Islamabad: National And Database Registration Authority is launching Women Registration Drive across the country to achieve the target of 100 percent registration of women by making them aware of importance of registration to get their basic rights, said a press release on Saturday.
Deputy Chairman NADRA Muhammad Tariq Malik on Saturday, “the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2011 shall be marked by NADRA with the commencement of free registration for the unregistered women in the country through various programs and incentives based schemes,” Tariq Malilk.
“With around 51 percent majority, women are a vital segment of our society and we cannot progress without their unhindered participation in all spheres of national life to earn a respectable place in the international arena,” he added.
“NADRA wants to empower women for their basic rights and this women registration drive is aimed at increasing women registration to have more accurate data to facilitate national planning commission in decision making,” Tariq Malik.
He said that NADRA is making all out efforts to get the adult population in Pakistan, specially women registered in a minimum possible time to facilitate them in getting education, health, employment and other facilities.
Malik said CNIC is the essential identity document which protects women’s rights. It is evident through the fact that first time in history their rights were safeguarded when in flood hit areas women as family head were given Watan Cards and NADRA issued as many as 121,640 Watan Cards to disburse Rs 2.43 billion among woman family heads which never occurred in the world ever.
He said that the registration ratios in some areas have been very low and social norms, illiteracy, poverty and female mobility issues are the major factors besides lack of awareness about the benefits of registration.
He said that approximately 74 percent women have been registered in the country and Azad Kashmir and Islamabad regions have highest percentage of registered females with 96 percent and 90 percent respectively while women registration in FATA and Baluchistan is at the lowest with approximately 44 percent and 56 percent women registered in the database.
While giving details about other provinces he said that 79 percent women in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 76 percent in Punjab, 70 percent in Sindh, and 83 percent in Gilgit-Baltistan have registered themselves in the National Database.
Highlighting the efforts of NADRA to increase women registration, Tariq Malik said that NADRA has dedicated its mobile registration units across the country to encourage women registration.
He further highlighted that NADRA has established dedicated centers for women to enhance women registration throughout the country.
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