Donor/s: UN-Women
Partner/s: Rural Support Program Network (RSPN)
Duration: 05 Months (April to August 2024)
Target Group/s: Women, Adolescent Girls and Men
Covering Districts: (Sukkur), and (Khairpur)
Project Objective/s:
To establish and strengthen a multi-purpose women’s community center for creating safe spaces for the community women where information, recreation, protection, and economic activities are performed. The Women Community Centers shall be treated as a hub for uniting women and creating/accessing demand for essential services such as training on gender-based violence, mental health, psychosocial support, the concept of gender, discrimination based on gender, child marriages, case management, and civic documentation. Therefore, 30 women’s community centers were established, 10 in each district. The centers are the places where the women are united, organized, and trained on different gender issues and imparted awareness about their rights enshrined in laws and policies.
Major Activities:
Awareness-raising sessions on GBV, Domestic Violence, the importance of civic documentation, sessions on mental health and psycho-social services, Menstrual Hygiene; and making sanitary pads and soap making.