At OIC moot on women, Azam Tarar says men's 'active engagement' needed to promote equality

Men and boys must actively participate in promoting gender equality, stated Pakistan's Law and Human Rights Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar. Addressing the 9th Ministerial Conference on Women in Islamabad, Tarar emphasized that achieving lasting progress requires the "active engagement" of all genders as partners in fostering equality and shared responsibility.

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Tarar spoke on the second and final day of the conference, which brought together delegates from 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states. He affirmed Pakistan's ongoing efforts to strengthen its legal, policy, and institutional frameworks aimed at advancing women's rights, opportunities, and leadership. The minister highlighted that sustainable change cannot be accomplished by women alone.

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Lasting progress cannot be achieved by women alone; real and sustainable change requires the active engagement of men and boys as partners in promoting equality, respect and shared responsibility.

"Real and sustainable change requires the active engagement of men and boys as partners in promoting equality, respect and shared responsibility," Tarar declared. He further stressed that building inclusive societies is a "collective endeavor that demands the commitment of every institution and individual."

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collective endeavour that demands the commitment of every institut