Women’s Action for Better Workplaces

TDEA implemented a Women’s Action for Better Workplaces (WAction) with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Pakistan. The WAction project set out to intervene for the resolution of a core set of issues deterring and undermining women’s participation in economic life in Pakistan, primarily by addressing the lack of organization and capacity of women workers to negotiate with authorities to improve legal and regulatory frameworks governing various aspects of employment that disproportionately affect them, particularly concerning their rights and entitlements in the workplace. the project mobilized, organized, capacitated and facilitated as many as 140 women workers to form five Women Workers Alliances in the five project districts. These women workers, belonging to public, private, and industrial sectors in each project district, advocated for improved working environments through more stringent enforcement of policy and legislative frameworks governing labour relations in Pakistan.

Duration: December 2016 – November 2018

Funding Agency: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Pakistan