Ghani hopes other provinces will follow Sindh in empowering HBWs
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Sindh was the first province not only in Pakistan but also in South Asia that passed a law for home-based workers (HBWs) in 2018, giving them the status of recognised workers with social and legal protection like other workers, said the province’s labour minister on Monday. Saeed Ghani made these observations as the chief guest at an inter-provincial exchange of experiences by parliamentarians and senior government officials on the economic empowerment of HBWs in Pakistan. The two-day event that will conclude on Tuesday has been organised by the UN Women Pakistan in collaboration with Sindh’s Labour & Human Resource Department (LHRD). The minister said that the Sindh...