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Title: Ending Violence Against Women through Access to Justice, Social Services and Safe Public Spaces in Pakistan


Job Description: Revised project outcomes/ results chain by developing detailed implementation plan through identification of gaps in protection services for women in five districts - Baluchistan 1, Sind 3, and Punjab 1 and produced empirical data on institutional needs, access to justice, availability of services and resources, and value for money.


Achievement: The entire Violence Against Women response chain is strengthened in Pakistan; initiated idea to establish women protection units in district with high violence rate which was approved by state department. The units are established including members from judiciary, prosecution, police, protection homes, rescue 1122 and medical

Tasks performed:
• Revised project outcomes and results chain;
• developed detailed implementation plan;
• Developed empirical research data ;
• Conducted baseline survey and end line survey;
• Established women protection units;
• Conducted gender sensitive training sessions ;
• Conducted Police training sessions on responding to women survivors;
• Conducted a general media campaign;
• Compiled reports of the research survey;
• Conducted provincial and national seminars for communicating the results and services.

Tasks Performed
Monitoring, Evaluation, Analysis and Research, planning
Coordination, Knowledge, and information sharing
Reporting and Communication

Achievements------Accountability, partnership and inclusiveness:
→ Strengthened the accountability process among Rule of Law institutions in Pakistan
→ Strengthened relationship between citizens and state institutions
→ Enhanced awareness by capacity building of selected CBOs/CSOs/groups to promote and protect civic rights of vulnerable groups like women, youth and minorities
→ Formed integration mechanisms between EDACE partners to maximize the project benefits
→ Increased supply of effective Rule of Law by using formal alternative dispute mechanisms acceptable to government and local communities functional under the constitution of Pakistan
→ Enhanced participation of civic life engaging the members from minority/marginalized /disabled people

Achievement --------Capacity Building and awareness rising:
→ Capacity building of selected state institutions for supply of Rule of Law and protection
→ Improved access of key stakeholders to Rule of Law data analysis and knowledge products
→ Enhanced district-level government responsiveness to and engagement with their communities
→ Provided development opportunities (training, communications, networks, new skills, mentoring)


Achievement--- Provision of legal support:
→ Increased demand for effective Rule of Law, through improvement in legal support or increased awareness of civil rights in South Punjab and interior Sind through partner organizations.
→ Improved local security practices by community initiatives

World Bank initiated this project with Planning Commission Pakistan & Government of Baluchistan to capacitate government employees in their relevant department to increase community service
Successfully implemented capacity building programs
organized hundred workshops for 500 government officials from scale 17 to 21


Achievements --- Selection:
→ Selection of government departments
→ Identification of finance, IT, disaster management and irrigation departments
→ Need assessment within the selected government departments
→ Selection of participants
→ Selection of training institutions suitable for capacity building program
→ Designing training
→ Division of selected participants in groups according to training needs

Achievements --- training:

→ Planning meetings with the government of Balochistan about department selection, need assessment, duration of training program for each group of participants and proposed institutions
→ Organized one months’ training on financial management for hundred officials at national institute of banking and finance Islamabad
→ Organized IT and database management training of hundred officials at Oracle University Lahore
→ Enhanced planning skills through the training of 100 officers from planning commission Islamabad
→ Engaged 100 government officers from irrigation department in capacity building exercise regarding dams’ construction, flood management, saving of floodwater and introduced better irrigation techniques
→ Enhanced skills of 100 government officers from disaster management department for preparedness in case of hazards; natural disasters, earth quacks and floods

Achievement --- Evaluation:

→ Evaluation during training program
→ Follow up
→ Impact assessment

Tasks

 Organized training programs for 6000 youth boys/girls in the educational institutions, health department, education department, and other stakeholders of South Punjab for disseminating information of HIV/AIDS & infectious diseases by preventing and avoiding risk behavior
 Extended technical support to the trainers, psychologists, members of youth advocacy network, media, teachers, education department through training for positive behavior change to prevent HIV/AIDS through implementation of the project activities keeping in view Family Health International’s mission and principles

Achievements:

→ Undertook training need assessment of youth, YAN members and other beneficiaries
→ Designed and developed training manuals/assessment material
→ Conducted trainings in close coordination with project team and psychologist
→ Designed and implemented training follow up mechanism
→ ensured need based support and guidance to the beneficiaries
→ compiled reports as per donor requirements
→ Produced project success stories/case studies for the organization/donor
→ identified youth needed psychological counseling during the training sessions
→ Referred identified cases to the project psychologist for counseling of behavior change
→ Oriented the concerned beneficiaries on project goals, objectives and targets
→ Assisted the Psychologist in conducting counseling sessions of youth to prevent risk behavior
→ Maintained record of concerned activities
→ Maintained close coordination with program team, trainers, members of youth advocacy network, and government stakeholders
→ Contributed in developing short/long term plans, conducting need assessments and concept notes
→ Submitted regular monthly, weekly and daily work plan to the concerned supervisor

This program is designed to build the capacity of 38793 Nikah Registrars, 4015 UC Secretaries, and 4015 UC Chairpersons in Punjab about the new laws, amendments, and policies, proper filling of Nikah Nama, registration, and rights of women; aiming to protect women’s rights in marriage which often emanate from the improper filling of Nikah Nama and improper registration thereof. Job Description: To identify training and development needs to design training material and manuals consisting of important laws and amendments in laws e.g. Birth Registration, Inheritance, Muslim Family Laws, and Marriage Restraint Act, Child Marriage Act, and Women Protection Act, etc.
Tasks Performed:

produced training materials;
the delivery of training programs and devise a training strategy;
monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees through questionnaires to ensure statutory training requirements;
evaluation of the training program
report training sessions Achievements: Conducted Capacity building sessions in south Punjab for Nikah Registrars, Secretaries, and Chairpersons of Union Council in coordination with the Community Development Department and Local Government.