Safar Khan, a 35-years-old, resident of a remote village Tirak Bolkha in district Kalat, Balochistan was afflicted with polio. Despite having a graduate degree, he found it difficult to make ends meet. After struggling long and hard to find work in a region where jobs are scarce, he found work as a night watchman at…
Pallandri, a small town in Suadhoti district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has an abundance of forest cover. Local residents chop wood and use it as the primary fuel for cooking purposes and heating their homes during winters. Regular cutting of trees does not bode well for the region. Resultantly, the price of firewood…
The picturesque village Cheruty lies in the peripheries of district Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It sits near a hilltop surrounded by towering ferns trees. Local economy is nearly non-existent as a large portion of locals’ income come in the form of foreign remittances from family members abroad, while some seek greener pastures in other…
Women’s Action for Better Workplaces (WAction) conducted Workplace Monitoring Exercise at 105 workplaces in five project districts i.e. Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Quetta. The monitoring of workplaces was conducted on standardized checklists. Keeping in view the difference in provisions of the laws governing the industrial, public, and private workplaces, two checklists were developed, one…
Women Action for Better Workplaces (WAction) Project, implemented by the Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability – Free and Fair Elections Network (TDEA-FAFEN) and funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Pakistan is focused on enhancing the capacities of women workers and their organizations to negotiate and advocate with employers, policymakers,…