AAWAZ Programme launched 16 days activism campaign to raise awareness on women’s rights and generate demands for the legislation on child early and forced marriages and domestic violence via different interventions like Apno ki Yaad in 450 Union councils, Meri Hamjoliyan at Dar Ul aman and jails, Khawateen ki Siyasi Bethak/ seminars/ rallies and signature
Gender-based violence is a universal reality existing in all societies regardless of economic status, class, culture or any other diversity. Many women had and still are experiencing this form of violence which has adversely affected their wellbeing as well as productivity in their homes, communities and places of work. One of the huge forms of
Mumkin Alliance Punjab has organized an event in collaboration with Lahore College Women University with reference to sixteen days campaign on Violence against Women (VAW)in Lahore on Wednesday. Mumkin Alliance secretariat is currently being held by SPO Lahore Region. Students, media, academia and civil society activists participated in the event. To commemorate the day and
The Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) had organized five days capacity building workshop under the aegis of Umeed-e-Jawan from 11th to 15th November 2014. The training and resource Centre aimed to equip the participants and acted as a catalyst for building capacity of partner organizations for developing project proposals in following four themes: Education and Leadership
The Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) held a National Consultation about a year agoto devise the National Human Rights Policy Framework and policy principles in collaboration with Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights (MoL,J&HR). The National Consultation resulted a consolidated National Human Rights Policy Framework (NHRPF). To further strengthen this document and hold greater extent
In pursuance to the organizational mission, SPO is gradually increasing the capacity and participation of its partners’ civil society network in policy reforms, feedback and alternate solutions. One of SPO’s partner network WHDT (Web for Human Development) from Thatta district succeeded to catch the attention of education ministry and expressed desire via practical measures for
SPO held a National Consultation about a year ago to devise the National Human Rights, Policy Framework and policy principles in collaboration with Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights (MoL, J&HR). The National Consultation produced a consolidated National Human Rights Policy Framework (NHRPF). To further strengthen this document and hold wider stakeholder consultations, SPO
Leading civil society representatives have demanded that the ongoing electoral reforms process in parliament should take into account independence and accountability of electoral processes and ensure transparency and access of citizens, especially women, minorities and persons with disabilities (PWDs), to all stages of the electoral process. A set of comprehensive set of recommendations related to
A launching event of the printed version of “Report and Recommendations appointed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the reforms of the media sector January-June, 2013” took place at a local hotel in Lahore. The launch was honoured by Former Minister of Information, Broadcasting, and Senator Javed Jabbar and notable dignitaries including I.A.
About eighty prominent Parliamentarians and senators from different political parties and parts of the country, civil society members, researchers and academia attended a Federal level Round-table convened by SPO (Strengthening Participatory Organization) to sensitize participants on the gaps and limitations of existing Social Safety Nets (SSNs) in Pakistan, for improving health in general, and Mother