Pakistani legislator asked to leave the chamber after taking her unwell child to parliament

Mahjabeen Sheran, a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan in Pakistan, who was asked to leave for bringing her unwell infant to the house, has vowed to campaign for establishing daycare centres in assemblies and government departments.

Al Jazeera reports that on April 29, Sheran was criticised by staff and other members of the assembly for bringing her seven-month-old son, who was sick and could not be left at home, to the chamber for a session. She was asked to leave the session.

“I felt embarrassed because some men in the session were making jokes and smirking about me bringing my son. At that point, I looked for someone to stand up for me and support me, but no one did,” she said to Al Jazeera.

Several times in the past, Sheran had requested the assembly’s secretary for a spare room to turn it into a daycare facility. Her request was denied repeatedly.

Via Al Jazeera