Resolution of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa (KPK) Assembly
The Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK) Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution supporting United Nation’s Human Rights Council’s Resolution on Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights on October 6, 2011. Ms. Shazia Tehmas Khan, Chairperson Standing Committee on Population Welfare along with Ms. Sanjeeda Yousaf, Ms. Naeema Nisar and Ms. Mehar Sultana jointly presented the resolution in the Assembly’s session.
The passing of the resolution in KPK Assembley is a great achievement for the Rutgers WPF Pakistan team, a result of continuous and sustained efforts to advocate the United Nation’s Human Rights Council’s Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights resolution at the Provincial level. After the successful adaption by the Baluchistan and Sindh Assemblies, advocacy efforts had been undertaken with the Members of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Assembly. Rutgers WPF Pakistan held a number of meetings with Members of Provincial Assembly and briefed the KPK Standing Committee on Population Welfare on the preventable maternal mortality resolution.
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