Ministers vows to end violence against women and eradication of child marriage

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Women Development Hameeda Waheed-ud-Din and Minister for Minority Affairs Khalil Tahir Sindhu have said that the bill of violence against women will soon be presented in the Punjab Assembly. They said this while addressing a provincial conference on the topic of violence against women and eradication of child marriage held under the aegis of Aurat Foundation at a local hotel today.

Justice (R) Nasira Javed Iqbal, Dr. Masood-ur-Rehman, Mehnaz Rafi, Shahida Naseem, Mumtaz Mughal and others addressed the function and highlighted the importance of role of the government and the society in eradicating violence against women.

Provincial Ministers said that the women are important part of the society and in view of importance of their role, government is making legislation for their protection. They said that various organizations in Punjab are playing positive role for women rights. They said that the social and mental attitudes of the society cannot be changed without making it an educated society.

Hameeda Waheed-ud-Din and Khalil Tahir Sindhu said that government has introduced protection of women rights bill 2012 and Women Package 2014 and its monitoring is continuing for ensuring implementation on it. They said that the minimum age limit for marriage will be fixed as 18 years. They said that amendment is also being made in the law of harassing women at workplace.

The Provincial Ministers said that the recommendations are also being formulated for ensuring representation of women in local government.