– i ii Annual Report 2011-2012 iii Report: Annual Report 2011-2012 Compiled and edited by: Ali Shahrukh Pracha Layout and design: Shahzad Ashraf Reporting period: January 2011 to June 2012 Printing by: August, 2012 Published by: Aurat Foundation Publication and Information Service Foundation iv Table of Contents List of Acronyms and Abbreviations .................................................................................................. ix Message from President, Board of Governors ................................................................................... xi Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... xiii Aurat Foundation’s Vision Statement ............................................................................................... xv Board of Governors ............................................................................................................................ xix Executive Council of Aurat Foundation...................................................................................... xviiix Organogram........................................................................................................................................ xxi Audit Report .................................................................................................................................... xxiii 1. Chapter One: Law and Policy Reform ............................................................................................ 1 1.1 LWP-WE: One-day seminars on specific WR/HR issues in ten locations ............................. 3 1.2 18th Constitutional Amendment and the MoWD .................................................................... 6 1.3 Critique of gender-based legislation and implementation ....................................................... 8 1.4 Local Action to Combat Gender Injustices (LACGI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.................... 11 1.5 Meeting of women legislator’ caucus of KPK ...................................................................... 15 1.6 Consultation on ‘Honour Killing’ and compliance of law .................................................... 16 1.7 SANWED South Asian Consultative Workshop on 'Mainstreaming Rights of Widows and Single Women in Public Policy'..……………………………………...…...……..………..19 1.8 The Mukhtaran Mai case…………………………………………………………….……….32 2. Chapter Two: Capacity Building and Consultative Processes .................................................... 33 2.1 LWP-WE: Capacity Building of Elected Representatives on Gender Equality .................... 35 2.2 PDM-VAW: Watch Group Meetings - Domestic Violence Bill ........................................... 36 2.3 LACGI: Capacity Building of Rights-holders/Duty bearers ................................................. 38 2.4 UN Women: Engendering Peace and Security ...................................................................... 40 2.5 Capacity Strengthening Workshops for Formal and Informal Duty Bearers ........................ 41 2.6 WEPLDP (Raising Her Voice) - Civil Registration Campaign ............................................ 41 2.7 WEPLDP (Raising Her Voice) Networking Meetings .......................................................... 42 2.8 WEPLDP (Raising Her Voice) Capacity Building Workshops ............................................ 45 v 2.9 Mobilisation and Networking Meetings ................................................................................ 47 2.10 Aman Ittehad Provincial Convention .................................................................................... 48 2.11 Hamara Agla Qadam Training Manual ................................................................................ 48 2.12 Training of Trainers on leadership skills……………………………………….………….49 3. Chapter Three: Advocacy, Awareness-raising, and Lobbying ................................................... 51 3.1 Campaigns for Public Awareness on Priority Issues............................................................. 53 3.2 LWP-WE: National advocacy campaigns on WR/HR issues ............................................... 57 3.3 LWP-WE: Joint Initiatives with Interest Groups for Support of Women’s Rights ............... 67 3.4 National Workshop on Effective Strategies for Planning and Review ................................. 70 3.5 PDM VAW: Watch Group Meetings - Violence Against Women ....................................... 69 3.6 Annual Reports - Situation of VAW ..................................................................................... 70 3.7 LACGI: Community Awareness-raising ............................................................................... 75 3.8 National Advisory Meetings ................................................................................................. 80 3.9 GEP Advocacy: Advocating at the Grassroots...................................................................... 83 3.10 GEP National Consultation ................................................................................................... 83 3.11 WEPLDP (Raising Her Voice) Activities ............................................................................. 84 3.12 Condolence meetings for Begum Nusrat Bhutto ................................................................. 101 3.13 Lecture by Arif Hasan on Participatory Development ........................................................ 102 3.14 Seminars on Research Studies............................................................................................. 102 3.15 Scoping Studies Launched .................................................................................................. 104 3.16 Awards Distribution Ceremony for Girls Role Models…………………………… …….105 4. Chapter Four: Legislative Monitoring and Data Collection on Violence against Women ..... 109 4.1 LWP-WE: Legislative Monitoring ...................................................................................... 111 4.2 Legislative monitoring and supporting elected representatives .......................................... 111 4.3 PDM-VAW: Data Collection on Violence against Women ................................................ 113 4.4 PDM-VAW: Need Assessment and Data Collection .......................................................... 113 vi 5. Chapter Five: Supporting CSOs and Gender Entities ............................................................... 115 5.1 Grant-making initiatives under GEP ................................................................................... 117 5.2 Grant Cycles ........................................................................................................................ 117 5.3 Outputs and achievements ................................................................................................... 120 6. Chapter Six: Research and Publications ..................................................................................... 127 6.1 LWP-WE Newsletters ......................................................................................................... 129 6.2 LACGI Quarterly Newsletter .............................................................................................. 134 6.3 Tehreek Newsletter ............................................................................................................. 134 6.4 RHV Materials Produced in 2011 ....................................................................................... 135 6.5 Pamphlets ............................................................................................................................ 135 6.6 Posters ................................................................................................................................. 136 6.7 Manuals ............................................................................................................................... 139 6.8 Research in 2011 ................................................................................................................. 139 6.9 Documentary ‘Main safar main hoon’ ................................................................................ 143 vii List of Tables/Figures Table 1: List of major operational projects in 2011-2012 ............................................................................ xxvi Table 2: District consultations on WR/HR/development (LWP-WE) ........................................................... 35 Table 3: Capacity building measures for rights-holders/duty bearers to take action against GBV (LACGI)...................................................................................................................................... 39 Table 4: Capacity building workshops under the Engendering Peace and Security project ....................... 40 Table 5: District-wise details of civil registration campaign ........................................................................... 41 Table 6: Provincial networking meetings ......................................................................................................... 44 Table 7: WEPLDP capacity building workshops (July-September 2011) ..................................................... 46 Table 8: WEPLDP capacity building workshops (October-December 2011) ............................................... 47 Table 9: Focus-group discussions with grassroots stakeholders (LWP-WE) ...............................................