ISLAMABAD
\nThe 10th edition of 3-day long \u2018Aurat Hunar Mela\u2019 (National Women-at-Work Festival) to showcase women\u2019s work, products and services at the Lok Virsa, Shakarparian, Islamabad from March 8.
\nThis is the annual flagship event of Devcom-Pakistan (Development Communications Network) to mark the UN\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day that falls on March 8. This year the event is being organized in collaboration with the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa), Federal Ministry of National Heritage and Culture.
\nSpeaking to this scribe, Devcom-Pakistan Executive Director Munir Ahmed said: Over 100 marginalized communities and self-employed women will showcase their products, skills and services. They will be coming from different far flung areas such as northern parts including Chitral, Gilgit and Baltistan, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and South Punjab.
\nThis is in essence the theme of this year\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day that emphasizes \u201cinspire inclusion\u201d. He said several women folk singers will perform all three days while paintings of women artists will also be put on display at the Heritage Museum Gallery at the Lok Virsa.
\nA conference on CSR for Women Development will highlight the importance of the corporate sector\u2019s initiatives for women development. Some of the best initiatives will be recognized with awards.
\nHe said: The 8 March is a significant UN day dedicated to ensuring women\u2019s rights, empowerment and mainstreaming of their work. The celebration of the Day has played a key role in the global growth of women\u2019s rights campaigns, participation in the political and economic arenas and empowerment movement.
\nTheme of 2024 International Women\u2019s Day is very close to the heart of Devcom-Pakistan, a nonprofit voluntary organization, that has been promoting and mainstreaming marginalized women\u2019s work since its inception in 2003.
\nAhmed said: Devcom-Pakistan founded \u201cAurat Hunnar Mela\u201d (National Women-at-Work Festival) was founded in 2012 to celebrate women\u2019s work to inspire more women to enter into different sectors with proactive approaches. This event especially includes, promotes and mainstream women\u2019s human rights and economic empowerment, and the work of community women to strengthen their voices for social, economic and political participation.
\nFrom this year, Munir Ahmed said, Devcom-Pakistan will launch awards to recognize, encourage and appreciate the corporate sector for their great work under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for women development.
\nThe Devcom-Pakistan CSR Award for women development will include significant initiatives of the organizations in the corporate sector contributing to the women\u2019s education, health and hygiene, food and nutrition, skills development, economic empowerment, and to ensuring the women friendly policies and practices with women\u2019s internal engagement.
\nMunir Ahmed said CSR plays a pivotal role in community development to educate and empower women, and also to keep them active and healthy. There are many such initiatives but not accounted for in Pakistan\u2019s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) the way it should be. The importance of CSR for SDGs must be highlighted and counted in the progress of national SDGs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The 10th edition of 3-day long \u2018Aurat Hunar Mela\u2019 (National Women-at-Work Festival) to showcase women\u2019s work, products and services at the Lok Virsa, Shakarparian, Islamabad from March 8. This is the annual flagship event of Devcom-Pakistan (Development Communications Network) to mark the UN\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day that falls on March 8. This year the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-389535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n