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Women, Floods & Public Budgets WAF Seminar 8 October 2025, National Press Club, Islamabad Ms. Rashida Dohad, Executive Director of #omarasgharkhanfoundation spoke about floods and #genderresponsivebudgets at a seminar convened by the Women’s Action Forum. She stressed the need to promte women’s leadership in deciding climate policies, actions and budgets. She called for increased investments […]

2005 Earthquake: 20 Years Later We will never forget 8 October 2025 Ms. Rashida Dohad of #omarasgharkhanfoundation appeared on the popular TV show #RedLineWithTalatHussain to discuss the state’s unfulfilled promises to rehabilitate those affected by the earthquake that devastated KP and Kashmir on 8 October 2005. Despite the passage of two decades, the New Bakhrial

Aawaz II National Learning Event 22 October 2025, Islamabad Aawaz II celebrates six years of partnership with local organisations and communities that have changed discriminatory social norms and worked together with provincial and district governments for improving access to services and benefits for the most marginalised. A few key achievements include: 35.9 million individuals have

Aawaz II – Tahaffuz & Meesaq Centres in KP October 2025, Peshawar & Rawalpindi “The KP Police will set up Tahaffuz and Meesaq Centres to provide security and redressal support to transgender persons and non-Muslim religious minorities,” stated Mr. Zulfiquar Hameed, IGP KP during a meeting with a delegation of #omarashgarkhanfoundation on 16 October 2025.

Aawaz II Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women 24 October 2025, Peshawar A delegation of #AawazII called on the newly appointed Chair of the KP Commission on the Status of Women, Dr. Sumera Shams. Ms. Rakhshanda Naz, Member Aawaz II Provincial Forum congratulated Dr. Shams on her appointment as Chair of a strong

Water Resources Accountability in Pakistan (WRAP) Grant Award Ceremony 27 October 2025, Islamabad 8 Pakistani civil society organisations received grants under WRAP’s Catalytic Fund (CF) to pilot nature-based solutions to water management and governance. The grants support projects implemented in collaboration with the federal and provincial/area governments of GB, Punjab and KP that will demonstrate

Aawaz Aagahi Centre (AAC) 4 November 2025, Akora Khattak, KP A 15-member delegation of Aawaz II’s Provincial Forum from Punjab visited an AAC in Akora Khattak as part of an inter-provincial exchange aimed at sharing experiences between the programme’s stakeholders in Punjab and KP. The delegation included representatives from the Punjab Women Protection Authority, Local

Preventing Gender Based Violence #Aawaz II Inter Provincial Exchange Visit Meeting with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women (KPCSW) 5 November 2025, Peshawar A 15-member delegation from Aawaz II’s Provincial Forum in Punjab held a detailed meeting with the newly appointed Chair of KPCSW, Dr. Sumera Shams. The meeting was arranged by

Advancing the Rights of the Vulnerableb #AawazII Inter Provincial Exchange Visit Meeting with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Social Welfare Department 5 November 2025, Peshawar A delegation of 15 members from Aawaz II’s Provincial Forum in Punjab met with Mr. Nazar Hussain Shah, Secretary and other senior officials of KP’s Social Welfare Department. The meeting was arranged