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"WAKE UP!!!" Campaign against honor killing

PDI organizes media workshops on Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR)

While continuing the campaign on corporate social responsibilities of oil and gas companies in Sindh, Participatory Development Initiatives organized media workshops on CSR in five district head quarters of Sindh.
These workshops were organized in the press clubs of Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Dadu and Tando Allahyar to ensure that more and more newsmen should participate in the workshop.

During the workshops a comprehensive presentation was made on CSR petroleum concession agreement as well as environmental guidelines about oil and gas exploration and production. The presentations were followed by questions and answer sessions in which the question raised by the journalists, were answered.
The journalist showed great interest in the workshops media coverage of the workshops was tremendous as national and regional papers published detailed news and the electronic media also gave coverage to the workshops.

Campaign at a glance………..

Pakistan Government have issued licenses to the multinational companies of off-shore oil exploration in the coastal water s of Indus delta [Thatta and Badin].
More than one dozen multination oil and gas companies are engaged in exploration and production of oil and gas in Sindh and interestingly the majority of these multinational companies are operating in disaster prone areas.
In place of contributing towards the sustainable development of he disaster prone districts, the multinational companies are negatively contributing toward the degradation of livelihood and the environment of local areas.
In such a situation there was strong need of initiating a program covering two important aspects that is awareness of the local communities about the CSR and their rights under CSR as well as advocacy with the multinational companies and the government to ensure proper implementation on CSR in the oil and gas exploration sector in Sindh. Advocacy was also needed with the federal and provincial government to ensure royalty for the areas/districts from where the oil and gas is being explored.
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Violence against women takes a dismaying variety of forms, but the worst form which snatches away the lives of millions of women each year is honor killing.
Each year uncountable women are killed in name of so called honor; they are burnt, sold, exchanged, and handed out to different tribes for compensation for a conflict.
Honor killing is a bitter reality that exists.
Women are stoned, bullet shot, beaten until dead, and attacked by axes, by their brothers, fathers, husband and even cousins.

Honor kiling is a crime from which our eyes are closed, but its time we WOKE UP and fight against this so called honor which is restored by killing of mothers, sisters and doughters.

WAKE UP is a global campaign aimed at mobilizing 5,000 changed agents around the World who will be the strength for these victimes of honor.

WAKE UP invites you to be a part of this Global campaign and be the force for change!!!