SUKKUR: The International Women Day was jointly celebrated by the Institute of Gender Studies, Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) Khairpur and International Rescue Committee (IRC) in collaboration with Young Peace Development Corp (YPDC) here Thursday. The theme of the day was “Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality and Climate Change”.
Prof Dr Taj Muhammad Lashari, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences presided over the event while Mir Rohal Khan Khoso, Senior Superintendent of Police (S.S.P), Khairpur was the chief guest.
Talking to the participants, Prof Lashari said that women empowerment was the need of the hour. Women are confronting several issues including lack of education, absence in political process, economic rights and even right of inherent property, he said.
SSP Mir Rohal Khan Khoso said that as per the law of the land, men and women have equal rights and opportunities, and even our religion Islam also has protected the women’s rights.
He said in our society, women are deprived from their fundamental and legitimate rights. Forced marriages are alarming issues, he said urging that we must eradicate domestic violence from the society. He said if woman is educated, the entire family is educated.
We have taken drastic measures to lodge the FIRs against honor killing cases, the SSP told. Five incidents of honor killing occurred in Khairpur district in the year 2022, and the state has pursued the cases, he said adding, the role of Khairpur Police is not limited to merely a law enforcing force, rather its role protector of liberties of the people.
Director Institute of Gender Studies, Dr Agha Nadia spoke on the theme. She narrated the plight and implication of climate change on women.
She said as result of flood havoc, the women suffered a lot. In the advent of the unprecedented flood, the food insecurity emerged. We imported wheat from China and Russia, she added.