Our Women Empowerment Projects
Donor | UN Women | |||
Name of Project | Advocacy for the Prevention of violence against women | |||
Amount of Funding | USD 100,000 | |||
Dates of Funding | 2014 | July | 2015 | July |
Purpose of and objectives of the grant | The overall goal of the project is to prevent violence against women and girls at home, in their communities and in disaster and conflict situations.
The specific objectives are:
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Activities | Mobilize national and local media to be involved in the public awareness about women rights Organize round table discussions in local radio stations broadcasted live. The discussions are aimed at public awareness about women rights and preventing violence against women Build the capacity and knowledge of persons involved for advocating the women rights in their communities Offering training of trainers (TOT) training to the ORCD trainers Select interested Community Development councils (CDCs) who are interested to advocate for women rights Training a total 200 persons from the community on women rights and the ways how they can advocate for preventing violence against women |
Donor | Counterpart International / USAID | |||
Name of Project | Public Awareness on the legal rights of women | |||
Amount of Funding | USD 95,000 | |||
Dates of Funding | 2013 | March | 2013 | September |
Purpose of grant | To increase awareness of people on the legal rights of women in the view of Pakistan constitution and religion | |||
Activities | Identify 50 men and 50 women influential in communities Conduct trainings to 100 women Mobilize media (Radio and Television) for the awareness of people on women rights through broadcasting spots and round table discussions Conduct seminars and workshop at provincial level Hold meetings with the representatives of people at central an provincial level Establish women committees or family action groups |