Karachi’s Lyari is famous throughout the country for its negative image due to the gang war. On hearing the name of Lyari, dense slums, narrow streets, poor sanitation, backwardness and even the fear of drugs and beatings, full of uncertainty and disgust, a mixed image emerges in the mind.
There is an institution in Lyari that through its positive efforts is not only playing its role in improving the environment of the area but also working day and night to remove the bad impressions of Lyari.
Lyari Girls Cafe is an organization that is engaged in positive efforts to empower women in the deprived and devastated areas of the city.
Women count more than half of our national population, and the idleness of such a large number of human resources in a nation can lead to stagnation in the process of national development. One of the major reasons for the dire economic problems and development challenges Pakistan is facing today is the lack of employment of more than half of Pakistan’s female population.
In this background, the role of Lyari Girls Cafe is of great importance, and organizing such an effort in an underdeveloped area like Lyari is certainly a very promising situation.
Lyari Girls Cafe is also teaching girls and cycling for free along with other projects to empower women. The head of the cafe said that she started this practice a few years ago, but the response was so good that it soon became popular among the women of Lyari.
She told MM News that by cycling, girls can reduce their travel difficulties when they go out of the house out of necessity. Going out of the house by riding a bicycle on their own gives the girls a sense of freedom and this feeling gives them a sense of freedom of movement every time.
The girls and trainers associated with the cafe say that people should encourage their work so that women can become strong and play their role in national development.
