Director General of former Punjab Chief Minister’s Strategic reforms Unit Salman Sufi has been brought on board by UN Women to work as Senior Gender Advisor to Sindh Government.
Salman Sufi lead SRU and spearheaded drafting and passage of landmark Punjab Women Protection law 2016, Punjab women protection authority act 2017 and conceived and executed South Asia’s first one stop Violence against Women Center. Women on Wheels, a program that Sufi launched with previous Punjab Government was also initiated in Sindh last November.
Under this new assignment, Salman Sufi will be working to strengthen implementation of Sindh’s women protection laws and establish Violence against Women center’s in Sindh. New initiatives to strengthen gender reforms in Sindh will also be undertaken. Salman Sufi met Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah last October and was provided complete support of Sindh government to launch women on wheels in Karachi. Mr Sufi is expected to work closely with Advisor to Chief Minister Murtaza Wahab and Minister for Women development Shehla Raza in this new assignment.
Salman Sufi was awarded Mother teresa award for his work on women’s empowerment in South Asia and is also a member of Hillary Clinton lead Vital Voices solidarity council. He started The Salman Sufi foundation to expand women empowerment work across Pakistan last year.
