Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 9: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, president and Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Dr Farooq Abdullah today necessitated on empowering girls and women to leadership roles.
This he said while addressing one day convention of party’s newly formed women’s wing of District Shopian, at the party head quarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. The convention was presided over by state women’s wing president Shameema Firdous.
Addressing the functionaries, Dr Farooq said that due to the prevailing situation the women of Jammu and Kashmir have been the worst sufferers. “Discrimination and depravity at the societal and domestic-level with our mothers and sisters is not unknown in this part of the world. Our sisters and mothers are bearing an additional burden of the political instability and conflict as well. The young population of Kashmir, especially the girls is extremely vulnerable to the repercussions of excessive surveillance, suspicion, joblessness, killings and torn families.
Beyond these torments, people across Kashmir suffer from the loss of agency in negotiating their everyday lives due to price rise, administrative apathy, and widespread fear. A complex web of repercussions has ensnared the lives of Kashmiri women,” he said.
“Rising unemployment in J&K is also having a cascading affect on our promising women. However, it’s elating to see aspiring girls well educated and well equipped with strong leadership skills joins our fold wave after wave. I hope that the newly elected body members will help in strengthening of party at grass root level and also peacemaking and development in the region,” he added.
Exhorting the newly constituted women’s body to work in tandem for increasing the foothold of the party, he said need of the hour, is to give a platform to aspiring women and help in creating impactful voices to take on the challenges ahead.
Among others general secretary Ali Mohd Sagar, Provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani, senior leaders Mohd Shafi Uri, Ch Mohd Ramzan, MP Mohd Akbar Lone, Qamar Ali Akhoon, Provincial vice president Ahsan Pardesi, District president Baramulla Dr Sajad Shafi Uri, YNC Provincial president Salman Ali Sagar, Provincial Women’s Wing president Sabiya Qadri were also present on the occasion.
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