Peace and harmony is much desired goal for Pakistani society progressively crippled by extremism, violence and fragmentation. Citizens’ in general and youth in particular who are prone and can deflect to extremist agenda were engaged through various activities to strengthen communities’ collective voices.
AAWAZ Theory of Change (ToC) aims to reduce violence and threat of violence, involve women and religious and ethnic minorities from society in local actions and to address deep-seated norms and attitudes in society towards women, poor and ethnic and religious minorities.
AAWAZ forums are capacitated to prevent incidences of i) ethnic and sectarian disputes and ii) cases of domestic violence, at the level of village/settlements/neighborhood councils, union and tehsil councils. Similarly, AAWAZ forums carry out Gender Sensitive Mediation and Inclusion of Excluded Groups in Systems and Structures for Public Safety, at the upper level, i.e., district and province. Women are to be given leadership position in prevention and mediation model to help them gain confidence for political and social mobility.
