A total of 222 transgender persons were provided with a financial assistance of ₹2,000 each in view of the pandemic at an event held in Avadi Municipal Corporation on Thursday. Milk and Dairy Developm
Peshawar
February 24, 2021
PESHAWAR: The KP Assembly lawmakers here on Tuesday vowed to strengthen the implementation and oversight of the pro-women laws including those on domestic violence and reproductive health.
They were speaking at a consultation jointly hosted by Blue Veins and Awaz-Centre for Development Services (CDS) Pakistan, non-governmental organizations.
The event was arranged in collaboration with the Women Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) of the KP Assembly and Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Department. KP Assembly Deputy Speaker Mehmood Jan, MPAs, WPC members, officials from the Law, Population Welfare and Social Welfare departments and civil society organisations.
The speakers said the woman legislators in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly are playing an efficient role in taking forward the issues, particularly those related to women, girls, children and transgender persons.
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Peshawar
December 18, 2020
PESHAWAR: Cowater International, a Canadian-funded organisation, in collaboration with the Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, organised a three-day workshop on Gender Responsive Leadership, Management and Communication Skills for senior administrative officers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at a hotel.
Officers from Departments of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment, Planning and Development (P&D), Information Department and from commission on status of women participated in the workshop.
Prof Dr Nazir Hussain, Dean of Social Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad was chief guest of the inaugural session. Cowater team leader Shabina Gulzar while highlighting the purpose of the workshop, informed that the Women Empowerment and Political Participation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Project (WEPP-KP) was a 3-5 years programme.