TDEA’s Paper: Engaging Civil Society Organizations in the COVID-19 Pandemic – Responses and Challenges ISLAMABAD, May 06, 2020: TDEA’s paper explores the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Pakistan in responding to the largest public health emergency in a century. It presents a snapshot of the ongoing work and response by CSOs to COVID-19…
DetailsISLAMABAD, February 10, 2020 – The Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA) launched the Women’s Enjoyment of Rights, Empowerment and Leadership (WE’RE Leaders) project in a ceremony here on Monday. Funded by the Canadian government, the four-year project is designed to strengthen women’s democratic rights by enhancing their civic and political participation, with a special focus on young and marginalized women.
DetailsISLAMABAD, October 25, 2018: There is an immediate need to review the existing labour laws, unify them and make them consistent with Pakistan’s constitutional and international obligations and provide guarantees to workers particularly women. This was recommended in the first-ever Gender Audit of Pakistan’s Labour Laws, shared in a ceremony here, today. The gender audit…
DetailsISLAMABAD, October 18, 2018: Women Action for Better Workplaces (WAction), a project of Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA), shared the findings of its Monitoring of Workplace Report in a convention here on Thursday that speaks about the dismal situation of enforcement of Labour laws in Pakistan. According to these findings, 52 percent workplaces…
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Attitudinal, Environmental Barriers Hinder Transgender People, Women & PWDs from Observing General Elections 2018 ISLAMABAD, September 25, 2018: Despite progressive legislative and policy measures to facilitate participation of transgender people, women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the electoral processes, these individuals faced attitudinal and environmental barriers in the exercise of their right to vote…
DetailsISLAMABAD, May 24, 2018: Unprecedented efforts of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and civil society in registering eligible-age women have successfully led to an unparalleled increase of 4,307,553 women on the electoral rolls in the last seven months. This increase indicates the success of the ECP’s Women NIC…
DetailsWAction Demands Legislative Assemblies to Consolidate, Upgrade and Implement Labour Laws ISLAMABAD, May 13, 2018: The Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies need to improve the quality of labour legislation to make it consistent, applicable and in accordance with the law of the country and best international practices, besides ensuring that special measures to address women…
DetailsFederal Ombudsperson says doors of her office are open and all complaints will be addressed within 60 days ISLAMABAD, March 6, 2018: More than 60 percent workplaces in the federal capital are violating the labour laws which has detrimental effect on the working of women workers. These findings have been revealed by the Women Workers…
DetailsLAHORE, January 25, 2018: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) needs to start taking measures now for sensitisation and training of polling staff so that transgender, disabled and women could take part in the electoral process in the upcoming general elections and exercise their right to vote independently, in secret and with dignity. These views…
DetailsHer Excellency Mrs. Jeannette Seppen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Pakistan, visited the offices of Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability-Free and Fair Election Network (TDEA-FAFEN) on Monday and signed a 2-year funding agreement related to women’s actions and provision of enabling work environment for them. The program titled “Women’s Action for Better Workplaces in Pakistan” is aimed at mobilizing, organizing, capacitating and facilitating women
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