The government’s Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is designating $750 million, nearly half from US coffers, to create jobs and alleviate poverty by providing women with funds for food, health and training in the tribal belt.
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday urged the country’s women to actively participate in national development.Reiterating the government’s commitment to take measures for women’s empowerment and emancipation, the Prime Minister lauded the performance of
The draft electoral rolls of 2012 indicated a fall in the numbers of registered female voters, said the Pattan Development Organisation report on Thursday.
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The meeting, to be held in November, will draw 37 women speakers from different parliaments of Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, South America and Asia
Democracy and the Challenge of Change: A Guide to Increasing Women’s Political Participation was created to be used by National Democratic Institute staff and other practitioners to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate women’s political participation programs across a variety of te
Democracy and the Challenge of Change: A Guide to Increasing Women’s Political Participation was created to be used by National Democratic Institute staff and other practitioners to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate women’s political participation programs across a variety of te
In South Asia, the concept of power and authority are ascribed to certain social characteristics determined by the male privileged groups to exclude women.
This article describes the experience and lessons learned to date during the implementation of gender responsive budgeting (GRB) in Pakistan.
This article describes the experience and lessons learned to date during the implementation of gender responsive budgeting (GRB) in Pakistan.