{"id":16962,"date":"2026-02-13T10:14:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/13\/honouring-ayesha-raza-farooq-childrens-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:14:28","slug":"honouring-ayesha-raza-farooq-childrens-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/13\/honouring-ayesha-raza-farooq-childrens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Honouring Ayesha Raza Farooq’s Fight for Children’s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ayesha Raza Farooq<\/strong> received France’s National Order of Merit<\/strong> at the Knight rank<\/em> in a ceremony hosted by the French Embassy in Islamabad. As Chairperson of the National Commission for Children’s Rights and National Coordinator for the Polio Eradication Campaign, she has combined policy advocacy with practical efforts to protect children’s health and access to education across Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The distinction recognises her sustained commitment to human rights, with a clear emphasis on children’s rights in both education and health sectors. Her work on polio eradication has involved coordinating federal and provincial stakeholders as well as international partners, helping to keep momentum on one of Pakistan’s most urgent public health priorities.<\/p>\n

French diplomats noted that Ms Raza Farooq has been a reliable partner for Franco-Pakistani cooperation on shared human rights priorities, and that the award highlights collaborative approaches to child welfare. The recognition reflects her role in strengthening institutional responses and public awareness around children’s protections nationwide.<\/p>\n

Colleagues and civil society figures say the honour is likely to reinforce ongoing programmes that unite advocacy with service delivery, and to bolster support for Pakistan’s efforts to eliminate polio and improve child wellbeing. The award reaffirms Ayesha Raza Farooq’s standing as a leading voice for children’s rights in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ayesha Raza Farooq honoured with France’s National Order of Merit for children’s rights and polio eradication, advancing Franco-Pakistani cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}