Not a day goes by that the country hears about a woman being killed mercilessly. It is the dark reality of this patriarchal society where a woman is expected to be subservient and assimilate to the conditions that are deemed acceptable by it. The ones who rebel, more often than not, end up losing their…
DetailsHailing from the famine-struck region of Tharparkar, Bhagwaandas has defied all challenges to achieve his current merits. His story is that of passion, persistence, and resilience that made him come out to be victorious against all odds. Bhagwaandas suffered from polio and lost the ability to walk very early on in his childhood. Instead of…
DetailsWith an eerie silence surrounding the small house, sits a ghost-like figure with barely enough flesh on her face. When asked to narrate her story, Sidra rounds up just enough energy to speak through her parched lips. Looking closely at her one sees the hollowness in her eyes. She is young, but the years have…
DetailsShaheena (25), a young and enthusiastic journalist, lived with her four sisters and mother in the province of Balochistan. The absence of a patriarch left the burden of the family on her. She was smart, talented, and extremely ambitious. Her slender figure made her look deceivingly fragile which was rather convincingly overpowered by her unfaltering…
DetailsEnhancing Women’s Political and Electoral Participation (EWPEP) was a 12-month project funded by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. EWPEP aimed to enhance the electoral empowerment of and enjoyment of rights by women in Pakistan by decreasing the gap between the number of male and female voters in the districts where the gender…
DetailsISLAMABAD, January 13, 2022: A national collective of women workers employed in formal sectors titled Women Workers Alliance (WWA) and 13 Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCIs) including those representing federal and provincial capitals resolved to work together to ameliorate the working conditions for women as a means to improve economic growth of the country.
DetailsThe 10-month project aims to enhance civic space, particularly media freedoms that are critical for the promotion and protection of the rights of vulnerable populations across all 536 tehsils/sub-districts in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
DetailsISLAMABAD, April 9, 2021: Federal and provincial governments need to expand the pandemic relief programs and improve their accessibility by easing down the eligibility criteria to mitigate the immediate risks for women and prevent exacerbation of the existing gender gaps during ongoing COVID-19 wave, recommends a survey report by Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability and Free and Fair Election Network (TDEA-FAFEN).
DetailsISLAMABAD, March 09, 2021: Women Workers Alliance (WWA), a group of women workers from 14 industrial districts highlighted gender gaps and inconsistencies in labour laws in a press conference held in Islamabad on Tuesday calling upon the federation to provide legislatures a set of bare minimum standards on labour legislation. Calling these standards ‘federal framework…
DetailsTDEA organizes a five-day workshop for health journalists ISLAMABAD, February 1, 2021: The Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA) organized a five-day workshop for health journalists in collaboration with the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination at Bhurban with an aim to enhance the quality of health journalism in Pakistan. A total of…
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