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Two day Workshop on
finalizing the Implementation modalities for
Home Based workers Policy/Law in Sindh
29-30 June 2016
Hotel Marriot, Karachi
Organized By: HomeNet Pakistan
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List of Acronyms
HBWWCA Home base women worker association center
HNP HomeNet Pakistan
SWD Social welfare department
WDD Women development department
SESSI Sind employees social security institution
PESSI Punjab employees social security institution
DOL Department of labor
BMST Business Management Skill Training
CMST Community Management Skill Training
DoL Department of labour
WDD Women development department
SWD Social welfare department
LG Local Government
PPP Pakistan People’s Party
PMLN Pakistan Muslim League (nawaz)
PMLQ Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam )
PSD Punjab skill development
SIRA Sindh Industrial Relation Authority
DoL Department of Labour
LHRD Labour and Human Resource Department
DDoL District Department of Labour
PCSW Provincial Commission on the status of women
OSH Occupational, Safety and Health
NCSW National Commission on the status of women
WEP Women Empowerment Package
HBW Homebased worker
DW Domestic Worker
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Rationale of the Workshop HomeNet Pakistan is directly involved in the advocacy and lobbying with the parliamentarians and
government departments for mainstreaming of the HBWs issues. With the support from UN women
and ILO in post devolution scenario the LHRD had been engaged in the HBWs policy process at the
provincial level. The finalization of the HBWs policy in Sindh and the processes adopted had been
shared with the parliamentarians and relevant stakeholders including the employer’s federations,
workers representatives and HBWs organizations time and again and their advice, recommendations
sought during the project period, and also as a continuous process of advocacy by HNP.
Since 2013 LHRD Sindh have shown commitment on the HBWs issues and had desired to have more
consultative session on developing a better understanding on the HBWs issues and giving it a concrete
shape by brining in the policy and law and implementation it with full zeal.
HomeNet Pakistan with the support of ILO and LHRD Sindh is organizing a two day activity for
developing implementation mechanism for the protection of HBWs.
Main Objectives of the Two Day Workshop:
The main objective was to bring the HBWs legislative draft into practical implementation plan through
holding this two day consultative workshop with LHRD officials, Workers and employers representatives
to finalize the implementation mechanism for HBWs legislative draft.
The purpose of the workshop was to engage relevant stakeholders in tripartite consultative process to
finalize implementation plan for HBWs in Sindh. The representatives from Labour and Human Resource,
Women Development, Social Welfare, Local government and planning and development departments,
Pakistan workers and employers’ federations, representatives from 7 district action committees, home based
workers , domestic workers , Agri workers and fishery workers along with relevant key line departments
and stakeholders participated in the workshop.
Methodology Adopted:
The two day workshop was organized in collaboration with ILO and Labour and Human resource
Department Sindh. The two day workshop methodology were mix of sessions using different tools like
PowerPoint presentations, documentaries, plenary, group work,
The workshop was consist of sessions on Informal sector , dialogue on the Importance of the HBWs
in Economy , PowerPoint presentation on the present processes , Successes models from Asia ,
discussion in Plenary on HBWs Draft Bill , Group work and Question/Answer Session.
Target Group: 1- Department of Labour
2- Pakistan workers federation
3- Employers federation of Pakistan
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4- Line departments (Women development, Planning and development, Local government, social
welfare, finance department, Special Initiatives department, Provincial Bureau of statistics)
5- Representatives of District Action committees from Hyderabad, Thatta, Sanghar, Sukkur,
NawabShah, Dadu and Mithi)
6- HBWs organizations, Federations, Unions representatives, NTUF, Fisher folk forum.
7- CSO (PILER, Aurat Foundation, SPO, TRDP, LEF, SAFCO, WDO,)
8- Representatives of Agri and Fishery Unions.
Expected Outcomes:
1. Increased knowledge of 40 stakeholders (LHRD, Workers representatives, Employers) on
Informal sector issues specifically HBWs issues.
2. Increased knowledge on initiatives for HBWs and draft legislation.
3. Final draft of the Implementation plan for protection of HBWs in Sindh.
4. Consensus among the tripartite bodies for protecting the HBWs and other workers in the Informal Economy
5. Establishment of the “Directorate of the Informal Economy” within the LHRD.
Results: 1. Draft implementation plan for the protection of HBWs at the provincial level.
2. Agreement on the Establishment of “Directorate/Unit of the Informal Economy” within the
LHRD.
Day 01, Wednesday 29 July, 2016
Inaugural of the Workshop
The Two Day on finalizing the Implementation modalities for Home Based workers Policy/Law in Sindh
was started by welcome note by representative fromHomeNet Pakistan.
The workshop was formally started with the recitation of the Holy Quran by Mr. Abdul Ghaffar Sherani
from DAC Hyderabad, there was round of introduction in which the participants introduced with their
names, designations and departments.
Ume Laila Azhar Executive Director HomeNet Pakistan presented key note address to the participants, she
said that the main purpose of the workshop was to engage relevant stakeholders in tripartite consultative
process to finalize implementation plan for HBWs in Sindh. We are looking forward towards productive
output from all stakeholders; the final implementation plan of HBWs policy would be shared with LHRD
Sindh.
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The workshop proceeded by following the agenda:
Session I
Title: Importance of the Informal economy and situation in Pakistan
Chair: Dr Mustafa Suhag
Moderator: Ume Laila Azhar
Speakers
HNP/HBWs
DWs Union Representatives
Mr. Waqar Memon from Pakistan Workers Federation
Mr. Ayoub Shaan from Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum
Concluded by:Mr. Habib ud Din Junedi Convener Sindh Solidarity Committee The session I was about the importance of Informal economy and situation in Pakistan, it was categorized
into different informal sectors and speakers were representatives from HomeBased, Domestic, Agri and
Fishery Workers shared their issues.
i) Home Based Workers:
Home Based Worker Leader HomeNet Pakistan from Baldiya Town Karachi highlights the issues and ways
of organizing home based workers,
She said HBWs are facing issues of low wages, extreme poverty and bad governance issues; they don’t
have access towards markets, we are living under hardships but no policy or laws look into this. There are
no specific schemes for us, not a single mechanism of ascertaining wages, no complaint mechanism, and
no health security has ensured by Government for us”
She further added that HomeNet Pakistan supported us and formed our groups through organizing and
mobilizing strategy. We the workers have resolved our issues related to bad governance in our areas, still a
large number of workers don’t have access towards their basic legal rights and other opportunities, we urge
Government of Sindh for speedy approval of policy.
ii) Domestic Workers
There are approximately 8.5 million domestic workers in Pakistan, most of them women, they also
include a large number of boys and girls, domestic workers were a significant portion of the informal
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economy. These workers remain unregulated, are not covered by labour laws…are also vulnerable
to all kinds of exploitation.
HomeNet Pakistan in collaboration of The Plan International Pakistan in year 2011, helped domestic
workers of Islamabad and Rawalpindi last year to set up first of its kind union in Pakistan. “HomeNet
Pakistan worked for over two years with the workers to convince them to form a union/association.
Later on, in this year 2015 another component of Domestic Workers was added up to organize
Domestic Workers and to push up the advocacy process of policy practice & implementation at
provincial level in Punjab and Sindh including Lahore and Karachi, HomeNet Pakistan conducted
baseline survey, for this HNP team developed questionnaire around the basic issues of Domestic
workers related to their Household, socio-economic status, wages, discrimination they have faced
during their work, capacity building for providing them alternative skills, and issues faced on basis of
religion. 200 women Domestic Workers responded as per questions asked in database.
A DW leader Kalsoon from Itehad Town Karachi said “Each domestic worker employed in the house,
whether a child or a good old’ massi ji, that it’s very clear to them that they are less of a human being
and that it is ok to treat them differently. We pay them to work of course and give them leftover food
but they cannot sit with us or eat in our dishes. I asked my mother this question and she said “beta
because they are dirty.” She further added that “Majority of DWs women are not receiving any financial
aid from Government announced packages for women empowerment including BISP, Women
empowerment schemes announced for the women socio-economic development etc. In many areas of
Karachi, hundreds of Technical & Vocational education centers for women artisans are not
functional”. The issues are also related to the interfaith harmony, low confidence, harassment, low
wages etc.Thus it is a dire need to demand policy formulation for domestic workers in Sindh.
iii) Agriculture Workers
Mr. WaqarMemon Chairman Pakistan Workers Federation
highlighted the issues of agriculture workers in Sindh; he
recommended making amendments in laws for social security
of agri- workers. He also stressed the fact that occupational
health and safety laws needs to be extend to the Agriculture
workers. The union of the agri workers present on the occasion
shared how the union is working in developing the
bargaining skills of the workers. He demanded there is needed
to make amendments in other labour laws like
amendments made in SIRA for agri-workers. Karachi: Mr. Waqar Memon highlighting the issues of Agri-Workers in Sindh
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iv) Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum
Mr. Ayoub Shaan from Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum demanded
to formulate laws for social protection of fishery workers in
Sindh. More than 40 lac workers are working in the fishery
sector.
The main issue is of the health and economic protection. The
women from the fishery sector are now leaving the sector due
to low wage and shifting to home base work and domestic
work.
Q/A Session In /Q/A session, the participants were asked questions related to formulation of domestic workers policy,
Dr. Mustafa Suhag appreciated HNP’s efforts to bring forward the issues of DWs that is usually ignored.
He said that till women do not get their rights and are not oppressed, this country cannot go forward and
that developed countries have reached their place only by giving their women equality. He, too, said that
the base is to recognize DWs as labours. He said that it is sad that in DWs are not even defined in any law.
This consultation is a beginning of the process. This meeting wouldn’t change DWs lives overnight but this
marks as the start of a process that will get DWs the rights they are entitled to. The issues will first be
highlighted, then it will be taken to governmental level, then to employers’ level, and when unions raise the
issue of DWs it will become one united voice for the rights of DWs. When the government then gets to the
issue, it will be seen in the context of the country and the provinces but he assured that once it comes on
the agenda of the government, things will move towards the solution, he further assured that Sindh
government will soon notify the task force for formulation of DW policy in Sindh.
Conclusion of Session I
The session I was concluded by Mr. Habib
ud Din JunediConvener Sindh Solidarity
Committee
Mr. Habib ud Din Junedi Convener Sindh
Solidarity Committee concluded the session
I, he said that after 18thamendments, it is
now important to formulate laws for
informal sector workers, there is need to
allocate budget for HBWs policy
implementation after approval of policy.
Karachi: Mr. Junedi Convener Sindh Solidarity Committee concluding the
session I
Karachi: Mr. Ayoub sharing situational analysis of fishery workers in Sindh
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Session II
ILO commitments on Informal Economy and Global Trends
R 204-2015
ILC 2016 on Global supply chains
Q & A/Comments
Chaired by: Mr. Ghulam Nabi Memon Joint Director LHRD Sindh
Moderator: Ume Laila Azhar
Speakers
Ms. Ume Laila Azhar Executive Director HomeNet Pakistan
Mr. Karamat Executive Director PILER
Concluded by: Dr Mustafa Suhaag Director Labour
Ms. Ume Laila Azhar, in session II said
that by keeping in view the new global
emerging trends in the informal economy
and the transition from the Informal sector
to the Informal economy in the year 2015
ILO has adopted a Formal definition of
Informal economy making it exclusive.
According to the definition of ILO
recommendation 204-2015 “All economic
activities by workers and economic units
that are – in law or in practice – not
covered or insufficiently covered by
formal arrangements. The commitment
and goal of the ILO is to promote “Decent
Work” along the entire continuum from
the informal to the formal end of the
economy in development-oriented,
poverty reduction-focused and gender-
equitable ways. Therefore, it becomes imperative that the informal economy and the workers contributing
in the informal economy need to be protected under one mechanism. Sindh Industrial relation Act has
included Agriculture and fishery workers and they have formed unions now. Likewise HBWs and Domestic
worker need to be included in the SIRA and brought under social protection regime. Stating example of
India, she said that State government of India have introduced smart cards for the “unorganized sector
workers” covering their social protection needs. 88% of India’s populations work in unorganized sector.
The scheme would be launched in phases and in the initial phase target is to issue 10 crore UWIN cards. It
will be a chip based card and 40 crore workers would get benefit. She urged the need to replicate the same
in Pakistan and Sindh could pilot the scheme because the environment for
Karachi: Ume Laila Azhar sharing views on R-204
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informal workers is more conducive .She said that this workshop would pave a way for the establishing a
“Directorate/Unit of Informal workers” within the Province in order to register the workers in the informal
economy , predominantly HBWs, DWs Agri, fishery workers in future.
ILC 2016 on Global supply chains
Mr. Karamat Ali Executive Director PILER
said every workers matter in global supply chain
process. All conventions of ILO are based on
ground realities, the self employed or informal
workers are large in numbers in Pakistan
including Sindh, there are 8000 unions are
currently registered in Pakistan having
membership of 400,000 workers which is
relatively low as compared to other developing
countries, he urged that Government must
announce policy of HBWs which is being
delayed from a long time.
Q/A Session The floor was open for questions and discussion where the labour officers mainly discussed the procedure
of implementation of the policy.
Mr. Ghualm Nabi Memon Joint Director Labour Sindh responded that The Labour Department has
identified three time frames for the implementation of the policy and to bring HBWs within the social
protection mechanism: short, mid and long term. In short term, the aim is to recognize HBWs as workers,
they be registered, and they be given social security. In midterm, HBWs be given access to vocational
training institutes. Taking care of their health will also comprise a large part of midterm plan, in which
since most of HBWs are women health would largely deal with maternity health protection. The midterm
plan would also include inclusion of housing or marriage grants for HBWs and whatever laws are made are
women friendly. In long term, HBWs will be given micro credit facilities for marketing in local and
international markets and advisory services. There will be inclusion of HBWs in existing laws and
ratification of ILO Convention 177; it was recommended that another workshop will be organized by
HomeNet Pakistan where labour officers perform a day long activity to map out the implementation of
HBWs policy.
Conclusion of session II:
Dr Mustafa Suhaag Director Labour concluded the
session and said that a according to the policy draft, the
social security benefits must be ensured for the workers
including women & the law must be implemented at all
work places without any gender discrimination. He said
that HomeNet Pakistan’s contribution is remarkable in
policy advocacy of homebased workers in Pakistan he
added. Karachi: Dr Mustafa concluding the session
Karachi: Mr. Karamat ED PILER sharing views in workshop day 01
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Session III
Protection and regulation of HBWs
Protection Mechanism for HBWs in Sindh
Chair: Mr. Karamat Executive Director PILER
Moderator: Ume Laila Azhar
Speakers Mr. Ghulam Nabi Memon Joint Director LHRD Sindh
Concluded by: Mr. U R Usmani from Employers Federation of Pakistan
Protection Mechanism for HBWs in Sindh
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Memon Joint Director
LHRD Sindh has shared updates on social
protection mechanism for HBWs in Sindh; he
added that Government of Sindh has taken lead
in new policy formulation by keeping in view
the issues of homebased workers regarding their
social security issues. He shared that Labor
Department Sindh have formulated provincial
policy for occupational, safety and health Policy
and law in Sindh. The draft has been sent to the
cabinet for review & approval. Sindh Labour
department have amended 12 laws over the past
few months ensuring protection of workers. We
are very keen on taking the HBWs law further
and the data collection of HBWs workers in
other districts.
Provincial Implementation Plan for Home Based
workers
Guiding principles HBWs
The Government of Sindh recognizes its constitutional obligations and is inspired and guided by the
principles as enshrined in the relevant articles of the constitution in formulation of this policy.
• Gender Equality and Non-discrimination
• Elimination of Exploitation ,abuse and harassment
• Empowerment of women
• Social and economic well-being of the People
• Freedom of association
• Elimination of child labour
Karachi: Mr. Ghulfam Nabi Memon sharing view on HBWs policy Sindh
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Goal of the Provincial HBWs Policy Sindh
The goal of the policy is to recognize and accept the rights of the HBWs through legislative and
administrative actions; accord legal equality; focus on their needs, concerns and demands through an
institutional approach at all levels. The Government of Sindh shall recognize that HBWs as a special
category of workers¸ and distinct from domestic workers, that includes:
a) Person who works within the home boundaries, or in any other premises of his / her choice, but
excluding the premises of the employer’s or contractor’s workplace;
b) a person who works at home for remuneration or monetary returns;
c) a person who is self-employed or does piece-rate, own-account, or contract work, which results in a
product or services as specified by the employer / contractor.
Plans of HBWs policy Sindh
Short Term Medium Term Long Term
Recognition of HBWs as “Workers”
Registration of HBWs with labour
department, Social security
institutions EOBI and Workers
Welfare Board
Identification of categories of HBWs
through data collection
Identification/registration of
employers/contractor
Determination of fair / minimum
wages for HBWs across Province
Skill Development Trainings to HBWs through
STEVTA and other Vocational Training
Institutes for establishing their own businesses.
Specific reference to Maternity Protection along
with the other schemes.
Creating space for HBWs in the future planning
and legislation of the provinces in context of
urban housing schemes, infra structure, women
friendly laws etc
Setting up Micro Credit,
marketing and Advisory
Services for the HBWs at
the district level
Access to local and
international markets
New legislation for HBWs
and amendment in existing
labour laws.
Ensure Ratification of ILO
Convention 177.
Session III was concluded by Mr. U R Usmani from
Employers Federation of Pakistan
Mr. UR Usmnai from Employers Federation of Pakistan
supported the protection mechanism as planned for the HBWs.
He said that” law for HBWs needs to be implemented in full
spirit so that every single home based worker is protected and is
not left behind”. Sindh government can adopt the gild
mechanism and bring all the left out HBWs in the ambit, the law
can be piloted and then extended to all provinces; Usmani said. Karachi: Mr. UR Usmani speaking at the occasion
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Session IV
Chalking out of the Provincial Implementation plan
Facilitator: Mr. Ghulam Nabi Memon Joint Director LHRD Sindh
In this session, the participants were divided into three groups and below were the questions asked in
groups, a group was composed of 8-10 people from diversified departments
Facilitators ‘ Note
What HOW Who Challenges Solutions
Questions to generate
discussion : what
needs to be done to
ensure the
implementation of
HBWs as registered
workers ?
What can be done other
than as proposed in the
law?
Steps to be taken at :
Micro
Mezzo
Macro level
How will it be
ensured at the district
level, provincial
level? Which other
departments &
stakeholders you
think needs to be
involved?
What specific support
they can provide in
the implementation?
Which existing
schemes can be
linked to HBWs ?
What new schemes
can be introduced?
Who will take lead
in ensuring the
implementation?
Who would be
included? Who are
the Important and
key stakeholders?
What challenges
do you see in the
proposed plan of
action ?
Challenges at the
grass root level,
provincial level
and organizational
level?
From which
quarters do you see
the challenges ?
What are the
solutions in your
view ?
Who are the key
players in
addressing the
challenges ?
Karachi: Highlights of Group Work
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The recommendations from Group I was presented by Sana Rubab from PILER:
1. Keeping in view the growing informal sector, diversified configuration and paradigm of
the Informal Economy; and the recent amendments in the Sindh Industrial relation act
(SIRA) it was strongly recommended that there is need to establish “Directorate for
Informal workers” for registration of Informal workers including HBWs in Sindh.
2. The policy for HBWs in Sindh must
be approved from the Cabinet on immediate
basis and implementation of the legislation to
be ensured.
3. Prioritize the adoption of the Policy
on Home Based Workers and ensure its proper
implementation so as to guarantee women
access to social security benefits; and, take
measures to ensure that the correspondent
policy is adopted at the provincial level.
4. Department of Labour and human
Resource –Sindh ; needs to chalk out and
finalize the implementation plan for the
finalization of HBWs legislative draft based on the recommendations from the two day
workshop in a smaller close group of experts ensuring the tripartite presence.
5. There is need to allocate budget for HBWs policy implementation after approval of policy.
The recommendations’ from Group II were presented by Mr. Makhdom Taufeeq: 1. The establishment of provincial ombudsman
for monitoring of labour laws mechanism,
complaints for compliances and effective
policy implementation of HBWs must be
ensured.
2. Provisions for the registration of home base
workers and contractors should be devised
and implemented by the LHRD in order to
improve work structure and to make the
workers’ voice heard.
3. Ensure adoption and inclusion of the ILO
recommendation 204 R (2015) with regard to
extending the labour regime to the workers of
the informal sector.
4. Government of Sindh must notify task force to formulate policy for domestic workers.
5. Formulate policies for the social protection of fishery workers in Sindh by keeping in view
the huge number of fishery workers.
Karachi: Mr. Taufeeq presenting recommendations on behalf of group II
Karachi: Ms. Sana Rubab sharing recommendations on behalf of group I
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The Group III
Recommendations were presented by Ms. Shehla Rizwan HBW leader and Mr. Ayoub Shaan
from Pakistan Fisher folk forum:
1. LHRD with the support of organizations working for Home based workers need to initiate
awareness programs facilitating the process of forming small groups, syndicate,
2. Unions or cooperatives for solution of their problems and provision of the social protection
benefits to them.
3. Establishment of “One window operation”; an independent institution, instead of many social
security institutions, which can provide social security benefits to all the workers effectively.
4. LHRD in collaboration with the VTIs and other related departments should develop a
comprehensive plan for the capacity development of women in the informal sector, focusing
HBWs and Domestic workers , contractors, middle persons .
5. The issues related to disaster and other human crisis needs to be readdressed for informal
workers.
6. LHRD in collaboration with women development and health department and Home Net
Pakistan should initiate awareness raising sessions on occupational and safety for the women
in the informal economy focusing women home based,domestic, fisheries and agriculture .
7. There is need to recruit women labour inspectors and initiate programs for capacity building
of labour inspectors in Sindh. Enhance quota in the PCS positions of labour inspectors at
provincial and district level.
8. There is a need to strengthen
institutional capacities for the
generation and use of social
protection statistics for effective
policy planning for informal sector.
9. A unified and UNIVERSAL Social
Security Scheme must be designed to
not only address the contingencies but
also include measures to remove
/reduce the scope of contingencies.
The SSS must be designed in such a
way to insure the “get back’ from the
corporate, rather than extracting from people further.
10. Provisions for the establishment of “Sindh Social protection Authority” through law ; should
be explored on the lines of the Punjab Province .
Karachi: Ms. Shehla Rizwan and Mr. Ayoub Shaan sharing recommendations of group III
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The members from 7 districts including Sukkur, Mithi, Dadu, Hyderabad, Sanghar,Thatta and
Shaheed Benazir-a-bad City along with other relevant stakeholders chalked out implementation
on plans for HBWs in Sindh. They demanded approval of HBWs policy; they purposed
Government to initiate pilot projects for social security and registration of HBWs. Law for the
home based workers should include issuance of the exclusive social security cards for the workers
. The establishment of provincial ombudsman for monitoring of labour laws mechanism and
effective policy implementation of HBWs must be ensured; the participants demanded.
Closing of Day 01 The day 01 was closed after the group presentations; Ms. Ume Laila Azhar concluded the last session
and shared overall recommendations generated from the group work.
Group Photo A group photo of the present participants was captured before the aftaar dinner.
Karachi: Group Photo of the participants
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Day 02, 30 June 2016 Recap of Day 01 The day 02 was started with the recitation of the Holy Quran,
The recap session was divided into four parts; each participant has shared the recap of one session.
1. Mr. Abdul Ghaffar Sherani DAC Coordinator Hyderabad shared the recap of session I
2. Mr. Ayoub Shaan from Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum recapped the II session
3. Ms. Shakeela Asgar Social Mobilizer form NOW Communities shared the recap of session III
4. Ms. Sana Rubab from PLIER shared the recap of session IV
Recap Session is in progress
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Proceedings of Day 02
Mr.Abdul Rasheed Solongi
Secretary Labour Sindh started
the day 02 with formal key note, he
said that policy of HBWs has
been finalized and sent to the
cabinet for approval. We are
hopeful that Sindh would take
lead approving the HBWs policy.
He further added that this
workshop would surely serve the
purpose in bringing more clarity
to the LHRD in the
implementation of the HBWs
legislation and setting up a
district based mechanism.
Government of Sindh is
committed to take women
empowerment through ensuring
concrete steps; this would further ensure Economic empowerment of home based workers.
Session V
Chair : Mr. Karamat Ali Executive Director PILER
Moderator: Dr. Mustafa Suhaag Director Labour Sindh
Speakers:
Mr. Saghir Bukhari from ILO
Ms. Ume Laila Azhar Executive Director HomeNet Pakistan
Mr. Ghalam Nabi Memon Joint Director Labour Sindh
Concluded by: Senator Taj Haider
Protection and regulation of Informal Economy
ILC 2015-2016 on Informal economy and global supply chain
Successful models in Asia
Mr. Saghir Bukhari from ILO joined the session via Skype Call; he said that ILO along with
other UN agencies is very keen on taking the HBWs policy implementation forward to the next
step. He said that HBWs are found in the supply chains. ILO is committed towards workers decent
work protection and that include the home based workers and other informal workers .Bukhari
said that Homeworkers produce goods and services for both global and domesticsupply chains
from within and around their homes. Home-workers are a sub-set of “home-based workers” who
also include self-employed workers who buy their own raw materials and supplies and sell their
own finished goods, mainly to local customers and buyers.
Karachi: Mr.Abdul Rasheed Solongi Secretary Labour Sindh presenting key note
the day 02 on day 02
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Home-based workers represent a significant share of employment in some countries, particularly
for women, and especially in Asia. Under the most common sub-contracting arrangement, the
home workers provide the workplace, pay for utilities, and buy/rent and maintain their own
equipments.
Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains
• Homeworkers produce goods for global supply chains from within or around their own homes:
stitching garments and weaving textiles; stitching shoe-uppers and footballs; producing craft
products; processing and preparing food items; rolling incense sticks, cigarettes and cigars;
assembling or packaging electronics, automobile parts, and pharmaceutical products; and more.
• Although they remain largely invisible, homeworkers are engaged in many branches of industry—
old and new—and represent a significant share of employment in global supply chains, especially
in Asia.
• To cut costs and maximize profits, many firms outsource production to homeworkers, especially
women.
• Advances in technology have facilitated this outsourcing of production to homeworkers.
Homework in its modern form is therefore driven in large part by the purchasing practices of firms,
and is facilitated by changes in trade and technology.
• Outsourcing of work to homeworkers, and the associated downloading of costs and risks to these
workers, is therefore inextricably linked to recent shifts in how global production is organized.
How are homeworkers inserted into supply chains?
• Homeworkers produce goods and services for both global and domestic supply chains from within
and around their homes.
• Under the most common sub-contracting arrangement, the homeworkers provide the workplace,
pay for utilities, and buy/rent and maintain their own equipment.
Legal Protection
• There is a global standard — ILO Convention 177 on Homework, 1996 — which has been ratified
by ten countries. Argentina, Germany and Thailand have passed legislation specific to
homeworkers. Other countries, including Brazil, Peru and South Africa, have not ratified the
Convention, but have incorporated homeworkers into legislation regulating labour
relations. Homeworkers have also been included through supply chain legislation.
• South Australia’s Fair Work Act, that regulates the entire supply chain in the textile, footwear and
clothing industries, was amended in 2012 to include homeworkers. However, the implementation
and enforcement of legislation to protect homeworkers is limited, even where countries have
ratified C 177.
Successful models in Asia Ms. Ume Laila Azhar presented the successful models in Asia; she said that The UN CSO adopted a vision
statement in June 2013
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“An equitable and sustainable world where every person is safe, resilient, lives well and enjoys
their human rights, and where political and economic systems deliver well being for all people
within the limits of our planet’s resources.”
Current social protection structures and
policies
Hong Kong
• Setting up of statutory Minimum Wage
in 2011 is a major improvement of social
protection in HK especially for the
working poor. The first SMW rate was
3.6 $ per hour in 2011 (28 HK $) raised
to 3.8 US $ (30 HKD) in 2013 . 7 percent
employees could get benefit from the
increase in the SMW.
• HK resident can apply to
“Comprehensive Social Security
Assistance “(CSSA) scheme if they
cannot support themselves financially.
• Social organizations keep pressurizing the government to raise the Minimum wage to 4.5 US $ and
to renew the SMW annually. The SMW may be adjusted based on the basic living cost of the
Workers and their family members which us the principle of UN ICESCR and ILO Minimum wage
fixing convention.
Thailand
Thailand has several social protection schemes that different types of individuals are entitled to ,
subject to the eligibility requirement of the particular scheme.
National Health Security Scheme: The National Health security Act as 2002 aims to provide
universal health care that will cover all THAI citizens. The problem with NHSS is the difference
in the level of protection that different types of workers receive. In particular the workers in the
formal sector are more protected than the poor and the informal sector workers.
Social Protection in Philippines
There are four components of social protection as outlined below:
Labour market programmes and interventions: Theses includes policies and programmes
designed to promote employment, efficient operations of labour markets, and protection of workers.
• Examples are minimum wage fixing, collective bargaining, employment facilitation and
government provided skills trainings and upholding the core labour standards and basis workers’
rights such as the right of security of tenure, right to freedom of association and right to strike.
Legislative Initiatives taken in Pakistan
Karachi: Ume Laila sharing successful models in Asia
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Mr. Ghulam Nabi Memon Joint Director LHRD Sindh has shared updates on legislative initiatives for
HBWs in Pakistan, he added that Government of Sindh is taking lead in new policy formulation by keeping
in view the issues of homebased workers regarding their social security issues; Labor Department
Sindh in collaboration with Government &
different organizations formed joint action
forum & formulated provincial policy for
occupational, safety and health issues of
workers in Sindh, the draft has been sent to
cabinet for review & approval.
According to the policy draft, the social
security benefits must be ensured for the
workers including women & the law must be
implemented at all work places without any
gender discrimination. HomeNet Pakistan’s
contribution is remarkable in policy advocacy
of homebased workers in Pakistan he added.
Demands from Pakistan:
Ratification of the ILO Homework Convention 177 (1996)
Governments must ratify and implement the ILO Convention on Homework 177 (1996), as a matter
of urgency, especially in countries with large concentrations of home workers. Governments should
also follow the guidelines spelt out in the ILO Recommendation No. 184 which accompanied
Convention 177.
Laws and Regulations
National governments should pass national laws and policies that reflect the provisions of
Convention 177 and extend labour laws and labour protections to home workers.
Governments must amend existing legislation or promulgate and enforce other appropriate and
supportive laws and regulations, such as supply chain legislation.
Statistics and Information
There must be systematic collection of data on home workers by national governments. This means
that a questions on the place of work, as well as questions that determine the status of employment
need to be incorporated into national labour force surveys, including:
Numbers of homeworkers by sex (special attention should be paid to ensure that women are
included as respondents in surveys), and Composition of homeworkers by sectors/products and, if
possible, whether they produce for domestic or global supply chains, or both.
Social Protection
Social protection benefits should be extended to homeworkers, or new social protection coverage
must be devised for homeworkers and access to these schemes must be simple and easy. Social
protection should include affordable and accessible health care, sick pay, occupational health and
safety coverage, disability insurance for old-age pensions, maternity benefits, and childcare.
Occupational Health and Safety
Karachi: Mr. Ghulfam Nabi Memon sharing demands from Pakistan
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Homeworkers must enjoy support for a healthy and safe workplace from the lead
firm/supplier/intermediary including: safe equipment, protective gear, and training related to
occupational health and safety
Implementation and Enforcement Law
Ensure law implementation and enforcement
Session VI
Discussion on the Setting up of the Directorate of the Informal Economy in Sindh
Philippines Model
Possibilities , Way outs
Development of PC 1
The session VI was started by Ms. Ume Laila Azhar; she presented Philippines’ Social Protection
Framework and Strategy.
THE PHILIPPINES SOCIAL PROTECTION FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGY The Cluster commissioned the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) in 2009 to conduct an
assessment of social welfare and protection programs in the country entitled "Review and Strengthening of
the National Social Protection and Welfare Program". The study results recommended that social welfare
programs need to be harmonized in order to avoid overlaps and improve targeting of areas and beneficiaries.
It was also recommended that government needs to harmonize and coordinate poverty reduction with social
protection especially in crafting interventions and strategies
The adopted framework is envisaged to serve as the overall guide for implementing social protection
programs / interventions and other policies related to SP. The core of the framework is the underlying
purpose and objective of social protection which is better and improved quality of life for its
beneficiaries. It is contextualized within the over-all inclusive development goals and poverty strategy of
the country – “to empower and protect the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals, families and
communities from individual life cycle, economic, environmental and social risks” (Chapter 8, Philippine
Development Plan 2011-2016).
Specific objectives of social protection programs include to:
a. protect and prevent people from falling from their current income/consumption levels due to
various risk factors
b. build capacity and adaptability to ensure that better quality of life is maintained and sustained,
c. expand opportunities for income expansion and improve human capital investments in the long
term,
d. sustain standard of living in spite of exposure to risks of different types 2
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Targeting of Social Protection
Program Beneficiaries
The National Household
Targeting System for Poverty
Reduction (NHTS-PR) or
“Listahanan” is an information
management system that
identifies who and where the poor
are in the country. The system
makes available to national
government agencies and other
social protection stakeholders a
database of poor families as
reference in identifying potential beneficiaries of social protection programs.4
Issuances related to this initiative include the following:
1. National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) Resolution No. 18, Series of 2009 - “Recognizing
and Enjoining Support to the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction being
Implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development as a Tool to Identify
Beneficiaries of Social Protection Programs”
2. Executive Order 867 (March 2010) - Provides for the Adoption of the NHTS-PR as the Mechanism
for Identifying Poor Households Who Shall be Recipients of Social Protection Programs
Nationwide
Closing Remarks by Senator Taj Haider Senator Taj Haider said “Home based workers policy
would soon be approved by Sindh Government’. This was
stated by Senator Taj Haider speaking at the concluding
session of a two day workshop on finalizing the
implementation modalities for home based workers policy
in Sindh The event was jointly organized by HomeNet
Pakistan in collaboration with Labour and Human
Resource Department Sindhand International Labour
Organization (ILO) at Karachi on 29-30th June, 2016.
“There is a need to bring these skilled workers under the
social protection net and provide opportunities to them to
start their small level business”, said Mr. Senator. He
further added that “one need to learn and replicate the Banarsi hand weavers’ initiative of Khairpur in all
parts of Pakistan’.
Recommendations:
Karachi: Senator Taj Haider sharing views in 2 Day Workshop
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The following important recommendation that generated from the two Day Workshop and
waspresented by Ume Laila Azhar at the end of workshop:
1) Keeping in view the growing informal sector, diversified configuration and paradigm of the
Informal Economy; and the recent amendments in the Sindh Industrial relation act (SIRA) it was
strongly recommended that there is need to establish “Directorate for Informal workers” for
registration of Informal workers including HBWs in Sindh.
2) The policy for HBWs in Sindh must be approved from the Cabinet on immediate basis and
implementation of the legislation to be ensured.
3) Prioritize the adoption of the Policy on Home Based Workers and ensure its proper implementation
so as to guarantee women access to social security benefits; and, take measures to ensure that the
correspondent policy is adopted at the provincial level.
4) Department of Labour and human Resource –Sindh ; needs to chalk out and finalize the
implementation plan for the finalization of HBWs legislative draft based on the recommendations
from the two day workshop in a smaller close group of experts ensuring the tripartite presence.
5) There is need to allocate budget for HBWs policy implementation after approval of policy.
6) The establishment of provincial ombudsman for monitoring of labour laws mechanism , complaints
for compliances and effective policy implementation of HBWs must be ensured.
7) Provisions for the registration of home base workers and contractors should be devised and
implemented by the LHRD in order to improve work structure and to make the workers’ voice
heard.
8) Ensure adoption and inclusion of the ILO recommendation 204 R (2015) with regard to extending
the labour regime to the workers of the informal sector.
9) Government of Sindh must notify task force to formulate policy for domestic workers.
10) Formulate policies for the social protection of fishery workers in Sindh by keeping in view the huge
number of fishery workers.
11) HBWs and Domestic worker need to be included in the SIRA and brought under social protection
regime. Amendments for the inclusion of the categories in SIRA to be presented by the LHRD.
12) Prepare a plan of action for the protection of women working in other areas of the informal sector,
such as agriculture and domestic work in line with the ILO Conventions.
13) Send recommendations to the Federal government for the Ratification ILO Convention No. 177 on
Home-based work, as well as ILO Convention No. 189 on decent work for domestic workers.
14) Ensure the inclusion of a recommendation demanding Ratification of C 177 and C 189 in the
Provincial tripartite committee agenda .
15) Provisions for the inclusion of work category of Home based workers in the Sindh Labour force
survey should be expedited for effective policy planning and implementation.
16) Law for the home based workers should include issuance of the exclusive social security cards for
the workers across sector.
17) The wages for the home-based workers across all sectorshould be fixed under the Minimum Wages
laws.
18) Provisions for the introduction of “SMART CARDS” for workers of the Informal Economy
following the examples neighboring country India. Federal Government of India has introduced
smart cards for the “unorganized sector workers” covering their social protection needs. 88% of
India’s population works in unorganized sector. The scheme would be launched in phases and in
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the initial phase target is to reach out to 10 crore informal workers and issue UWIN cards. The need
is to replicate the same in Pakistan and Sindh could pilot the scheme.
19) Home-based workers should be provided market access so that they can sell their products easily
and earn honorable livelihood for living decent lives. Provisions to be provided for free market
spaces in Sunday, Friday and Tuesday Bazars by issuing a notification though Local government
department.
20) Informal Workers working in hazardous situations should be provided alternative livelihoods skills
and vocational training; and their children should be offered higher education scholarships.
21) LHRD with the support of organizations working for Home based workers need to initiate
awareness programs facilitating the process of forming small groups, syndicate, unions or
cooperatives for solution of their problems and provision of the social protection benefits to them.
22) Establishment of “One window operation”; an independent institution, instead of many social
security institutions, which can provide social security benefits to all the workers effectively.
23) LHRD in collaboration with the VTIs and other related departments should develop a
comprehensive plan for the capacity development of women in the informal sector, focusing HBWs
and Domestic workers , contractors, middle persons .
24) The issues related to disaster and other human crisis needs to be readdressed for informal workers.
25) LHRD in collaboration with women development and health department and Home Net Pakistan
should initiate awareness raising sessions on occupational and safety for the women in the informal
economy focusing women home based, domestic, fisheries and agriculture .
26) There is need to recruit women labour inspectors and initiate programs for capacity building of
labour inspectors in Sindh. Enhance quota in the PCS positions of labour inspectors at provincial
and district level.
27) There is a need to strengthen institutional capacities for the generation and use of social protection
statistics for effective policy planning for informal sector .
28) A unified and UNIVERSAL Social Security Scheme must be designed to not only address the
contingencies but also include measures to remove /reduce the scope of contingencies. The SSS
must be designed in such a way to insure the “get back’ from the corporate, rather than extracting
from people further.
29) Provisions for the establishment of “Sindh Social protection Authority” through law; should be
explored on the lines of the Punjab Province .
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Evaluation of the Workshop
In the end, the evaluation of the workshop was conducted through disseminating evaluation forms
among 35 participants. The participants were asked questions related to the content and information
used for the workshop, 55% participants responded that workshop was well organized, while 7%
responded to some extent it was useful, also 31% responded that it was extremely useful at large extent.
Majority of the respondent answered that material provided in the workshop was relevant to their
routine work; similarly 54% responded that workshop methods were quite beneficial.
Below are the results calculated through graphs and percentage analysis:
Workshop was well orgnized Use full
55%
Workshop was well orgnized to a large
extent 31%
Workshop was well orgnized to some extant
7%
Workshop was well orgnized not much
0%
Workshop was well orgnized Average
7%
Program ContentWorkshop was well organized
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The information provided was
adequate Use full, 58.5% The information
provided was adequate to a large extent
,34.5%
The information provided was
adequate to some extant , 7%
Workshop Material
Use full, 14, 48.2% to a large
extent , 13, 44.8%
to some extant , 2, 7%
Workshop MethodsDiscussion During the session were useful for clarifying ideas
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Annexure: 1- Agenda
2- Matrix
3- Media Clippings
4- Evaluation form
5- Attendee
1- Agenda:
Timings Topics Discussant
29 June 2016, Day I
01.30 Registration
02.00 Welcome and Introduction HNP
02.15 Objectives of the Two day
Workshop
HNP
02.30 Welcome Remarks HNP Ume Laila Azhar
02.40 Opening remarks by ILO Mr Saghir Bukhari(TBC)
03.00 Key Note by LHRD Mr Abdul Rasheed
Solongi, Secretary Labour
and Human Resource
03.15 Importance of the Informal
economy and situation in
Pakistan
Home based workers
Domestic Workers
Agri workers
Fishery workers
Q & A
-HNP/HBWs
-DWs Union
Representatives
-PWF-Waqar Memon
-Mr. Ayoub Shaan from
Pakistan Fisher Folk
Forum
-Representative of Fishery
union
Presentations
04.15 ILO commitments on Informal
Economy and Global Trends
R 204-2015
ILC 2016 on Global supply
chains
Q & A/Comments
-Ume Laila Azhar
-Mr Zulfiqar Shah , PILER
-Zehra Akbar , HBWWF
Presentations
04.45 Protection and regulation of
HBWs
Protection Mechanism for
HBWs in Sindh
Q & A/comments
-Gulfam Nabi Memon -
LHRD
-U R Usmani- EFP
-Waqar Memon -PWF
-Nasir Mansoor - NTUF
Presentations
Plenary
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HBW
05.00 Chalking out of the Provincial
Implementation plan
Group work
06:00 Group presentations
06.45 Break for Iftar
Close of Day one at Dinner
08.30 30 June 2016 , Day two
08.30 Recap
08.45 Protection and regulation of
Informal Economy
ILC 2015-2016 on Informal
economy and global supply
chain
Successful models in Asia
Legislative Initiatives taken
in Pakistan
Q & A
-Mr Saghir Bukhari -ILO
-Ume Laila Azhar-HNP
-Gulfam Nabi Memon -
LHRD
Presentations
Plenary
10.00 Discussion on the Setting up of the
Directorate of the Informal
Economy in Sindh
Philippines Model
Possibilities , Way outs
Development of PC 1
Q & A
HNP
Mr Saghir Bukhari
ILO
Dr Mustafa Suhaag-
LHRD
Plenary
11.00 Social Protection for workers in
the Informal economy
-Women Development
-Social Welfare Department
-LHRD
- P & D
-Local Government
-Special Initiatives
Q & A
Representatives from
Government of Sindh
Plenary
12.30 Wrap up HNP/ILO/LHRD
01.30 Closing remarks and way
forward
ILO/LHRD
02.00 Vote of thanks HNP
Lunch and departure
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2- Matrix of Issues VS Recommendations
Sr
N
o
Issue Categor
y
Recommendation Action to be taken
1 Labour
inspection
and women
Formal
and
informal
sector
Women Labour inspector to be
appointed labour department.
Women Labour inspector quota
to be increased at 33 % and
provision of adequate service,
facilities to women labour
inspectors.
A resolution to be moved in Sindh
Assembly and inclusion of
amendment /clause for women
representation
2 Social
protection for
HBWs and
Domestic
Workers
Informal HBWs and Domestic worker
need to be included in the SIRA
and brought under social
protection regime.
Amendments for the inclusion
of the categories in SIRA to be
presented by the LHRD.
1- A resolution to be moved in
Sindh Assembly from LHRD
2- Provisions for the introduction
of “SMART CARDS” for
workers of the Informal
Economy following the
examples neighboring Country
India.
3 Labour force
survey and
women
participation
ration
Informal
sector
Inclusion of work category for
informal sector e.g. HBWs and
DW in the LFS
A Resolution.
Labour Department Directive
4 HBWs
Access to
markets
Formal
and
informal
sector
Home-based workers should be
provided market access so that
they can sell their products
easily and earn honorable
livelihood for living decent
lives. Provisions to be provided
for free market spaces in
Sunday, Friday and Tuesday
Bazaars by issuing a
notification though Local
government department.
1- Directives from Local
Government to provide
spaces/stalls in Weekly
Bazars.
2- Introduce HBWs work
sectors in Weekly Bazars
5 Occupational
safety and
health
Informal
sector
6. Extension of Occupational
safety and health to the
Informal sector namely
HBWs and DW
7. LHRD in collaboration
with women development
1- Resolution
2- Proposed Legislative bill
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and health department and
Home Net Pakistan should
initiate awareness raising
sessions on occupational
and safety for the women in
the informal economy
focusing women home
based , domestic , fisheries
and agriculture .
6 Protection of
Domestic
Workers
(DWs)
Informal
sector
Protection for DWs through
Policy and law
1- Resolution
2- Provincial Policy
3- Legislative bill
9 Vocational
and technical
trainings
Formal
and
informal
1- Vocational training
institutes to be established
at UC level for promotion
of skills for informal sector
women (HBWs). Need
based trainings to be
introduced.
2- For formal sector women
should be encouraged to get
trainings from the VTC for
getting jobs in factories .
Market Need based
trainings to be imparted
1- Resolution
2- Amendments in the law
3- Revision of PC1
4- Allocation of Budget
10 Wage
discriminatio
n
Formal
and
Informal
sector
1- For Formal sector women
are paid less than men for
the same job . This needs
to be discouraged and
Monitored .
2- For Informal sector wage
discrimination is 40
percent in Pakistan
therefore it is required to
be tackled . work category
of informal sector like
Bangle , embroidery ,
stitching , cropping,
agrabati making , beeri
making , toopi making ,
hand looms, block printing
need to added in the
minimum wage ordinance
through notification
1- Resolution
2- Monitoring mechanism
3- Inclusion of trade
/work category in the
Minimum wage
Ordinance
11 Information
services
Informal
sector
Establishing a women
labour desk for
informal sector women
1- Resolution
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2- Notification by the
department of
Labor
12 Education Informal
schools
Introducing adult literacy
centers for women in informal
sector
1- Resolution
2- Law
3- Allocation of
budget
13 Awareness
campaign
Formal
and
informal
Media awareness campaign to
be run by GOS on labour rights
of women
1- Resolution
2- Allocation of budget for
median and awareness
campaign
14 Women
representation
in trade
Unions
Formal
and
informal
33% representation of women
in the trade unions executive
bodies to be ensured
1- Resolution
2- Amendments in the law
by including clause
15 One Window
Operation for
Informal
workers
Formal
and
informal
Establishment of “One window
operation”; an independent
institution, instead of many
social security institutions,
which can provide social
security benefits to all the
workers effectively.
1- A Resolution draft to be
moved in CM Cabinet and
Sindh Assembly
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3- Media Clippings
The News 1st July 2016
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/131917-Call-to-establish-provincial-directorate-for-informal-
workers
Daily Messenger 2nd July 2016
http://www.pressreader.com/
The regional times of Sindh 2nd July 2016 http://regionaltimes.com/02July2016/3.jpg
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4- Evaluation Form
EVALUATION FORM SAMPLE
Workshop title: Two Days workshop with department of labour Sindh and
other stakeholders on
Finalizing the Implementation modalities for Home Based workers Policy/Law
in Sindh Date:
29-30 June
2016
Participant
Name:
Organization
Name:
Please indicate your responses to the statements below by checking the appropriate box:
1. Program Content:
Ver
y
usef
ul
To a
large
extent
To
some
extent
Not
muc
h
Avera
ge
Poo
r
a. This workshop was relevant to the subject.
b. The workshop was well organized.
c. The workshop objectives were clear to me.
2. Workshop Material:
a. The information provided was adequate.
b. The text and handout material were easy to use.
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3. Workshop Methods:
a. The lectures/sessions were well organized and informative.
b. Discussions during the sessions were useful for clarifying ideas.
c. Time allocated to the sessions was sufficient.
5- Attendance Sheet
S.NO. NAME CONTACT NO. Day One Day Two
1 Ume Laila Azhar 0334-4225779
2 Mr. Abdul Rasheed Solangi
Secretary Labour, Sindh
021-99211551
3 Dr. Mustafa Suhag
Director Labour, Sindh
021-99204205
4 Mr. Gulfam Nabi Memon
Joint Director Labour, Sindh
0321-2058790
5 Syed Ashraf Ali Naqvi
Joint Director, Labour, Sukkur
0300-2478339
6 Mr. Muhammad Hussain Soomro
ADL
0302-2116266
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7 Syed Ather Ali Shah
ADL
0300-2850641
8 Mr. Faheem Akhtar Sheikh
ADL
0334-3628011
9 Ms. Nagina Junejo
Joint Director Labour
0333-2177230
10 Mr. Ali Gul
Labour Department Shikarpur
11 Mr. Shahid
Labour Department Sukkur
12 Mr. Ghulam Sattro
Labour Department Sukkur
13 Dr. Zahid Gulzar
Joint Director, Labour
0300-9286512
14 Mr. Khurram Ali Khan
Labour Inspector, Larkana
15 Sarfraz Awan
Joint Director, Labour
16 Mr. Sikandar Solangi
Labour Department
17 Mr. Raza Haider Mirza
Labour Department
0333-3049317
18 Mr. Reejhu S. Sanjnani
Asstt. Law Officer
0333-2755762
19 Sabiha Shah 021- 99211507
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20 Mr. Waqar Memon
P-112/3, Gulistan Colony (Old Chiragh
Colony) Quaidabad, Landhi,Karachi
0333-2227448
21 Kh. M. Nauman
President EFP
0300-8256004
22 Mr. U. R. Usmani
Chief Executive Consult Usmani
House No.A-131, Block-13/C
Gulshan-E-Iqbal, Karachi
0300-2268667
28 Mr. Karamat Ali 0300-8237528
29 Ms. Malka Khan
Aurat Foundation
-
30 Mr. Ali Haider 0307-2839354
31 Ms. Mussarat Jabeen 03352527820
32 Ms. Sabiha Shah
Women Development Organization
0321-4409176
33 Ms. Shehla Rizwan 0321-2941450
34 Ms. Shakeela Asghar 0343-2734311
35 Mr. Abdul Ghaffar Shirani
DAC, Hyderabad
0300-3067394
36 Mr. Aziz Ahmad Sarwan
DAC, Thatta
0301-3647561
37 Mr. Ali Hassan Mahar
AC, Sukkur
0300-3145972
38 Mr. Akhtiyar Tunio 0300-3239601
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DAC, Nawabshah
39 Mr. Abdul Majeed Mangrio
DAC, Sanghar
0333-2912837
40 Mr. Imran Korai
DAC. Dadu
0300-3270008
41 Mr. Partab Shivani
DAC, Mithi
0333-2663758
42 Ms. Mehwish Maria
43 Mr. Agha Haider
HomeNet Pakistan
0321-4276080
44 Mr. Imtiaz Ahmad
HomeNet Pakistan
0306-5387556
45 Ms. Danish Batool Zaidi
HomeNet Pakistan
0323-6825005
46 Malik Tahir
LRC
0300-6846828
47 Mr. Qamar-ul-Hassan 0332-2112320
48 Mr. Shafiq Ghauri 0332-2138211
49 Makhdum Taufeeq 0333-2175835
50 Mr. Habib Ullah Junaidi
516- Uni Plaza, I. I. Chundrigarh Road,
Karachi
0300-2107005
021-32419177
51 Ms. Naaz Majeed 0333-3184606
52 Mr. Taj Haider
Senator/ Coordinator to CM Sindh
0302-2248840
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53 Ms. Natasha Channa
HomeNet Pakistan
0311-6677333
54 MS. Rehana Yasmeen
HomeNet Pakistan
0333-2221426
55 Mr. Ayub Shan
Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum
0346-2150586
56 Ms. Munira Hirwani 0346-3233933
57 Ms. Shumaila Mumtaaz -
58 Ms. Nuzhat Habib -
59 Sibtain Mughal -
60 Shahida Parween -
61 Rabia Begum -
62 Talib Katchi -
63 Saeed Ahmed -
64 Nasim Bukhari -
65 Ali Gill -
Reported by: HomeNet Pakistan
Head Office
2 B -LDA Flats, Lawrence Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel. : + 92 42 36313186-87 Fax: + 92 42 36328289 Email: info.hnp@gmail.com
www.homenetpakistan.org
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