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Inter-Ministerial Meeting
Inter-Ministerial Meeting – CEDAW Follow-Up
Women, Peace and Security in Pakistan - Towards Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325
Security Council Resolution 1325 Meeting
Best Western, Islamabad
22/12/2008 More
CEDAW - Expert Group Meeting
Advancing Implementation of CEDAW in Pakistan – Expert Group Meeting
Crown Plaza, Blue Area, Islamabad 9:00am to 4:00pm
18/12/2008 More
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UNW-Pakistan Request for Proposal: “Implementing Women’s Voters Education Program in KP and Baluchistan”
Women Voters Education Programme
As part of UN Women’s mandate of promoting women’s groups and enhancing their capacity to effectively participate in electoral processes, UN Women Pakistan intends to establish and maintain close working partnerships with Six implementing partners during the current year under ECAP ( in collaboration with UNDP) through its “Governance and Political participation” Program in Pakistan. The financial assistance provided through this project will support CSOs in their initiatives as well as establishing forums for sharing information and joint collaborative support on programs/projects that promote women’s Political participation particularly as well informed voters.
Through this Project UNW would like to support ECP in its strategic goal under its five year strategic plan of achieving 63% voter turn-out in the next election. To achieve this it will have to direct considerable time and effort in engaging with citizens, but also by placing additional focus on engaging with and enabling women. The most challenging task in this regard would be to mobilize women particularly in those districts that have faced fragile security situation and are strictly governed by patriarchal culture and where strict “Purdha” is observed.
The Women Voter’s Education Program requires focused approach and aims at mobilizing women initially in 10 districts in KP and Baluchistan with low women turnout and women voters’ registration. The key results anticipated for the program includes; a)increased knowledge and information of local communities particularly women about voters procedures; increased women voters registration; increased women turn out as voters in upcoming elections; increased women’s engagement and participation in political parties. The project also aim at ensuring that the lessons learnt from the districts are not only shared with all key actors including ECP but also drawn on for pushing the agenda of legal reforms in national policies and plans with National Women Machinery(NWM) i.e. Women Parliamentary Caucus, Women Development Departments at provincial level and NCSW.
In order to achieve these results organizations should be able to demonstrate proven experience of running result based women political participation projects in said provinces with considerable out reach.
As part of UN Women’s mandate of promoting women’s groups and enhancing their capacity to effectively participate in electoral processes, UN Women Pakistan intends to establish and maintain close working partnerships with Six implementing partners during the current year under ECAP ( in collaboration with UNDP) through its “Governance and Political participation” Program in Pakistan. The financial assistance provided through this project will support CSOs in their initiatives as well as establishing forums for sharing information and joint collaborative support on programs/projects that promote women’s Political participation particularly as well informed voters.
Through this Project UNW would like to support ECP in its strategic goal under its five year strategic plan of achieving 63% voter turn-out in the next election. To achieve this it will have to direct considerable time and effort in engaging with citizens, but also by placing additional focus on engaging with and enabling women. The most challenging task in this regard would be to mobilize women particularly in those districts that have faced fragile security situation and are strictly governed by patriarchal culture and where strict “Purdha” is observed.
The Women Voter’s Education Program requires focused approach and aims at mobilizing women initially in 10 districts in KP and Baluchistan with low women turnout and women voters’ registration. The key results anticipated for the program includes; a)increased knowledge and information of local communities particularly women about voters procedures; increased women voters registration; increased women turn out as voters in upcoming elections; increased women’s engagement and participation in political parties. The project also aim at ensuring that the lessons learnt from the districts are not only shared with all key actors including ECP but also drawn on for pushing the agenda of legal reforms in national policies and plans with National Women Machinery(NWM) i.e. Women Parliamentary Caucus, Women Development Departments at provincial level and NCSW.
In order to achieve these results organizations should be able to demonstrate proven experience of running result based women political participation projects in said provinces with considerable out reach.
20/01/2012
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SSA Announcement UNWOMEN/PAK/2011/003 - International Consultant – Governance Programme
Organization : UNWOMEN
Duty Station : Islamabad, Pakistan
Duration : 1 Feb 2012 - 30 June 2012 ( 128 days)
Type of Contract : SSA – (Short Service Agreement)
Duty Station : Islamabad, Pakistan
Duration : 1 Feb 2012 - 30 June 2012 ( 128 days)
Type of Contract : SSA – (Short Service Agreement)
29/12/2011
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Terms of Reference: For Mid-term Review of Women and Peace Programme
The deadline for submission of proposals is COB 12:00 hrs Friday, 16th December 2011
28/11/2011
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(27/06/2011)Request for Proposal (RFP) Date: 26.06.2011 Dear Sir/Madam, Subject: RFP- UN WOMEN PAKISTAN - MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR WOMEN AND PEACE PROGRAM (WPP) You are requested to submit a proposal for UN Women Pakistan- MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR WOMEN AND PEACE PROGRA...
(27/06/2011)REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL UN WOMEN PAKISTAN - MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR WOMEN AND PEACE PROGRAM (WPP) 1. Background UN Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, formerly known as UNIFEM. The General Assembly voted unanimously on 2nd July 2010 to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide. The establishment...
(15/06/2011)Proposals should include the following information and should not exceed 10 pages. Proposal Section Details I. Organizational Information (no more than 1 page) (For collaborative projects, information should be provided about each partner organization. It should be clearly specified who is the applicant (only one organization) and who an implementing partner. • Name, address, telepho...
(15/06/2011)UN Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, established under a resolution on 2nd July 2010. The establishment of UN Women is a result of years of negotiations between UN Member States and advocacy by the global women’s movement. It is part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. UNWOMEN became operational...
(12/06/2011)1. Background and organizational context UN Women brings its technical expertise in gender equality and links with the global women's movement to the UNIFEM Pakistan mission to strengthen the effectiveness, coordination, and quality of outputs of the UN mission on gender equality. The strategy in Pakistan encompasses strengthening the capacity of government, non-governmental organizations a...
(05/06/2011)Background UN WOMEN is committed to facilitate Government of Pakistan in institutionalizing gender equality and promoting women’s empowerment in its work through innovative and catalytic programming. UN WOMEN’s work is guided by the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA), Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the frameworks provided by the Millenn...
(21/05/2011)UN Women is the women's fund at the United Nations. Established in 1976, it provides financial and technical assistance to innovative approaches aimed at fostering women's empowerment and gender equality. Today the organization's work touches the lives of women and girls in more than 100 countries. UN Women also helps make the voices of women heard at the United Nations — to highlight critical...
(21/05/2011)UN Women (previously UNIFEM) is the women's fund at the United Nations. Established in 1976, it provides financial and technical assistance to innovative approaches aimed at fostering women's empowerment and gender equality. Today the organization's work touches the lives of women and girls in more than 100 countries. UN Women also helps make the voices of women heard at the United Nations — to...
(16/05/2011)Background UN WOMEN is committed to facilitate Government of Pakistan in institutionalizing gender equality and promoting women’s empowerment in its work through innovative and catalytic programming. UN WOMEN’s work is guided by the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA), Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the frameworks provided by the Millenn...
(08/05/2011)UN Women is the women's fund at the United Nations. Established in 1976, it provides financial and technical assistance to innovative approaches aimed at fostering women's empowerment and gender equality. Today the organization's work touches the lives of women and girls in more than 100 countries. UN Women also helps make the voices of women heard at the United Nations — to highlight critical...
