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Benazir Bhutto Chair LCWU Newsletter A Quarterly Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Benazir Bhutto Chair’s Message 2

Fatima Jinnah Awards 2014 3

Lectures Organized by Benazir Bhutto 6 Chair

Other News 9

Coming Up Events 11

Edited by: Mrs Moneeza Hashmi Compiled by: Qurat-ul-Ann Hussain

Designed By: Qurat-Ul-Ann Hussain

Benazir Bhutto Chair's message

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It was indeed a huge challenge to undertake organising and implementation of the Fatima Jinnah Awards 2014 on behalf of LCWU with UNICEF Punjab and Women Development Department Government of Punjab as partners. The event was funded by UNGEI, United Nations Girls Education Initiative. As Benazir Bhutto Chair and focal person of these prestigious awards on behalf of LCWU it was my prime responsibility to ensure transparency of the selection process as well as to identify women par excellence who merited to be applauded and rewarded for services in their respective fields. It was indeed a proud moment for LCWU when at Governor House 19 top professional women gathered together to receive the Fatima Jinnah 2014 medal and a certificate from Governor Punjab alongside Dr.Sabiha Mansoor, Vice Chancellor Lahore College for Women University . This award also signifies admirable role models for our younger generation to emulate and look up to. Benazir Bhutto Chair is privileged to have played such a significant role in the revival of these awards and I hope this tradition will continue in the years to come.

Warm Regards

Moneeza Hashmi

Benazir Bhutto Chair

Lahore College for Women University Lahore

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Women Development Department, Government

of the Punjab appointed Lahore College for

Women University as the Convener and

Benazir Bhutto Chair as the Focal Person of

Fatima Jinnah Awards 2014

‘It gives me great pride to say that future of Pakistan is now in hands of women of Pakistan’ said Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar at the Fatima

Jinnah Awards 2014 Ceremony, held at the Governor House on Tuesday

March 11th, 2014.

‘Ms. Hamida Wahida-ud-Din , Minister Women Development Department,

Government of the Punjab, also present at the event said that, ‘Reviving this award is a very important component of our women empowerment agenda. These awards are

homage to Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah as well as a tribute and recognition of the

hard work of these distinguished women who are receiving these awards.’

FATIMA JINNAH AWARDS 2014

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FATIMA JINNAH AWARDS 2014

‘….Today we honor nineteen such women yet there are thousands and millions of wonderful women who are

being recognized for the courage, commitment and empowerment

through the Fatima Jinnah Awardees. We look up to these women present in this gathering as a role model for all,’ said Dr. Sabiha Mansoor, Vice

Chancellor, Lahore College for Women University.

The event was moderated and organized by Mrs. Moneeza Hashmi who was the

focal person of these awards in her position as the inaugural Benazir Bhutto

Chair for Peace Reconciliation and Development at Lahore College for

Women University.

“No nation can rise to its heights of glory unless your women are

side by side with you. We are victims of evil customs. It is a

crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the

four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction

anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have

to live” - Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Address to the students at Ali

Garh University, 1944

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FATIMA JINNAH AWARDS 2014

Category: EDUCATION Dr. Arfa Syeda Zehra Prof Dr. Najma Najam Prof Salima Hashmi Perin Cooper Boga Sister Andrew Sequeira Category: ENTREPRENEUR Roshaneh Zafar Category: ENVIRONMENT Prof Dr. Kausar Jamal Cheema Category: HEALTH Prof Dr. Jovaria Mannan Prof Dr. Khalida Usmani Prof Dr. Syeda Zahida Sarwar

Category: LITERATURE-URDU Bano Qudsia Category: PERFORMING ARTS Madeeha Gauhar Nahid Siddiqui Navid Shahzad Surraiya Multaikar Category: SOCIAL SECTOR ENTREPRENEUR Nasreen Mehmud Kasuri Category: SPORTS-CRICKET Sana Mir Category: WOMEN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY Asma Jahengir Hina Jilani

LIST OF FATIMA JINNAH 2014 AWARDEES

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LECTURES ORGANIZED BY BENAZIR BHUTTO CHAIR

Role of Media in Promoting Peace

‘Access to information does not make you knowledgeable it only makes you aware ’, said Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed, addressing faculty and students of Lahore College for Women University on Wednesday, January 15th,2014. The lecture was organized by Benazir Bhutto Chair for Department of Mass Communication.

Internal Security Challenges Faced By Pakistan

‘Absence of respect for constitution, lack of credibility of the rulers and lack of credibility of the media are biggest internal security challenges faced by Pakistan ’, said Dr. Mehdi Hasan, addressing faculty and students of Lahore College for Women University on Wednesday, January 21st ,2014. The lecture was organized by Benazir Bhutto Chair for Department of Political Science, Lahore College for Women University.

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v LECTURES ORGANIZED BY BENAZIR BHUTTO CHAIR

Importance of National Language

‘Languages evolve over a period of centuries, and Urdu being one of the youngest languages has a long way to go,’ said Dr. Muhammad Khawaja Zakaria, while addressing the faculty and students of Department of Urdu, LCWU, on Thursday 13th February, under the auspices Benazir Bhutto Chair, Peace, Reconciliation and Development lecture series.

Significance of Oriental Languages

‘The choice of words used by an individual represents one’s character and caliber,’ said Mr Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, while addressing the faculty and students of Department of Persian, LCWU, on Tuesday 18th February 2014, under the auspices Benazir Bhutto Chair, Peace, Reconciliation and Development lecture series. Mr Shami along with Mr Iqbal Shahid, HoD Department of Persian, Government College University, Lahore were member of a panel titled ‘Significance of Oriental Languages’ organized by Benazir Bhutto Chair in collaboration with Department of Persian.

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`LECTURES ORGANIZED BY BENAZIR BHUTTO CHAIR

Economic Growth Mandatory for Peace

‘Pakistan needs to strengthen its internal economy to compete in global market,’ said Mr Haroon Sharif, while addressing the faculty and students of Department of Economics, LCWU, on Tuesday February 25th, 2014, under the auspices Benazir Bhutto Chair, Peace, Reconciliation and Development lecture series.

Role of Women in Media and Arts

Benazir Bhutto Chair organized a panel titled ‘Role of Women in Media and Arts’ on Tuesday April 1st, 2014 for the students and faculty of Institute if Design and Visual Arts. The panelists included Ms. Farah Waraich, Ms. Huma Mir Shahand Ms. Fatima Ataa. The discussion was moderated by Mr. Yasir Qureshi.

Family Law Reforms in Pakistan

‘Family law reforms in the Muslim world represent a fascinating yet challenging example of the on-going contestations between contemporary notions of justice, equality and human rights, and established understandings of Islamic jurisprudence on the subject’, said Dr. Shaheen Sardar Ali, while addressing the students and faculty of Department of Gender Studies, Lahore College for Women University, on April 8th, 2014 under the auspices of Benazir Bhutto Chair’s Peace, Reconciliation and Development lecture series.

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OTHER NEWS

Women Development Department, Government of the Punjab Issues Notification of Fatima Jinnah

Awards 2014 Women Development Department, Government of the Punjab issues a notification appointing LCWU as the convener or FJA 2014 and Benazir Bhutto Chair as the Focal Person. Notification of formation of Steering Committee and Selection Committee also issued by WDD. A 5 member ‘Fatima Jinnah Awards Steering Committee’ under chairmanship of VC Lahore College for Women University was formed by Women Development Department. A 7 member ‘Fatima Jinnah Award Selection Committee’ under the chairmanship of Benazir Bhutto Chair, Lahore College for Women University was also formed by Women Development Department. The Selection Committee was responsible for selecting eminent women from Education, Health, Agriculture, Literature, Business / Entrepreneurship, Social Work, Showbiz, Sports and Media.

Benazir Bhutto Chair Host Fatima Jinnah Selection Committee Meeting

Benazir Bhutto Chair hosted Fatima Jinnah Awards 2014 Selection Committee meeting at the Benazir Bhutto Chair Office on March 5th, 2014. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Sabiha Mansoor, Chair Steering Committee, Fatima Jinnah Awards 2014. Members of the Selection Committee FJA 2014 included: Ms. Moneeza Hashmi, Benazir Bhutto Chair, Ms. Saima Asghar Riaz, Ms. Sehr Qizilbash, UNICEF Punjab, Ms. Amtul Qaddus, Director, Women Development Department, Government of the Punjab, Mr. Qaiser Rashid, UNGEI Punjab, Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed, Dr. Mariam Richards Malik and Mr. Kazi Afaq.

‘A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.’ Melinda Gates, in an interview to yahoo.com

(2011)

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OTHER NEWS

Fatima Jinnah Awards 2014 Celebrations

Benazir Bhutto Chair, Lahore College for Women University in collaboration with The Lahore Arts Council on Monday April 7th, 2014 paid a tribute to the women who won the Fatima Jinnah Award 2014. Among the women gathered to celebrate the evening were Dr Arifa Syeda Zahra, Prof Dr Najma, Salima Hashmi, Perin Cooper Boga, Prof Dr Kausar Jamal Cheema, Madeeha Gauhar, Nahid Siddiqui, Navid Shehzad, Suraiya Multanikar, Nasreen Mehmud Kasuri and Sana Mir

Benazir Bhutto Chair Collaborates with Department of

Mass Communication for the British Council Short Film

Competition.

Under the guidance of Benazir Bhutto

Chair, Department of Mass

Communication, LCWU, got the 4th

position in a national short film

competition organized by British Council.

The LCWU entry, The Only Courage

was made by Asma Minhas, Sidra Khan

and Hiba Habib.

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OTHER NEWS

Benazir Bhutto Chair Collaborates with Department of

Mass Communication

Benazir Bhutto Chair has collaborated

with Department of Mass

Communication once again to give

support to film studies students.

Benazir Bhutto Chair will be supervising

Semester 8 students for their final film

project.

Benazir Bhutto Chair Collaborates with Directorate of Faculty Development

and Internationalization

Benazir Bhutto Chair in collaboration with DFDI,

gave a series of workshops for Active Citizens

Porgramme students on Guidelines of

Production. Over a 1000 students attended

series of workshops.

Exciting Events Coming Up:

April 15th: Lecture titled ‘Role of Arabic in

Today’s Pakistan’ by Prof. Dr. Zahur Ahmed

Azhar. In collaboration with Department of

Arabics, LCWU

April 22nd: Panel titled ‘Women Empowerment’

with Ms.Baela Jamil, Justice Nasira Javed Iqbal

and Dr. Arfa Syeda as panelists.BB Chair

Moneeza Hashmi will moderate the discussion.

In collaboration with Department of Social Work,

LCWU.

May 6th: Lecture on Negotiating Terrain of

Women in Shakespearean Work' by Prof. Navid

Shahzad. In collaboration with Department of

English, LCWU.

May 8th: Benazir Bhutto Chair is collaborating

with British Council/DFDI for an International

Conference on Youth, Our Hope.

For Further Information: Website: www.lcwu.edu.pk Email: bbchair.lcwu@gmail.com Phone Number: 99203801-08 ext. 319 Facebook: www.facebook.com/lcwu.bbchair

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