Honorary Goodwill Ambassador for Women Empowerment, Syeda Fiza Batool Gilani has hailed the passage of Women's Commission Bill from National Assembly and said the unanimous passage of this bill is a great leap forward for the cause of women empowerment in the country.
Fiza said here on Friday that the Women's Commission, with complete administrative and financial autonomy, would go a long way in empowering women in all facets of national activity. She expressed her hope that the bill will be passed by the Senate at an earliest possible date.
Fiza Gilani hailed the passage of the bill as the fruit of years of effort of Parliamentary Women Caucus. The Caucus was established by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza, for taking up the women-related issues more vigorously and relentlessly. The Caucus has been pursuing the passage of this bill for the last three years and eventually they have made its mark. She also appreciated the women's rights bodies' lobbying for the passage of the bill.
Coming on the heels of " Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Bill, 2008" and " Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act, 2011", this bill, once enacted into law, will herald a significant change in the condition of women across the country. Through the passage of this bill, the democratically elected government has fulfilled one of its promises for the emancipation and empowerment of Pakistani women, Fiza Gilani emphasised.
She said that the Women's Commission, armed with financial and administrative autonomy with powers of a civil court, would be a huge improvement over its predecessors, which have largely remained toothless due to lack of their independent status.
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