SHIRKAT GAH -WOMEN'S RESOURCECENTRE

Published purpose

The project aims to increase the political empowerment and enjoyment of rights by women, particularly young women, marginalized groups, and those at risk. The project also seeks to empower the poor and marginalized, especially women to articulate their concerns, exercise political choice and hold decision makers and policy makers to account. The project defines political empowerment as the capacity to participate more effectively in all public spheres, including but not limited to the electoral process. Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to women legislators for (a) improved legislative drafting, oversight, and post legislative scrutiny; and (b) on gender responsive budgets and obligations; (2) providing technical training to journalists from 4 provincial capitals and 11 districts on gender sensitive reporting; (3) providing leadership training to community women, women councillors and men allies in 11 districts; (4) providing training to grassroots women and men allies on Personal Status Laws, gender-based violence, education and health services; and (5) providing technical training to women, youth, minority and peasant/labor councillors on provincial local government systems, planning and budgets.