PODA-Pakistan with the support of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) organized a webinar on ‘‘Equal Participation of Women in Democratic Processes: A Way Forward’ on the occasion of International Day of Democracy on September 15, 2020. Over 30 rural women...
PODA Legal Aid Center has a full range of referral partners who can provide support to survivors of GBV. Referral partners include District Bar Association, Government Departments, Jail Officials, Ministry of Human Rights (Helpline...
PODA-Pakistan with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) organized a webinar on ‘Girls Right to Education in the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond’ on the occasion of International Literacy Day on September...
PODA also facilitates access to justice through Mobile Legal Clinics (temporary legal aid camps) to provide legal assistance to the needy at door step. The clinics operate at rural areas to outreach those communities...
PODA organized its 12th annual conference on International Day of Rural Women from 15th to 17th October, 2019 in Lok Virsa, Islamabad. The theme of the conference was “Synergizing Rural Women Leadership for Rights –...
As part of Humanitarian Assistance activities, PODA also responded to COVID-19 pandemic emergency: PODA distributed COVID-19 protective gears including sanitizers and masks to more than 1000 people including elderly persons in rural areas of...
PODA works closely with the national, provincial, district, and local government institutions to meet its organizational objectives to promote and protect human rights in rural areas of Pakistan.
From 2010 to 2019, Hafeeza Begum and Gul Naz learned various skills in PODA’s Rural Women Artisan Center in district Chakwal in the Punjab province of Pakistan. They started with a project on recycling...
March 2020: PODA organized a joint Seminar with the Federal Ministry of Human Rights on the issue of Property Rights of Women in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities. October 2019: Mock polling exercise in Collaboration with the...
January 2020: PODA signed an MOU with Dr. Riffat Sardar, Chairperson of Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women (KCSW) for mutual collaboration for the promotion and protection of women rights in KP province. September...