Over 1,200 women from 80 districts in Pakistan participated in a conference on Thursday that was held in connection with the Rural Women Day event at the Lok Virsa Museum in Islamabad (Dawn). According to speakers at the conference, almost 79 percent of rural women are engaged in agricultural work, but they share only 21 percent of the total income earned in Pakistan. To help correct this imbalance, participants discussed having women represented in at least 33 percent of the positions in all levels government, granting women access to micro-credit facilities, and providing financial assistance to acid crime victims. It was the sixth annual Rural Womens Day conference to be held in Pakistan.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:55:20 +0000
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