them their due share and create a safer society for them.

President expressed these views while chairing a meeting during his visit to the Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment at Workplace (FOSPAH) Head Office, in Islamabad. Federal Ombudsperson for Protection Against Harassment at Workplace, Ms Fauzia Viqar, Secretary FOSPAH, Mr Arif Karim, advisors and officials of FOSPAH also attended the meeting.

Ms. Fauzia Viqar presented the achievements of FOSPAH in protecting women’s rights. She informed that FOSPAH was providing speedy justice in harassment at the workplace and property cases of women who had been deprived of their ownership rights. She informed that 725 harassment cases were registered with FOSPAH, during 2023, out of which 517 cases had been decided. She said that an upsurge had been witnessed in the registration of harassment and women’s property cases with FOSPAH due to the awareness campaign about its role and functions. She apprised the meeting that harassment of women and denial of property rights to women were pervasive issues in Pakistan. Appreciating the continued support of the President Dr Arif Alvi, she told the meeting that so far 208 representations against the decisions of FOSPAH had been filed with the President, out of which only 10 were under process with the office of the President while the rest had been decided.