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General Elections were held in Gilgit Baltistan during November 2020. AAN female members participated with fervor and enthusiasm in pre-election activities. AAN chapter members held meetings with women voters in Hunza and Gilgit and urged them to vote in General Election. Moreover, AAN chapters met candidates to discuss prevailing issues of their areas and also […]

An online workshop was conducted for orienting key project/program staff on key terms and conditions of the partnership agreement, to confirm that all partners have adequate internal controls in place to ensure compliance and to ensure SPO Team and partners maintain adequate, complete and auditable accounting records (to minimize the risk of audit disallowances).

Seven meetings were held in the period from July 17 to 26 August 2020 about the WVL network and for brainstorming some potential alliances with WVL Partners. The purpose was drafting a concept of alliance building, identification of potential alliance members and organizing of province-wise consultations to finalize alliance provincial agenda for the next two […]

The AAN team attended a three hours virtual session on “Gendered Impacts of Pandemic & Introduction to Oxfam Feminist Principles” on 16th July 2020. The objective of the session was to better understand Oxfam feminist principles and the utilization of such principles in existing programmes.

AAN has been identified as one of 12 partners for the Women’s Voice and Leadership being implemented though Oxfam and funded by Global Affairs Canada. The project envisages institutional support to the AAN National Secretariat, strengthening systems and policies, enhancing membership and volunteer’s database, and providing support for key activities.

AAN is pleased to be a part of the Jamhooriat Aur Ba-Ikhtiár Aurat – Jazba (Democracy and Empowered Women) programme as a resource partner to South Asia Partnership (SAPPK) and Aurat Foundation project for enhancing women voters participation and engagement. The 4 year project is funded by Global Affairs Canada as part of their Women’s […]

Members representing Awaz-e-Niswan (AAN) chapters from across Pakistan held a day long meeting in Islamabad to reflect on 2 years of political education and mobilization initiatives.  The program has provided political education to young educated women in rural and urban areas, enabling them to mobilize women in their own communities and form local chapters.  These women […]

Awaz-e-Niswan has been incorporated as a non-profit under the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017). 21 November, 2017

Members of Awaz-e-Niswan (AAN), from ten districts across Pakistan, met with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/197472-Women-voters-meet-ECP