Despite making up almost half of Pakistan’s population, women remain under-represented in the labour force. According to the recent Labour Force Survey 2020-21, women constitute only 21.3 percent of the total workforce. Women workers continue to face a multitude of issues at the workplaces including irregular employment, low and unequal wages, vulnerable working conditions, job…
Women workers celebrate registration of all-women ‘Women Workers Unity’ trade union ISLAMABAD, August 12, 2022: Women workers from across Pakistan convened here on Friday to celebrate the registration of Pakistan’s first-ever all-women trade union ‘Women Workers Unity’ and reiterated their demands for improving participation of women in economic life including establishing federal guidelines for minimum labour…
Adherence to and improvements in maternity benefits laws is important for effective economic participation of women workers.
Video of WWA member talking about challenge(s) faced by WWA in Islamabad, how the challenges were overcome and the achievements of WWA.
Video of Provincial coalition member talking about challenge(s) faced by WWA in Mirpurkhas, how the challenges were overcome and the achievements of WWA.
Video of WWA member talking about challenge(s) faced by WWA in Sukkur, how the challenges were overcome and the achievements of WWA.