Promoting Women's Leadership in Pakistan

The following activities were accomplished during the 3^rd quarter of the project:   

ü   Coordination and networking meetings of Gender Responsive Action Forum (GRAF) were facilitated.  Members shared their issues and problems and developed and actions plan to resolve them together.

ü   To establish connections and networking, a group of 5 women members arranged meetings with the newly elected members of the parliament to share women community issues with them. Members of the parliament ensured support to the women empowerment cause.  

ü   GRAF members arranged 12 awareness sessions in 12 villages on the importance of girl’s education in their communities.

ü   Two days training on Advocacy and Lobbying skills was conducted for 20 members of the GRAF. The GRAF members became aware of the effective tools for advocacy and lobbying and its usefulness to peruse the cause of women empowerment.

ü   Project monthly progress review and planning meetings were held both in the head office and field office Lower Dir. During the meeting project progress was reviewed, challenges were discussed and an action plan was reviewed and finalized for every next month. 

• 3rd Quarterly Progress Report (PDF)
  

Key accomplishments during the 2nd quarter of the project. 

• Profiling of 10 women leaders and 10 elected women councilors was finalized for leadership capacity building program in two target districts of the project i.e. Lower Dir and Malakand.

• Profiling of 10 women leaders and 10 elected women councilors was finalized for leadership capacity building program in two target districts of the project i.e. Lower Dir and Malakand.

• Gender Responsive Action Forum (GRAF) was initiated in two of the districts. Each district chapter is compromised of 10 women leaders and elected women councilors.

• Training manual for leadership training was completed. During the next quarter, the training will be conducted.

• On July 25th the general elections were held in Pakistan. To ensure women right to vote and to report the observation and recommendations to the Election Commission of Pakistan about women voting on the Election Day, GRAF members were trained about the election observation protocols during the month of June.

• To ensure the maximum turnout of women voters on the Election Day, GRAF members conducted 30 awareness sessions in different parts of the two districts with above 500 women voters. The turn out on the Election Day was historic.

• Project monthly progress review and planning meetings were held both in the head office and field office Lower Dir. During the meeting project progress was reviewed, challenges were discussed and an action plan was reviewed and finalized for every next month.  

Links:

• SUFFRAGETTE CITY
• High women turnout expected in Bajaur, Dir
• KP women candidates almost zero chances of winning elections

• 2nd Quarterly Progress Report (DOCX)