HYDERABAD: Speakers have underlined the need for conduct of sample survey as a follow up study to ascertain facts, labelling National Census 2017 as "disputed", "De' jure instead of De' facto", unreliable", "politically-motivated", "conducted by non-expert, untrained, non-professional bureaucratic apparatus in lieu of scientifically-trained, field-expert demographers in the country.
They strongly recommended a follow-up sample survey proposing SU to lead the survey in collaboration with institutions and individuals 'relevant', 'qualified' and 'fit' for the purpose.
They further said that the denial of rights to women is not only common but also rampant in Pakistan and the world. The scene worsens when the victims have nobody or nowhere to look up to seek remedy and justice.
The government as well the civil society need to take urgent heed, put in place strategies to implement, to provide speedy relief to such unfortunate lot of society. Population increase, high fertility rate, water-shortage-impelled by mass migration, poverty and illiteracy are some of the major factors adding to women's deplorable plight.
This they said at the Interactive Webinar organized by Sindh University's Department of Sociology in collaboration with Bureau of Students Tutorial Guidance / Counselling Services and Co-curricular Activities (STAGS).
SU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat in his presidential views hailed the proposal made to the effect of conduct of follow-up sample survey on National Census 2017, expressing the varsity's eager consent to it. Dr. Burfat in his PowerPoint presentation said that women the world over constituted around 71 per cent of workers in medical sector alone, including those working in care institutions. They spearheaded the battle against COVID-19.
As a consequence of the pandemic, they had to confront a dual weight: longer shifts at work and additional care work at home. "For the almost 100 million female workers at health and care institutions around the world, balancing work and family responsibilities has become a hard challenge.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020