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KP lawmakers call for gender-responsive ADP, budget
Lawmakers from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday called for a gender-responsive provincial Annual Development Programme (ADP) and Annual Development Budget (ADB).
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Deputy Speaker Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi, Health Minister Shaukat Yousafzai along with other male and female legislators, representatives from the Local Government Department and Social Welfare Directorate participated in the consultative workshop at a luxury hotel.
The consultative workshop covered mainly two objectives. The first objective was orientation on the entire process of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ADP and ADB formulation at district and provincial levels and role of lawmakers and citizen in development programme and budget. The second objective was to discuss proposals on some political and economic development programmes for women by KP women legislators for 2014-2015 ADP/ADB.
The workshop was facilitated by the Pak Women through the support of the United Nations Women Fund for Gender Equality (UNWOMEN-FGE).
Saif Usmani, director of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department, presented the entire process of ADP, ADB and Umbrella Projects in the KP annual budget. He also shared that how women lawmakers can include women-related political and economic projects and programmes in coming development budget of KP.
The health minister announced that women legislators needed to submit their proposals to the Health Department for the coming ADP in the 2014-15 budget.
At the end of the workshop, women legislators demanded that the Planning and Development Department needed to consult them for allocation of budget for women’s political and economic development in coming budget.
The KP lawmakers demanded the Pak Women and UNWOMEN to continue such consultative workshops, which will not only enhance the capacity of the KP lawmakers for their effective role but also strengthen good governance and women empowerment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Azra Hussain, executive director of the Pak Women, and Hussain Ali, project coordinator of the Women Association Struggle for Development, representatives from other walks of life, including journalists, also participated in the workshop. At the end, programmes were submitted to women legislators for inclusion in the coming ADP.
Some women lawmakers called for foreign visits to see parliaments of developed countries with an aim to improve their performance. However, others said the lawmakers do not need to visit foreign parliaments but they just need to implement own policies. “I have visited several foreign countries and I know there are merits and demerits in their systems as well,” stated Uzma Khan, Member Provincial Assembly affiliated with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl from Upper Dir district.
KP lawmakers call for gender-responsive ADP, budget - thenews.com.pk
Lawmakers from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday called for a gender-responsive provincial Annual Development Programme (ADP) and Annual Development Budget (ADB).
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Deputy Speaker Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi, Health Minister Shaukat Yousafzai along with other male and female legislators, representatives from the Local Government Department and Social Welfare Directorate participated in the consultative workshop at a luxury hotel.
The consultative workshop covered mainly two objectives. The first objective was orientation on the entire process of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ADP and ADB formulation at district and provincial levels and role of lawmakers and citizen in development programme and budget. The second objective was to discuss proposals on some political and economic development programmes for women by KP women legislators for 2014-2015 ADP/ADB.
The workshop was facilitated by the Pak Women through the support of the United Nations Women Fund for Gender Equality (UNWOMEN-FGE).
Saif Usmani, director of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department, presented the entire process of ADP, ADB and Umbrella Projects in the KP annual budget. He also shared that how women lawmakers can include women-related political and economic projects and programmes in coming development budget of KP.
The health minister announced that women legislators needed to submit their proposals to the Health Department for the coming ADP in the 2014-15 budget.
At the end of the workshop, women legislators demanded that the Planning and Development Department needed to consult them for allocation of budget for women’s political and economic development in coming budget.
The KP lawmakers demanded the Pak Women and UNWOMEN to continue such consultative workshops, which will not only enhance the capacity of the KP lawmakers for their effective role but also strengthen good governance and women empowerment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Azra Hussain, executive director of the Pak Women, and Hussain Ali, project coordinator of the Women Association Struggle for Development, representatives from other walks of life, including journalists, also participated in the workshop. At the end, programmes were submitted to women legislators for inclusion in the coming ADP.
Some women lawmakers called for foreign visits to see parliaments of developed countries with an aim to improve their performance. However, others said the lawmakers do not need to visit foreign parliaments but they just need to implement own policies. “I have visited several foreign countries and I know there are merits and demerits in their systems as well,” stated Uzma Khan, Member Provincial Assembly affiliated with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl from Upper Dir district.
KP lawmakers call for gender-responsive ADP, budget - thenews.com.pk
