Zehra Khan

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Zehra Khan
General Secretary of the Home-Based Women Worker's Federation
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
EducationMasters in Gender studies and BSC in clothing and textile

Zehra Khan is a Pakistani trade unionist and activist.[1][2] She is the general secretary of the Home-Based Women Worker's Federation (HBWWF).[3][4] 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[edit]

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 thesis.[5][6] In her study, she realized the need for legal rights that could protect these workers.[7][8] Khan had the idea of forming federations by bringing workers from different industries.[9][10] She started her door-to-door campaign of encouraging women to attend HBWWF's meetings.[11][12] The meetings involved regular discussion circles which eventually convinced the women to join the organization's rallies.[13][14]

The formation of unions started off with the bangle industry and gradually moved towards the garment industry.[15][16] Khan then started working towards making a law specifically for home-based workers and so she started forming circles of them.[17][18] Khan's work eventually led to the formation of unions in Sindh and Baluchistan, the first of its kind in South Asia.[19][20] This culminated in the founding of the Home-Based Women Workers Federation on December 30, 2019.

Khan is also a part of civil society groups and associations.[21][22] She is also an activist who has taken part in rallies and protests involving women's rights, human rights, labor rights, and minority protection.[23][24][25] She has worked to bring awareness on the subject of workplace and sexual harassment and labor rights.[26][27][28]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Women, civil society groups announce separate rally on March 8". Pakistan News. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  3. ^ "HBWWF calls for implementing Sindh Home-Based Workers Act". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. ^ "Perspectives: Home-based policy still distant dream for millions of workers in Pakistan". Law at the Margins. 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  5. ^ Equity, Roots for (17 January 2017). "NEW SINDH POLICY ON HOME-BASED WORKERS LAUDED | Roots for Equity". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  6. ^ "HBWWF demands practical implementation of SHBWA". Labour News International. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. ^ "Minimum wages demanded for home-based workers". National Courier. 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  8. ^ emydemkess (5 June 2017). "HBWWF". behindmycloset (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  9. ^ Hasan, Shazia (2020-11-12). "Sindh labour department signs MoU for home-based workers' registration". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  10. ^ Glover, Simon (13 May 2020). "Pakistani workers protest over jobs and pay". Ecotextile News. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  11. ^ "Nieuws - Pagina 221 van 1653". OneWorld (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  12. ^ HumanityHouse. "Feminist Zehra Khan's battle against the clothing industry". Humanity House. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  13. ^ "We Have To Include Women To See A Change In Society - Zehra Khan Interview | Homenet South Asia". hnsa.org.in. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  14. ^ Shop, The Little Fair Trade. "Interviews - Home Based Women's Workers Federation (HBWWF), Karachi, Pakistan, (2011 & 2015) FAIR TRADE PAKISTAN SERIES". The Little Fair Trade Shop. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  15. ^ ":: Labour Education Foundation ::". www.lef.org.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  16. ^ "HBWWF, Sindh Labour, Human Resource Depts Sign MoU To Start Registration". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  17. ^ "HBWWF Demands Announcement Of Policy For Home Based Workers". Pakistan Point. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  18. ^ "12m home-based workers go without legal identity in Pakistan". Daily Times. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  19. ^ "Labourers stage protest over pending wages in Karachi". Daily Balochistan Express. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  20. ^ "Pakistan: Massenentlassungen während der Covid-19-Pandemie". SOLIFONDS (in Swiss High German). 10 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  21. ^ "Activists demand arrest of Pak Hindu student's killers". dtNext.in. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-12-03.[dead link]
  22. ^ Supran, A. (2019-11-11). "Activists demand arrest of Pak Hindu student's killers". Samaj Weekly. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  23. ^ pakobserver (9 November 2019). "workplace harassment".
  24. ^ "Activists demand arrest of Pak Hindu student's killers – British Asia News". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  25. ^ admin (2020-03-06). "Civil society activists slam 'hatred-based propaganda' against women – 6 March 2020". AGHS. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  26. ^ "Activists demand arrest of Pak student's killers". The Siasat Daily. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  27. ^ "Activists Demand Arrest Of Pak Hindu Student's Killers |". Ommcom News. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  28. ^ "Activists demand arrest of Pak Hindu student's killers". News24 English. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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