chitral photos

participants and speakers on the eve of one day

Seminar on Human and Women Rights at AKES Breshgram

organized by Legal Aid Forum for Human Rights Chitral

funded by TROCAIRE

 

for more detail see the following report

 

International Donors visited very remote and backward

areas of Chitral more fund for uplifting life standard

expected.

 

CHITRAL: Foreign Donors visited the most remote, non

accessible and backward area of Breshgram Karimabad

valley where they were briefed about the lack of civic

facilities in a workshop at Aga Khan Community Based

Higher Secondary School (AKCBHSS) Breshgram by male

and female participants in their presentation. Easy &

Equitable Access to Justice Program for Women of

Chitral (EEAJP) funded by TROCAIRE in collaboration

with Legal Aid Forum for Human Rights (LAFH) arranged

a one day workshop on human rights at AKCBHSS

Breshgram. Mr. Paul Braitnwaite, Pakistan Program

Office of TROCAIRE (Ireland) Miss Gulcheen Regional

Gender Officer, Miss Sarah M.Cann Gender Officer

Ireland Based, Miss Deirdre Ni Cheallaigh Gender

Officer Ireland based, Niaz Ali Shah Project

Coordinator, Niaz A Niazi President of LAFH Syed Akram

Shah Vice Chairperson Board of Director, Shokoor

Muhammad president Board of Governors and other spoke

on the occasion. The program was started with the

recitation from the Holy Quran. Miss Hasna read Hamd

Sharif, Niaz A Niazi welcome to distinguished guests

and briefed about LAFH.

 

Niaz Ali Shah project Coordinator given the task to

different male and female participants for group

working and presentation on Child rights and women

rights. Rashida Bebi a School Teacher of AKES

rhetorically delivered her presentation on women

rights. She also highlighted women rights and its

different aspects. Mrs. Zaiba Principal of a private

school also given her presentation on child rights and

emphasized on participants especially mother to

equally treat their children without any

discrimination in male and female. She said women folk

are confronting with so many problems in this male

dominant society. She said female are considering a

symbol of weakness even some mother abortion during

pregnancy if they knew if the baby is a female. She

said girls of this area are often deprived from

education due to no facilities by government.

Addressing to the seminar Mr. Paul said that we are

working for human rights all humanity having equal

rights. This is just start and implementation of human

rights in contents of local society will take long

time. Hence we support such organization who

protecting rights of other. Miss Sara said that

knowledge about something is must and awareness

minimizes our problems. Irish lady said that we can

nothing without awareness.

 

She expressed her great pleasure over opening of two

Free Legal Aid Centers at Booni and Chitral by this

project to support oppressed women of the area. She

said protecting human rights no need of buildings but

volunteer people. She also hailed services of LAFH and

said that hopefully it will carry equality in men and

women rights but it is a long journey and will take

long time she added. Miss Gulcheen also expressed her

views on the occasion. She stressed upon the women

folk to must get higher education which is the only

stair for our development. She said our destination is

so high as sky and we should to continue our struggle

for standardizing of our life. And we also should to

fight for those helpless women who can not raise voice

for their rights. Miss Deirdre Ni Cheallaigh said

while addressing the seminar that we must to respect

rights of each other. She said that the only to

maintain peace in the world is respecting of human

rights and in case of violation of human rights the

world peace will be disturbed badly. Shakoor Muhammad

former UC Nazim said that 50% girls are drop outing

after passing their middle or matriculation due to

lack of educational institutions in this backward

area. And existing schools are in very dilapidated

conditions which need attention of the authority. He

demanded for uplifting of the area provision of

computers in schools of the area. A large number of

male, female of the area participated the seminar.

 

Meanwhile trained but Jobless PST male and female

announced for continue hunger strike until their death

or fulfilling their demands. These male and female

youth are setting for the last 2 months in a token

hunger strike from 6 to 12 hours a day hence they

call for continue Hunger strike on Wednesday until

their death. Provincial Minister for Population

welfare Saleem Khan Chitrali also visited the hunger

strike camp and assured them of his full support. It

is worth to mention here that some 150 male and female

youths have been completed their Primary School

Teaching (PST) course and they demanding for

recruitments of PST in education department on

session/batch wise policy. As to adjust senior persons

before exceeding the maximum limit of their age.

G.H. Farooqi PO Box NO. 50 GPO Chitral Pakistan phone

No. 92 943 302295, 414418, 03025989602

Email: gulhamad@gmail.com , gulhamaad@yahoo.co.uk ,

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