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Zehra Khan
Zehra Khan is a Pakistanis, Pakistani trade unionist and activist. She is the general secretary of the Home-Based Women Worker's Federation, Home-Based Women Worker's Federation (HBWWF). She is a member of many tripartite committees including the Sindh Minimum Wage Board, the Sindh Tripartite Labour Standing Committee, the Sindh Occupational and Health Council, and the Sindh HBWs Governing Body. Career When Khan was a student of the women studies department, she learned about contributions of home based workers and she took up the subject for her Master's degree, Master's thesis. In her study, she realized the need for legal rights that could protect these workers. Khan had the idea of forming federations by bringing workers from different industries. She started her door-to-door campaign of encouraging women to attend HBWWF's meetings. The meetings involved regular discussion circles which eventually convinced the women to join the organization's rallies. The formation of unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |