Women MPs shape nearly half of parliament’s agenda in 2024-25: Fafen

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ISLAMABAD: Women Parliamentarians have expressed their commitment and productivity in forming legislative priorities and affecting policy talks and parliamentary measures during 2024-2025, according to reports of the Free and Fair Election Network (Fafin) Women Parliamentarians.

According to the Fafin report, despite the formation of only 17 % of the current membership of Parliament (69), women lawmakers supported about half (49 %) in the parliamentary agenda-this is a historical high from 2015-16.

Women members of the National Assembly (MNA) started 55 % of the agenda in the lower house, while the upper house had 31 % of women senators.

Women’s lawmakers fought against a number of public concerns, including institutional accountability, climate flexibility, economic inequality, and infrastructure challenges such as energy pricing and internet access.

Their legislative priorities were focused on strengthening human rights protection for backward groups, advancing health care reforms, protecting labor rights and modernizing governance.

Significantly, the women’s assembly proposed amending criminal laws to strengthen the protection of women, children and minorities, as well as increasing the participation of the Parliament.

Collectively, these efforts reflect an important understanding of governance, which connects social justice with institutional utility, and gives women legislators a position as the future of Pakistan’s legislature.

Although women’s parliamentarians contributed significantly in the parliamentary business, the rate in which their agenda was focused on, compared to previous years.

In 2024-25, the National Assembly addressed 67 % of women’s agenda, which is less than 69 % in 2022-23 and less than 81 % in 2021-22.

Similarly, the Senate focused on 77 % of the women’s agenda, which is less than 85 % in 2022-23 and less than 94 % in 2021-22.

However, this trend reflects a wider stagnation in parliamentary performance rather than gender -based disparity, as their male counterparts faced comparisons.

In the National Assembly, 83 % of the jointly patronized items were focused, while 67 % started by women’s lawmakers and 66 % by men.

The Senate exhibited a similar pattern, which jointly addressed 80 % of the patronizing business and 77 % of both women and men’s agenda. Women lawmakers individually supported agenda items compared to their male counterparts.

Each female MNA has introduced an average of 17 agenda items – for a lawmaker for three times more. In the Senate, women suggested 11 items in each, which is less than an average. Specifically, except for five women MNAs and a female senator, all actively participated in the agenda of Parliament and/or debate.

In the complete proceedings of the two houses, the presence of parliamentarians further highlighted the dedication of women for legislative work.

The female MNA maintained a permanent participation rate than its male counterparts, which participates in the 13 sessions held during the reporting year by the Men MNA on average 59 59 seats (63 % of the 93 seats), 75 % of the seats (75 % of 93 percent).

In the Senate, there was a slight fluctuation in the attendance of women, six of the 11 sessions made male colleagues back or resembled and left behind in five. Despite these variations, female senators have an average of 41 seats (67 % of 61 seats), which is modest to 39 seats recorded by their men’s counterparts (64 % of 61 seats).

The parliamentary agenda presented by the women’s parliamentarians was about 49 % and two percent together and two percent together with their male colleagues during the year.

He made 44 % of private members ‘bills (69 out of 156), 49 % of private members’ resolutions (27 out of 55), 44 % focus notice (76 of 137), 42 % of the debate on public interest issues (25 % of 60 %), 42 % of 19 % (13 %), 68 %. 1,784 of all parliamentary questions).

Women members of the National Assembly support 55 % of the Lower House’s agenda – 52 % independently and three percent in collaboration with male counterparts.

Similarly, female senators participated in 34 % of the upper house’s agenda – 31 % themselves and one percent together with male colleagues. In addition to his contribution to the agenda, female lawmakers also actively participated in the debate about scheduled business, and enhancing discipline.

Women’s contributions to the National Assembly’s business (55 %) were significantly higher than in recent years, but still less than their highly recorded contributions in 2016-207.

In the Senate, Fafin has released the performance report after the performance of the House has been the highest on the agenda of the House.

MPs of women also tried to introduce amendments to the current rules and regulations of the House, focusing on improving the framework of their participation in the full committees.

Of the 48 women MNAs, 34 (65 %) participated in sponsored agenda items and debates, while 13 (25 %) only sponsored agenda items. A female MNA (two percent) participated in the debate fully, and did not engage in the operation during the five reporting period.

Compared to their male counterparts, the women MNA showed a high level of participation.

Of the 15 female senators, 13 (87 %) actively contributed to both agendas and debates, while two (13 %) have submitted only agenda items.

A senator from the Pakistan Tehreek -e -Insaf (PTI) did not attend any seats, which resulted in completely no participation.

A total of 59 MNAs (54 men and 5 women) did not attend any seats, while four senators (three men and a woman) do not participate in any parliamentary business.

In the MNA with the participation of zero, the average attendance was 54 setting, while the female MNA was not attended, with an average of 93 participating in 45 setting.

This shows that some MNAs were physically present at home but they were not engaged in any action, which made them inactive. In addition, the attendance of non -co -senators was particularly low.

During the reporting period, the National Assembly covered more than 93 seats for thirteen sessions, while ten sessions in the Senate consisted of 62 seats.

In the National Assembly, women members showed permanent attendance rates in 13 sessions than their male counterparts.

Unlike the National Assembly, attendance specimens in the Senate are different yearly.

In five sessions for female senators, there was a higher attendance rate than male senators, while in one session, male senators are similar.

In the remaining five sessions, attendance rate was lower than his colleagues.

An analysis of the agenda transactions rates in the National Assembly and the Senate shows that although there is no significant difference in the treatment of the agenda launched by male legislators and agenda in any home, the agenda will be jointly given to the two genders.

Overall, the National Assembly eliminated 83 % of the joint patronizing agenda during the reporting year, 67 % of women’s agenda items and 66 % of the male agenda.

One -third of the agenda organized by women was either not read during the proceedings or delayed due to the absence of a moor or minister.

Of the patronizing agenda of women in the National Assembly, 67 % of attention notices (cans), 94 % legislative proposals, 100 % movements for public interest debates, 40 % resolutions, 68 % questions and 31 % amendments were suggested for the assembly procedure.

Similarly, the Senate addressed 80 % of the joint -sponsored agenda during the reporting year and 77 % of the agenda of women organized by women and 77 % of the male agenda items. About 23 % of the women’s agenda was restrained in the Senate.

Of the women’s agenda, the House focused on 78 % cans, 75 % legislative proposals, 33 % movements for public interest debates, 100 % private members’ resolutions, and 79 % questions.

Shahistan Khan of the PML-N from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa participated in the NA session when he participated in 99 % of the sessions, asked 24 questions, 2 attention notice and a resolution.

MQM Pakistan’s Isaac Ishaq Khan was second to attend the NA session when he participated in 97 % of the session, 8 questions, 2 attention notes, 2 motivations on public interest debates, 3 legislation and 5 resolutions.

PML -N’s newborn Sadiq participated in 86 % NA sessions, 13 questions, 11 attention notes, one legislation and 2 resolutions.

Isafa Bhutto Zardari participated in 42 % of the National Assembly sessions, asked 2 questions, and a attention notice notice.

Nafisa Shah of PPPP participated in 82 % of NA sessions, 33 questions, 3 attention notes, 2 bills of legislation, 3 proposals for amending the rules of parliament and a resolution.

PPPP’s Shazia Mary participated in 69 % of NAs session, 21 questions, 4 attention notes, 2 movements of public interest debates, 3 legislation and 5 resolutions.

Minister for Information Technology Shaza Fatima Khawaja participated in 56 % of NA sessions. SIC’s Shahndana Gulzar Khan participated in 76 % NA sessions, asking only 1 question.

SIC’s Anika Mehdi participated in 55 % NA sessions, which asked only 2 questions.

Sayed Noshin Ektiyar participated in 74 % NA sessions, with only 2 focus notices submitted.

While living in the Senate, PPPP Senator Hussein Banu is on the top of the attendance list as he participated in 90 percent of the Senate seats and transferred 2 resolutions.

PTI Senator Flick Naz participated in 85 percent of the Senate seats and transferred 3 resolutions. PPPP Senator Paulosha Khan also shared second position in attendance as he also participated in 85 % of the Senate seats and asked 8 questions, a attention notice, 4 legislation and 4 resolutions.

PML -N Senator Sadiya Abbasi shared third place in the Senate meeting while she was in 84 % of the Senate seats. PPP Senator Sherry Rehman participated in 80 % of the Senate seats, 2 focus notice, a movement for the public interest and 7 resolutions.