Madia Coverage
Our Impact in Sanitation Workers' Rights
and Water Shortage Solutions
Work with Sanitation Workers for Improving their Dignity and Decent Work Conditions
Blogs:
- No justice for two sanitation workers poisoned in Pakistan – End Water Poverty
- More Than Just Lawyers: Women in Law Leading Relief Efforts and Policy Debates during COVID-19 (africanwomeninlaw.com)
- Unprotected, unpaid or unrecognised: Christian workers on the frontline in Pakistan’s fight against Covid-19 – Institute of Development Studies (ids.ac.uk)
- Pakistan: sanitation workers’ protection in the wake of Covid-19 – Institute of Development Studies (ids.ac.uk)
- Destigmatising sanitation labour in Pakistan through dignity, safety and employment security – End Water Poverty
Coverage in the International Media:
- How death and despair haunt Pakistan’s Christian minority | Human Rights | Al Jazeera
- Pakistani clerics save alleged blasphemers – UCA News
- Aktuellt I Politiken Article on Sweepers Are Superheroes Campaign – AIP, November 2020
- Urdu News Article on Sanitation Workers – Urdu News, September 2020
- La Vanguardia Article on Christian Sanitation Workers in Pakistan – La Vanguardia, August 2020
- DW Urdu Article on Sanitation Workers – DW Urdu, August 2020
- Sewer Cleaners Wanted in Pakistan: Only Christians Need Apply. – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- BBC Urdu Article on Pakistan’s Sanitation Workers – BBC Urdu, May 2020
- Independent Urdu Article on Sanitation Workers – Independent Urdu, May 2020
- Injustice feared for street sweeper killed in Pakistan – Eternity News
- Dirty work: Pakistan sewer workers face stigma and danger (la-croix.com)
- Christians upset over controversial pilgrimage advert – UCA News
- Pakistan NGO tackles demeaning low-caste word for ‘Christians’ (worldwatchmonitor.org)
Coverage in the National Media:
- Pipe dreams: Pakistan sewage workers hope for better future (tribune.com.pk)
- Ending discrimination: Eligibility rules changed for sanitation jobs (tribune.com.pk)
- Lack of quorum mars PA budget debate (nation.com.pk)
- Little relief for sanitary workers in Punjab amid COVID-19 – Pakistan Today, May 2020 ▪
- Christian Sweepers’ Protest Against Non-Payment Of Dues Enters Third Day (nayadaur.tv)
- Pakistan Army removes ‘Christians only’ condition for sanitation jobs – Samaa TV, June 2019
- Swabi councillors want Christians to be appointed as ‘sweepers’ in hospitals instead of Muslims – Samaa English, January 2019
- Report on ‘Bringing Dignity to Sanitation’ seeks respect for sewer men – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
- Pakistan’s “Sewper Heroes” – How sanitary workers fight back against prejudice – Voicepk.net
Work with Communities and District Police/Administration in Communal Conflicts:
Coverage in the International Media:
- Christians come under threat in Pakistan: ‘No one accused of blasphemy is ever safe’ – The Washington Post
- Pakistan: 800 Christian families flee neighbourhood after blasphemy accusation – World Watch Monitor
- Pakistani Christian girl, 13, raped by fellow worker in field – World Watch Monitor
- Pakistani Christians in Thailand given temporary ID cards (worldwatchmonitor.org)
- Pakistani Christians bury their dead after Easter massacre (worldwatchmonitor.org)
- Pakistan NGO tackles demeaning low-caste word for ‘Christians’ (worldwatchmonitor.org)
- Pakistani Christian couple brutally killed by mob for alleged ‘blasphemy’ (worldwatchmonitor.org)
Coverage in the National Media:
Work on Rights of Minority Women and Girls Prevention of Child Marriage:
Preventing child marriages
Coverage in the National Media:
Improving Political Participation of Women:
Coverage in the National Media:
Equality and justice for Christian women as guaranteed in the Constitution:
Coverage in the International Media:
Coverage in the National Media:
- Zia and Pakistani Christians (thenews.com.pk)
- Christians can file for divorce without adultery allegation (nation.com.pk)
- Christian Divorce Act 1869: Human rights ministers against changes in law (tribune.com.pk)
- Divine laws can’t be changed for rights’ (thenews.com.pk)
- The end of the affair – The Friday Times, December 2016
Christian Family and Inheritance Laws
Passing of Hindu Marriage Bill
Violence Against Women Law
Forced Conversion of Minority Minor Girls
- Pakistan Christians slam religious ministry’s seminar – UCA News
- Muslim Throws Acid on Young Christian Woman in Pakistan – Morningstar News
- 12-year-old Pakistani girl returned home after forced marriage and conversion – Eternity News
- Rebranding Forced Conversions As Love Marriages (thefridaytimes.com)
- Legal cover only way to resolve forced conversion issue: speakers – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
- Forced conversion, marriage and the endless cycle of misogyny – Herald (dawn.com)
Work on Minority Rights
Equal Citizenship of Minorities:
- Minorities rights: ‘Hindus feel unsafe in Sindh’ – Dawn, November 2015
- Majority stands for minorities on Peace Day – The Nation, October 2015
- Minorities Day: Protection of non-Muslims stressed – The Express Tribune, August 2015
- Minorities are integral part of Pakistan – Samaa TV, August 2015
- Institutional reform: Minorities need affirmative action, says IA Rehman (tribune.com.pk)
Campaign for Civil and Political Rights of Minorities:
Improving Political Participation of Religious Minorities:
Human Rights Issues
Provincial Human Rights Taskforce:
Human Rights Education:
Interfaith Campaign “Green for White”:
Anti-Hate Speech Drive:
Stand Against Terrorism:
- Bombs do not discriminate between Muslims and Christians – The Friday Times, April 2016
- Sept 6: Day of defeat for India, defence for Pakistan: Pervaiz – The News International, September 2015
- Peace conference: Mothers of APS victims demand justice – The Express Tribune, May 2015
- Nation stands united against terrorism: Shahbaz – Pakistan Today, March 2015
- Stance reaffirmed: Eradication of terrorism vital for national progress – The Express Tribune, March 2015
- Heinous attack: Terror lacks religious sanction – The Express Tribune, December 2014
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