ISLAMABAD: Women Parliamentarian’s Caucus has launched a web portal for coordination among all provincial caucuses and providing information about women related legislation and their parliamentary role.
The portal was launched at National Conference of Women’s Parliamentary Caucus held here in Islamabad on Thursday. The web portal will connect women caucuses of all four provincial assemblies, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir Assembly and provide comprehensive data on women initiated and women oriented legislation.
Addressing the conference as a chief guest, Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf said women empowerment is inevitable for progress of the country. He said unless we respect our women and provide opportunities for them, development and prosperity will remain an elusive dream.
The Speaker lauded the active role of women parliamentarians in parliamentary business. Speaking on the occasion, women parliamentarians, representatives of federal and provincial caucuses called for maximum women participation at all levels in the general elections. They also emphasized on creating an enabling environment for women in all fields.