MULTAN: Civil society urged the government to introduce Industrial Homes for the training to Home Based Workers (HBW) and ensure laws to protect their rights as well.
In two forums organised by Home-net Pakistan in collaboration with Oxfam in Rajanpur and Lodhran, Project Coordinator Danish Batool while addressing a forum, said that there was an urgent need to frame laws for the protection rights of workers. She stated that the home based workers faced numerous problems including economic exploitation, security and health problems.
She claimed that 70 percent HBW were part of informal economic activities of country. She maintained that workers were denied of training or skills to manage their earning properly. The workers have no access to markets to sell their home made items against reasonable prices which also results into their economic exploitation, he added.
The forum recommended that there should be more focus on women socio-economic empowerment. Raising awareness about women friendly laws, establishment of Industrial Homes, Sales and Display centres, presences of HBW representatives in local bodies, equal wages for all and stop violence against women.
Chief executive Home-net Pakistan Ume Laila Azhar hoped that government would surely frame policies and laws related to protection of rights of the home based workers if HBW would continue to raise their voice. She claimed that home based workers would enjoy different facilities under labour act as other industrial workers use to enjoy.
Home Base Workers including majority of women and other stakeholders who attended the forum expressed pleasure and satisfaction and also promised to continue their voice in support of due rights in future also.
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