Pakistan told a United Nation (UN) panel that the present government is concentrating on economic empowerment projects as part of its efforts to create income generating activities for marginalised women.
Speaking in a high-level round-table meeting, Pakistan's chief delegate to the current session of the Status of Women, Fiza Batool Gilani, enumerated the benefits such women are receiving from Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), which is designed for reducing poverty across the country.
"The BSIP is the largest income support programme in Pakistan," she told delegates from around the world during a discussion on "The Empowerment of Rural Women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges." Ms Gilani, who is Pakistan's Goodwill Ambassador for Women Empowerment, commented besides cash grant of $12 per month, rural women have access to micro credit, skill development, health insurance and educational stipend for girls. "It (the programme) not only is contributing directly to the income of seven million poor families across the country but also has empowered women by channeling cash transfers through them."
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