Foreign Minister endorses the goal of women empowerment at a High-Level Meeting on the 25th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. At a High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, the Foreign Minister expressed strong support for the full realisation of women’s rights. Reiterating Pakistan’s commitment to the fulfilment of strategic objectives agreed 25 years ago, the Foreign Minister stressed that more action was needed to achieve the desired goals. He reaffirmed that Pakistan would continue to play an active part in that endeavour. The Foreign Minister highlighted that women in Pakistan were equal partners in the nation’s socio-economic growth. The current Government, he said, encouraged women to shatter all glass ceilings that hindered the realization of their full potential. He underscored that gender sensitive policies were at the heart of Pakistan’s development paradigm. Moreover, the flagship Ehsaas Programme for poverty alleviation was designed to reduce the disproportionate effects of poverty on the female population. Ethiopia’s ‘town of runners’ tries to outpace pandemic The Foreign Minister added that the protection and promotion of women’s rights was a central pillar of the Prime Minister’s vision of creating … Continue reading FM Qureshi endorses Women Empowerment