Journalism of the Future: Viability, Quality, Diversity & Safety 2-day Media Summit 14-15 November 2024, Islamabad “A media report helped operationalize a dysfunctional health facility, saving many lives in remote Kohistan,” shared Rashida Dohad. She was speaking as a panelist…
Women Leaders Training Members of the Punjab Assembly 5 December 2024, Murree #omarasgharkhanfoundation supported Rivets Learning and IRI by designing and conducting training of women MPs from Punjab to better understand their legislative and oversight roles, and, work more effectively…
Social Accountability for Climate-Smart Actions Five-Day Training Workshop 24-28 November 2024, Karachi #omarasgharkhanfoundation trained eight civil society organizations to assist communities in using social accountability to engage governments and the private sector in Balochistan, KP, Punjab and Sindh to advocate…
19 March 2024, Peshawar Since its inception in 2020, Aawaz II’s Provincial Forum in KP meets every quarter to review actions to promote social inclusion and work collectively to prevent gender-based violence and child marriage. At its 16th meeting, the…
8 March 2024, Peshawar The Executive Committee of Aawaz II's Provincial Forum in KP formally delivered Aawaz II’s nominations for Child Protection District Committees in 14 KP districts to Mr. Ijaz Khan, Deputy Chief of the KP Child Protection and…
5-6 March 2024, Islamabad More than 200 community partners of Aawaz II from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attended the Learning and Sharing Forum. They shared experiences from Aawaz II and also engaged with government officials, sector experts, and, others to…
5 March 2024, Karachi Shirkat Gah-Women’s Resource Centre, Collective for Social Science Research, Omar Asghar Khan Foundation and Ms. Kausar S. Khan, Ms. Khawar Mumtaz and Dr. Yasmin Qazi constitute the Core Design Team (CDT) of the Women’s Voice &…
3-4 March 2024, Karachi About 25 community women, councilors, civil society activists and service providers (Lady Health Workers, Community Midwives, etc.) from District Khairpur came together to assess causes and impacts of poor uptake of family planning. They defined women’s…
Institutionalizing Public Engagement & Behaviour Change in KP Aawaz II Provincial Consultation Peshawar, 20 February 2024 Aawaz II forums at village, tehsil and provincial levels are demonstrating ways to help governments engage with citizens to improve outcomes of laws, policies…
Hindu Marriage Act 2018: Rules of Business Aawaz II Stakeholder Meeting Peshawar, 31 January 2024 The Sub-Committee on Minority Rights of Aawaz II’s Provincial Forum in KP in collaboration with the National Commission for Human Rights-KP convened a meeting to…
Gender Budget Tagging (GBT) Training Workshop for Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4 January 2024, Peshawar On 4 January 2024, Omar Asghar Khan Foundation designed and conducted a training on Gender Budget Tagging for about 40 government officials from key departments…
Social Accountability 8 Online Training Sessions for Activists in Iran November 2023 Extending its footprints beyond Pakistan, Omar Asghar Khan Foundation designed and conducted an online training on #SocialAccountability for more than 30 activists in Iran. The training helped participants…
She Leads We Prosper Fempower Pakistan National Convention 21 December 2023, Lahore More than 300 women leaders, male allies, including community activists, parliamentarians and government officials, participated in a convention to celebrate the achievements of Fempower Pakistan (2019-2024). They shared…
Gender Budget Tagging & Expenditure Tracking (GBT&ET) Training Workshop for Government of Punjab 20 December 2023, Lahore On 20 December 2023, Omar Asghar Khan Foundation designed and conducted a training on Gender Budget Tagging & Expenditure Tracking for about 50…
Aawaz II: 15th KP Provincial Forum Meeting 19 December 2023, Peshawar At the 15th meeting of Aawaz II's Provincial Forum (PF) in KP, members including senior representatives of government/statutory bodies and civil society organisations reviewed actions taken to support policy…
Women’s Voice & Local Ownership (WVLO) Scaling Social Accountability for Amplifying Women’s Voice & Improving Health Services Launch Workshop, 3-9 December 2023, Lisbon-Portugal Scaling social accountability to amplify women’s voices to make healthcare more responsive to their needs and increase…
Training in Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) Police, Judiciary, Bar, Prosecution & Related Departments in KP, Balochistan & ICT October-November 2023, Peshawar, Quetta & Islamabad Ms. Rashida Dohad, Executive Director, Omar Asghar Khan Foundation worked with UNWomen to design and conduct…
Aawaz II Provincial Forum - KP Meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) Peshawar, 7 November 2023 The EC of Aawaz II's Provincial Forum in KP met in Peshawar. It reviewed the planned commemoration of #16DaysOfActivism on 29 November 2023 which…
Islamabad, 20 October 2023 As part of its media campaign on women's political participation that is being designed and executed by the renowned journalist Syed Talat Hussain, the Omar Asghar Khan Foundation team worked with Talat and Saquib to review…
Social accountability for better public services leaders & allies meet government officials & elected public reps 5 October 2023, Haripur Omar Asghar Khan Foundation assisted 14 women leaders, including one transperson, and 10 male allies from 17 CSOs of District…
Innovations in Promoting Citizen Engagement & WPP Comsats University - Abbottabad Campus 28 September - 4 October 2023 Omar Asghar Khan Foundation facilitated Shirkat Gah-Women's Resource Centre and Comsats University (Abbottabad Campus) with assistance from the District Election Commission (Abbottabad)…
Planning meeting: telefilm on WPP Lahore, 28 September 2023 Omar Asghar Khan Foundation is super excited to work with the very talented Sarmad Khoosat and his team at Khoosat Films on a telefilm featuring women’s leadership and political participation. The…
Social accountability for better public services leaders & allies meet government officials & elected public reps 20-21 September 2023, Abbottabad Omar Asghar Khan Foundation assisted 17 women leaders and 12 male allies from 13 CSOs of District Abbottabad to present…
14th Aawaz II Provincial Forum Meeting 22 September 2023, Peshawar The 14th meeting of Aawaz II's Provincial Forum (PF) in KP was held in Peshawar on 22 September 2023. The PF members reviewed progress made on key policy and governance…
More than 100 Pakistani citizens from different minority religious communities including Christians, Hindus and Sikhs from 14 KP districts participated in a provincial consultation convened by Aawaz II and Omar Asghar Khan Foundation to promote interfaith harmony in the province.…
A GBT methodology designed by Omar Asghar Khan Foundation for the Sub-National Governance Project was reviewed and given a thumbs-up by a Working Group attended by senior government officials of the Government of Punjab. Omar Asghar Khan Foundation will now…
Fempower Interventions Promoting Women’s Political Participation 2-Day Workshop: Reflections & Planning 22-23 August 2023, Islamabad More than 40 women leaders and 20 male allies from KP’s districts Abbottabad, Haripur, Mardan, Nowshera and Peshawar came together in a two-day workshop to…
Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) Methodology for Gender Budget Tagging (GBT) Government of KP - Working Group Meeting Peshawar, 15 August 2023 A GBT methodology designed by Omar Asghar Khan Foundation for the Sub-National Governance Project was reviewed and given a…
Sindh Budget FY2023-24 Promoting Gender Responsive Budgeting & Climate Change Policies 21 July 2023, Karachi Sindh Commission on the Status of Women in partnership with Omar Asghar Khan Foundation and Shirkat Gah-Women's Resource Centre brought key parliamentarians, government officials and…
Federal Budget FY2023-24 Roundtable: Promoting Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) 14 June 2023, Islamabad The National Assembly's Women Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) brought together MNAs, academics, rights activists and the media in a roundtable meeting to discuss the Federal Budget FY2023-24 from…
Protection & Response Mechanisms for GBV Survivors Aawaz II Provincial Consultation-KP 8 June 2023, Peshawar “The KP Government is establishing facilities to help GBV survivors learn skills to will help them become more self-reliant,” said Deputy Secretary, Social Welfare &…
Aawaz II Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Partners Network Meeting 8 June 2023, Peshawar In December 2022 a network of partners was created to sustain engagement in the nine KP districts included in Aawaz II's first phase (2020-22). Partners that initiated work in…
Aawaz II Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 13th Provincial Forum (PF) Meeting 7 June 2023, Peshawar The mechanism for distributing the Disable Persons Rehab (DPR) Funds, presently over Rs.500 million, has been approved by the Provincial Council for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (PCRDP).…
Aawaz II Provincial Forum - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Orientation on Phase II 7 June 2023, Peshawar Members of Aawaz II's Provincial Forum in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were given a detailed orientation by Aawaz II's Team Lead, Dr. Yasmin Zaidi, and Head of…
Roundtable: Reviewing Pakistan's Constitution from a Woman’s Perspective Women Parliamentary Caucus, National Assembly of Pakistan 5-6 June 2023, Islamabad The language of the Constitution must be gender-inclusive to reflect the state's commitment to gender equality. A resolution should be tabled…
Gender Budget Tagging & Tracking (GBT) TA to Governments of Punjab & KP Punjab Working Group Meeting, 14 April 2023, Lahore "GTB will assist the government to take concrete steps to reduce gender inequity," said Punjab's Secretary P&D while chairing…
Aawaz II Provincial Forum KP Executive Committee (EC) Meeting 31 March 2023, Peshawar Despite increased reporting of rape and other gender-based violence, the conviction rate remains disappointing low. This was discussed at the EC meeting of Aawaz II’s Provincial Forum.…
Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) Punjab Budgets FY2022-23 & FY2023-24 Consultative Session with Key Officials, Government of Punjab 28 February 2023, WDD Office, Lahore Omar Asghar Khan Foundation, Shirkat Gah and the Women Development Department (WDD), Government of Punjab collaboratively convened…
Gender Responsive Budgets (GRB) Balochistan Budgets FY2022-23 & FY2023-24 24-25 February 2023, Islamabad The Balochistan Assembly, especially its Women Parliamentary Caucus, in collaboration with Omar Asghar Khan Foundation (the Foundation) and Shirkat Gah (SG), convened a two-day meeting of MPs…
Gender Responsive Budgeting Planning a Meeting with the National Assembly & Senate of Pakistan 14 February 2023, WPC Office, Islamabad Omar Asghar Khan Foundation met with the Secretary-Women Parliamentary Caucus-NA, Dr. Shahida Rehmani, to follow up on discussions held in…
"No nation can ever be worthy of its existence that cannot take with them their #women. No struggle can ever succeed without women ever participating side by side with men.” Quaid Azam Jinnah Islamia College for Women, Lahore, 25 March…
On 12 February 1983 women protested against the discriminatory laws in Pakistan. Each year this day is commemorated as National Women's Day to honor their struggle.
Gender Responsive Budgeting Punjab Budgets FY2021-22 & 2022-23 Meeting with Secretary-WDD, Government of Punjab 10 February 2023, WDD Office, Lahore Key government departments like WDD, Social Welfare, Police, Home, Agriculture, Industries, TVETA, Education, Health and Population Welfare will meet to…
Formed in 2000 Omar Asghar Khan Foundation is an NGO registered under the Societies Act 1860. Its average annual budget over the past three years is Rs.55 million. It has a staff of about 25 and offices in Islamabad and…
