Monthly Archives: June 2023

Federal Budget FY2023-24 Roundtable: Promoting Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) 14 June 2023, Islamabad The National Assembly's Women Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) brought together MNAs, academics, rights activists and the media in a roundtable meeting to discuss the Federal Budget FY2023-24 from a gender-inclusive perspective, in light of Pakistan's Constitution and its international obligations including CEDAW and SDGs. The roundtable was organized in collaboration with Omar Asghar Khan Foundation and Shirkat Gah-Women's Resource Center as part of…

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Protection & Response Mechanisms for GBV Survivors Aawaz II Provincial Consultation-KP 8 June 2023, Peshawar “The KP Government is establishing facilities to help GBV survivors learn skills to will help them become more self-reliant,” said Deputy Secretary, Social Welfare & Women’s Empowerment, Ms. Warda Latif. She was speaking at the consultation that brought together more than 60 women, persons with disabilities, transgender persons, and religious minorities from 13 KP districts: Peshawar, Charsadda, Haripur, Nowshehra, Buner,…

Aawaz II Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Partners Network Meeting 8 June 2023, Peshawar In December 2022 a network of partners was created to sustain engagement in the nine KP districts included in Aawaz II's first phase (2020-22). Partners that initiated work in the five additional KP districts in the second phase from January 2023 are also included in the network. Omar Asghar Khan Foundation as the provincial lead in KP and the Project Management Unit are also…

Aawaz II Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 13th Provincial Forum (PF) Meeting 7 June 2023, Peshawar The mechanism for distributing the Disable Persons Rehab (DPR) Funds, presently over Rs.500 million, has been approved by the Provincial Council for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (PCRDP). This was shared by Additional Secretary-Social Welfare Department and Mr. Zawar Noor, member, PCRDP. The PF members applauded this achievement, that it was advocating since 2020. Soft loans, training of PWDs, provision of assistive devices,…

Aawaz II Provincial Forum - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Orientation on Phase II 7 June 2023, Peshawar Members of Aawaz II's Provincial Forum in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were given a detailed orientation by Aawaz II's Team Lead, Dr. Yasmin Zaidi, and Head of Delivery, Mr. Arshad Mehmood, on the focus, pathways, expected outputs/outcomes and the institutional structure of the programme in phase II that was initiated in January 2023 after the successful completion of the first two-year phase…

Roundtable: Reviewing Pakistan's Constitution from a Woman’s Perspective Women Parliamentary Caucus, National Assembly of Pakistan 5-6 June 2023, Islamabad The language of the Constitution must be gender-inclusive to reflect the state's commitment to gender equality. A resolution should be tabled in the National Assembly on the use of gender-inclusive language in legislation. These were some of the suggestions made at a RT organized by the Women Parliamentary Caucus of the National Assembly attended by more…