The speakers pointed to the issue of malnutrition prevalent among women in agriculture and lack of maternal care. There is no concept of maternity leaves for rural working women, they argued. Besides fewer educational opportunities for girls, intimidation, harassment and torture of women are common, they said. Women are excluded from economic rights such as share in property or business or any form of economic autonomy as it not considered acceptable, emphasised the speakers, elaborating on the marginalisation of rural women in the agriculture sector. The WWWT press conference welcomed the Sindh Women Agricultural Act 2019 and stressed the need for the law’s phase-wise implementation.

Source: The Express Tribune October 16, 2020 03:56 UTC