KARACHI: Home Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) organised Women Workers Convention to mark International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women. HBWWF demanded for anti-harassment committees' formulation at all workplaces to stop violence against women at work.

Zehra Khan of HBWWF said that UN General Assembly proclaimed this day as International Day against Violence against Women in 1999. This day is commemorated in honour of three revolutionary sisters, Patria, Minerva and Maria Tresa who fought against notoriously Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo (1930-61). 

Mirabal sisters and their husbands were imprisoned and tortured, but they refused to give in and devoted their lives in order to secure their country's freedom and democratic order. These three sisters were revered as Unforgettable Butterflies and later honoured as women's rights icons. Persisting violence against women has significant impact on lives of working women everywhere. In Pakistan especially, violence against women is violation of their human rights and barrier to gender equality.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 26 2022

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