The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) is the global movement against gun violence a network of 800 civil society organizations, working in 120 countries to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW). IANSA seeks to make people safer from gun violence by securing stronger regulation on guns in […]
Ishfaq Khalil
Denial of Women’s Right of Inheritance (Enhancing their Vulnerability to Domestic and Social Violence)
Acceptability and giving the women their rights of inheritance is a form of social protection, but its denial is making them more vulnerable to domestic and societal violence. Discourse on social protection has gained currency in the recent decades and has given a rapid economic transition in many developing countries across the world, including those […]
Precious Little Differecne
If urge for destruction is a creative urge, urge for construction, over and over again, happens to be destructive. So man is not only creator but at the same time, he is destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life is becoming extinct, the climates ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day. Walwat has […]
Challenging the Feudalistic Myth Mukhtar Mai’s Case
Violence against the women is common in our society but it becomes more brutal and barbaric in the areas where the state institutions are weak and feudalists are godfathers. This is bitter fact that these feudalists become much strong er during the military regime as the state authorities do not bother about their unlawful acts in lieu of its […]
Evaluation Report Integrated Community Development & Empowerment Program (2004-09)
AwazCDS is a non-government organization working in the Southern Punjab to improve the living conditions of the people, especially of the poor. AwazCDS approach to development work is participatory and right based. It is about raising awareness, capacity building of people, communities and their organizations and to strengthen the civil society so that they can express and advocate their […]
Civil Society Perspective on Pakistan MDGs
The Civil Society Perspective on Pakistan Millennium Development Goals Report (PMDGR- 2010) has been prepared through a process of consultation. The process has been enriched through a series of consultative meetings in all the provincial headquarters by involving Government officials/ decision makers, eminent community leaders, heads of Civil Society Organizations and representatives of networks. The […]
Organizational Assessment Of AWAZ Foundation Pakistan A counterpart organization Of Oxfam Novib in Pakistan
As per Section II “Reporting Schedule” of Annexure to the grant agreement with Novib “The consolidated annual audited accounts (audit report) should consist of a balance sheet, income and expenditure account, fixed asset register and explanatory notes. This audit report should include accounts at the organizational level and also at the project level and also include an opinion of […]
Organizational Capacity Assessment For Awaz Foundation Pakistan Center for Development Services
Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA) is an integral part of institutional development and the organizational strengthening process. It contributes towards the achievement of development intervention with an objective of institutional change. It is about preparing an organization to assess the dynamic needs of its internal and external working context and strengthen its organizational functions to efficiently and effectively manage emerging […]