‘Poverty main cause of girls’ early marriage’
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 21: About 80 million girls were forced to get married in young age due to poverty in developing countries, playwright Fayaz Kalari said while speaking at a seminar on ‘role of women in educating children’ on Tuesday.
The seminar was held at the Women’s Elementary College in Moro.
Mr Kalari, Ms Sahibzadi Jaiser, the principal of the college, and a lecturer, S. Naseem Memon, delivered lectures on the topic.
The playwright said that according to a recent survey report women of the Third World felt insecure in respect of their children.
He said that honour killing incidents were taking place in Sindh due to involvement of the feudal class.
The principal of the college and Ms Naseem Memon said that a few women in Sindh despite family and social pressures had decided to play their role to guide their children.
WATERCOURSES: DCO Khursheed Naeem Malik in a press release on Wednesday directed officials of the agriculture department to complete improvement of watercourses within the stipulated period.
He was examining ongoing work of lining of watercourses in the district. EDO agriculture Riaz Ahmed Dayo and district officer for water management Ghulamullah Jarwar were with him.
The DCO asked the technical staff to prepare designs of watercourses on modern techniques.