A team from WESS, led by Mr. Waqas Kasi visited NCHR Regional Office Quetta and met
with Member Balochistan where they discussed how GIZ and WESS were looking for
Community Based Skill Training Centers to support technically to enhance their capacity.
Upon their request, Member Balochistan nominated some CBSTC’s including minorities
and refugee communities.
NCHR Balochistan team and Member Minority visited Churches, Mandirs, and Gurdawaras
in Quetta during their visit to Quetta and engaged with minority leaders.
RIGHTS OF MARGINALISED GROUPS (TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY):
Attended one-day multi-stakeholder sensitization workshop on Pakistan’s transgender law
and its implementation in Balochistan on 5th March 2022 organised by iProbono and
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in Quetta.
Member Balochistan participated in a one-day sensitization workshop on Pakistan’s
transgender law and its implementation in Balochistan, held at Balochistan University of
Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) organised by
iProbono.
Transgender community leaders participated in a focus group discussion organised by
NCHR Regional Office Quetta on 13th June to discuss issues related to the transgender
community.
On the 29th of September Regional Office Balochistan held a consultative meeting with
transgender persons to discuss different ways of emancipation. Some small-scale local
donor offered to help them; they are to suggest interventions that could rid them of their
begging and help them make a respectable living. Five participants expressed their
interest according to their skills. A transgender person was given a professional DSLR
camera by Member Balochistan to help them polish their skills and to live a respectable
life.
Transgender community leader Ms. Komal Afridi and Mr. Mehtab visited NCHR Regional
Office Quetta and held a meeting with Member Balochistan. A discussion was held around
the admissions of transgender community members in Welfare and Empowerment Board,
Balochistan for skills training. After coordination with Welfare and Empowerment Board,
Member Balochistan convinced the Board regarding admissions of transgender persons
and nominated them for skills training at their Training Center.
LABOUR RIGHTS:
Member Balochistan had a meeting with Sultan Muhammad Khan, President of All
Pakistan Labor Federation (APLF) to discuss miner safety, mining accidents and reasons,
and miner security, issues, and concerns.
Member Balochistan was invited as the chief guest in a workshop for mine labour.
Representatives of mine labour from all over Balochistan discussed mine labour issues,
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