Women Khuli Kachari in Khushab.
One joint Khuli Kachari was organised for Aawaz union council Botala and 50 MB in press club Khushab. Khuli Kachari was addressed by Ms. Asma Cheema, AC Khushab; Ms. Tabinda Amjad, district information officer Khushab; and Ms. Nabeela Malik, EDO community development. An Attorney General from district court was also invited to represent women rights and women protection institutes. Mr. Akram Khurshid, Manger Aawaz program and Mr. Zeeshan from DAI were also in the event as special guests. Union council development plans of both union councils were presented by the village forum members, and more than one women participated in the event Proceedings.
Aawaz SPO Peshawar Cosponsored GoZEST event:
GoZEST was a Pakistan’s first multiple location, five days residential learning, tourism and Cultural festival where youth from all over the Pakistan interacted and networked with each other. Leading personalities from the world of business, development, politics, academia and culture participated in this amazing event which was held from 21st Sept 2016 to 25th Sept 2016 in Galyiat. Reham Khan was the Chief Guest in inauguration ceremony. The focus of the event was on: • To provide the young people of Pakistan with a platform to discuss national challenges towards Democracy, Education, Peace & Harmony and advocate for meaningful youth participation in decision/policy-making & accountability processes. • To Experience an inter-cultural dialogue; to promote national integrity and to celebrate the vast cultural and religious diversity, for bringing the youth spirit and festivity. • To empower the youth with skills and tools to synthesize innovative, principled and practical means to be active and responsible citizens of their society
SPO held National Conference on SDGs- Roadmap for Pakistan
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) on behalf of AAWAZ Voice & Accountability program organized a national conference on ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Roadmap for Pakistan’ on Thursday at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad. Member National Assembly Uzair Ali Khan, who is also the Coordinator Standing Committee for SDGs, was the Guest of honor of the conference and the event was attended by the concerned provincial secretaries, members of the UN body, bilateral donors, international and national organizations, civil society organizations, district chairman local government and community representatives from 45 districts where the AAWAZ program is promoting and strengthening citizen forums.
SPO holds National Advocacy Conference on Status of Health and Nutrition in Sindh
Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) under the Citizen First project held a national advocacy conference titled “Status of Health and Nutrition in Sindh” on Friday here at a local hotel in Islamabad. Mr. Riaz Hussain Wasan, the Additional Deputy Commissioner District Khairpur, Sindh, Mr. Naseer Memon the Chief Executive SPO and Ms Rabia Program Manager Citizen First project graced the event with their presence along with other guests from government, health departments, partner organizations and academia etc. Mr. Wahid Sangrasi, the Program Specialist SPO welcomed the guests and shared the objectives of the conference in the light of the Citizen First project and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) . He said that the organization achieved its target due to its three-way strategy of creating linkage between the government and citizens, mass media campaign and revival of local wisdom viz-a-viz sufi raag, katchries, festivals like holi etc.
Equitable Access to Education for Adolescent Girls In Sindh and Balochistan
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Regional Dialogue on Effective implementation of Pro women Laws and Support Mechanisms District Skardu, Gilgit Baltisistan,
Strengthening ParticipatoryOrganisation (SPO) organized second regional dialogue with facilitation of GEP partner NAWADO on Effective implementation of Pro women Laws and Support Mechanisms.Mr. Fida Muhammad Nashad, Speaker GB Legislative Assembly, Mr. Ashraf Sada, member GB council, Mr. Imran Nadeem, member Legislative Assembly GB, Mr. Qasim Naseem, senior Journalist and representative from PTV News, Mr. Hassan Jahangir, general secretary DBA Skardu and Ms. Shazia Shaheen, Senior Gender Specialist-SPO were the prominent speakers of the event.The dialogue attended by almost 09 women and 42 men from various, civil society organizations, media, lawyers, DBA members & parliamentarian etc. Total 51 participants attended the dialogue.
Formulation of Provincial Human Rights Strategies Stakeholder Consultative Workshop – Lahore
SPO under the umbrella of a project, signed with Foreign & Commonwealth Office in June 2016 aiming at institutionalization of the concept of human rights into the provincial ministries by preparing provincial human rights strategies, lobbying meetings with cabinet members and parliamentarians and capacity building on national and international human rights obligations and implementation of respective provincial human rights strategies. The objective will be achieved through a series of training/meetings in all provinces for provincial HR ministries.
Formulation of Provincial Human Rights Strategy; Stakeholder Consultative Workshop Peshawar – KPK
SPO under the umbrella of a project, signed with Foreign & Commonwealth Office in June 2016 aiming at institutionalization of the concept of human rights into the provincial ministries by preparing provincial human rights strategies, lobbying meetings with cabinet members and parliamentarians and capacity building on national and international human rights obligations and implementation of respective provincial human rights strategies. The objective will be achieved through a series of trainings/meetings in all provinces for provincial HR ministries.
Coordination Meeting with GEP District Partners of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Second Coordination Meeting workshop was held successfully on 26th July 2016 with four GEP partners of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa i.e. CSF, Blue Veins, DTCE and SKYIANS Welfare Organization at SPO Peshawar Office under the project of National Coordinator for Bar Council/Association Engagement/Sub- Grant cycle 8 (GEP). The participants of the meeting from four districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Peshawar, Swat, Haripur and Abbottabad were present in this meeting. The total numbers of participants were six; three females and three male. The meeting aimed to discuss work plans, database development, progress and challenges faced by IPs in project implementation and planning for future regional dialogues at the district level.