by News desk August 13, 2023 in Islamabad

Potohar Organization for Development Organization (PODA) believes to empower women there was need to ensure their participation in electoral processes, so that they can play a vibrant role play in the progress and development of the country.

“To strengthen women’s voice and agency in electoral processes, it is crucial to ensure women’s participation, maximize it and remove hurdles which bar them to play their vibrant role play in the progress and development of the country”, said Ms. Sameena Nazir, President-CEO Potohar Organization for Development Organization (PODA) on the occasion of the training of trainers held here on Saturday. One-Day Training of Trainers for Building the Capacity of Rural Women Leaders to Promote Votes without Violence was organized here in a local hotel which was attended by 15 promising rural women leaders belonging to different tehsils of district Rawalpindi. Imparting knowledge and skills to enhance capacity building of rural women, at the initial stage PODA with the support of NDI aims to empower a batch of 240 women from four provinces across the country. Ms. Nazir further elaborated that strengthening human rights knowledge of rural women leaders based