Sharmeen, a university student doing her Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Education, lives with her parents and siblings in Okara, a remote district of Punjab. Being a student, she frequently browses the internet for academic pursuits and to connect with her friends and mentors through social media platforms. Although, she was cognizant of the risks associated…
Mohammad Khalid, a 39-year-old social worker, belongs to village Talagram, a region surrounded by mountains, which receives heavy rainfall in both the summer and winter season. The village is only accessible through a jeepable 90-minute drive up a steep and narrow winding road from Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). AJK is highly prone to…
Gulshat cannot have it better. In a matter of few months, she is expecting to earn more money, have greater control over her natural and financial resources, a relatively less laborious summer and abundance of preserved fruit and vegetables for her family to survive the harshest of winters in Chinar – a rugged village cradled…
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,…
“We used to pay an excessive amount of money for our electricity and gas bills. Now, with the help of TheNetwork for Consumer Protection, we are not only able to read our gas and electricity bills, but also know where to complain in case of any issue,” says Qasim Jan, a 60-year-old low income farmer…
Water shortage is a problem that damages the very core of the Pakistani economy – agriculture, bringing those already living on the edge of poverty closer to losing hope. The problem is further exacerbated for farmers of Southern Punjab who are living at the tail of the distributary system. The farmers of Chak Number 53/M,…