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Contact person: Ms.
Samina F. Syed
Position: Director
Address: Rabbani
Center, Allah Waki Market,
House
4, Street 32, F-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: (92-51)
850 465, 261 205
Fax: (92-51)
261 205
Email: Samina@TWWA.sdnpk.undp.org
Background:
The Working Women Association came
into existence as a response to meet
the housing and other needs of young
professional women of federal capital.
The Association established its first
working women hostel in 1975 on self
help basis and organised first ever
women mountaineering expedition in
1978 with the help of Alpine club
of Pakistan.
The Association got itself registered
with Federal government of Pakistan
in 1987 as a non-profit social welfare
organisation in order to do contract
researches for funds generation.
Association has come long way in its
networking and other development activities
for girls and women. Currently it
has its membership spread in all the
four provinces and enjoys the observer
status with UN Economics and Social
Development division New Your. Its
main functions consist of networking,
holding of workshops and conferences
and doing research on critical issues
facing working women. It also runs
some projects of working girls Education
and Skill Enhancement besides working
women hostels.
Aims and objectives:
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To
enhance the status of working
women in the urban as well as
rural areas through recognition
of their economic role.
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To
enhance the consciousness level
and self-awareness amongst Pakistani
women in general and working women
in particular.
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To
encourage women to take up job
to raise the socioeconomic standard
of self, family and nation.
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To
undertake socio-cultural studies
which determine and define the
role of women in national development.
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To
highlight the economic role of
women relating to their participation
in household work, farm activities.
Wages and employment in the country.
Services:
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In
order to meet these objectives,
the following services are provided
by the association.
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To
provide hostel and other support
facilities to working women to
facilitate them in their job.
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To
hole seminars, lectures and workshops
to raise the consciousness level
of women.
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To
carry out researches and exploratory
studies on the needs of special
categories of women e.g. professional
women, white collar.
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Workers
in public and private sectors
and women with special needs.
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To
establish education and skill
enhancement Center for girls and
women at grass roots.
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To
organise healthy recreational
activities like mountaineering,
tracking, participation in national
and international conferences.
A contingent of 25 women members
of TWWA participated in Beijing
NGO Conference. Two members of
TWWA participated in World Conference
as observers.
Research:
The Association has been undertaking
research in following areas:
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The
data collection surveys and policy
studies on development of women
and girls in urban and rural areas.
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The
attitude and impact surveys of
special populations.
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Joint
Ventures with other consulting
agencies in multinational projects
for social impact human resource
development and environment.
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The
monitoring and evaluation studies
of development projects
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The
studies to quantify the economic
contribution of women relating
to their participation on household,
farm activities, handicraft and
employment sector studies are
carried out.
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Action
research to sensitise the society
regarding the plight of rural
girls and women in domestic services.
Training:
The Association promotes and carries
out training programs, which prepare
women for non-traditional occupations
and there by expand their job opportunities.
Human resource development, environment,
income generation skills and teachers
training programs are carried out
regularly.
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