07, 2019 TDEA-CVP Partners Conduct Coordination Meetings with Key Stakeholders
The Weekly Chronicle August 01 – 07, 2019 TDEA-CVP Partners Conduct Coordination Meetings with Key Stakeholders: In order to mobilize support for women NIC and voter registration, Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability –Citizens’ Voice Project’s (TDEA-CVP) partner organizations conducted meetings with the community members and other relevant stakeholders including religious leaders, local government officials, district administration officials, political parties and political activists. A total of 52 such meetings were Lakki Marwat: District level public forum being conducted during the reporting week in Abbottabad, Lakki conducted to ensure higher women voter registration Marwat, Battagram, Haripur, Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai, Kohistan, and Swabi districts. These meetings helped partner organizations in discussing various issues, including sensitization around women under-registration and significance of National Identity Card (NIC). Moreover, two district level public forums were also conducted by partner organizations in Lakki Marwat with only male members participating, in a bid to ensure and sensitize family male members to increase efforts in getting their women registered. TDEA-CVP Partners Continue Efforts to Facilitate Unregistered Women: During the reporting week, TDEA-CVP’s partner organizations continued listing of unregistered women in targeted communities of Buner, Bajaur, Haripur, Charsadda, Kohistan, Lakki Marwat, Khyber, Kurram, and Swabi districts. Eligible-age unregistered women were approached through door- to-door visits and community meetings with the assistance of local community members. As many as 2,516 unregistered women were listed during the reporting week, of which 305 were Abbottabad: Facilitation of women NIC registration at identified through door-to-door visits. Out of the listed 2,516 NADRA Mobile Registration Van women, a total of 1,662 were facilitated at NADRA’s Registration Centers (NRCs) and Mobile Registration Vans (MRVs).
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