This report is based on a sampled survey of heads of 6,400 households across 111 districts in four provinces and the federal capital. The survey is representative of the entire country, excluding 20 of the 131 districts in the country. The survey questionnaire was designed to collect information and data on critical indicators related to…
The brick kiln sector has not received due attention of the policymakers, despite being one of the profitable industries contributing to the national economy. The Promoting Decent Work in Brick Kilns project, by the Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA) has contributed to identifying critical challenges to improving the working conditions at brick kilns…
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 and the challenges they are facing. The paper is derived from a qualitative survey…
The General Elections (GE) 2018 were held under the new Elections Act, 2017, which mandated the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to adopt special measures for mainstreaming marginalized segments of society. The promulgation of the law was a positive development that will increase the political and electoral inclusion of traditionally excluded groups, specifically persons with…
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,…
This publication provides a wide range of objective election-related information of 272 National Assembly constituencies including general and voting population, gender gap on electoral rolls, voter density, polling stations’ turnout, political parties vote banks, margin of victory, invalid votes, election results assessment, findings of election day observation. The results of the forensic audit of the…
This publication is the outcome of FAFEN’s Election Day Observation in 270 National Assembly constituencies with the help of 17,725 trained and non-partisan citizen observers. The ten-chapter report includes the observation findings on pre-voting proceedings, arrangements and staffing at polling stations, voting process, result management process, election day security, campaigning and canvassing on election day,…
Attitudinal, Environmental Barriers Hinder Transgender People, Women & PWDs from Observing General Elections 2018 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…
Strengthening Voice and Accountability Programming in the Education Sector report is unique in terms of its approach, methodology, and content. It is not an evaluation or assessment of education projects in Pakistan, but instead, a validation that the results attributed to these countrywide interventions are an outcome of rigorous implementation of Voice and Accountability (V&A)…