PESHAWAR: A prominent advocate for women’s rights Haroon Sarab Diyal and Women and Youth Rights Activist Raveen Mehak Diyal have urged the UN Women Pakistan and the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) to take immediate action to address issues faced by minority women especially living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) merged areas.
In a joint press release issued here on Thursday, they said despite efforts to promote women’s economic empowerment, minority women in these regions continue to face significant challenges due to limited access, lack of documentation, and insufficient resources.
They were of the view that departments concerned including the Ministry of Human Rights, Ministry of Women’s Development, Ministry of Minority Affairs, FATA Development Authority, and local authorities should work together to address these issues.
Under the project “*Advancing Women Economic Empowerment in Pakistan,”* UN Women Pakistan and NCSW can play a crucial
role in conducting research and assessments to gather data on women’s economic conditions and challenges.
They added that the project also call for engaging with local stakeholders to understand the ground reality, developing targeted interventions to address specific economic and social challenges, advocating for policy changes and legal protections for women’s economic rights and empowerment and providing capacity-building training and supporting women-led initiatives.
By taking these steps, they said the economic and social challenges faced by minority women in KP and FATA merged areas could be effectively addressed.