WE'RE Leaders

The project aims to increase political empowerment and enjoyment of rights by women particularly young women marginalized groups and those at risk in Pakistan. Women’s empowerment in civic and political arenas requires that they have the information tools material resources confidence and mobility to be agents of decision-making and action. Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance (TA) to national/ provincial Commissions on the Status of Women and Human Rights to plan strategically and operationalize plans for women's rights; (2) conducting workshops for media and civil society about how to promote women’s civil and political rights by portraying women in non-stereotyped roles and as leaders and decision-makers; (3) providing training and TA for women legislators at national/provincial levels on drafting legislative and policy proposals related to increasing women's rights; (4) organizing awareness-raising campaigns to increase women’s registration as voters; (5) providing training for women to contest local elections; and (6) providing training for media and citizens groups on law and best practices that promote gender responsiveness and inclusion.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved capacity of women and men decision-makers in the statutory Commissions on the Status of Women and Human Rights to deliver on their legal mandates to promote women’s rights; (2) enhanced skills among media civil society organizations and women’s legislative groups to raise the visibility of government to promote women’s civil and political rights; (3) increased capacity of women in national and provincial legislatures and in local councils to participate effectively in policy- law- and decision-making processes as well as to raise issues relevant to their communities; (4) increased number of women registered as voters; and training delivered to help women contest elections as candidates; and (5) newly designed and enforced gender responsive legislation regulations and rules of procedures by women and men election administrators as well as newly elected legislators and local government representatives.