Women Empower

• Our vision is to achieve a level of sustainable community development with respect to gender equality, in a context of good governance and decentralization, and where the majority of the population has access to basic social services.

• Piyass International activities and Programs to alleviate poverty empower people and provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the best of its abilities and through continuous improvement to achieve and deliver total excellence in its services to its constituents and stakeholders.
•  Piyass International work for betterment of vulnerable communities and strive for partnership with community to develop a society based on three core values of sustainable human development: self esteem, freedom of choice and a society where everyone has equal access to opportunities, Health, education, livelihood and justice irrespective of gender and status. WEO has successfully implemented many projects with National& international donors.
• Piyass International works directly with communities at grass root level during project implementation. WEO has a strong base in KPK and FATA and strong outreach mechanisms throughout Pakistan. Piyass International has been able to implement number of projects with the active participation of targeted communities, technical and financial support of donor organizations including UN, INGOs and National organizations.

What is Women’s Empowerment?

Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion

Despite having multiple roles in society—as consumers, employees, business owners, mothers and caretakers, a woman’s chance of receiving credit is lower than it is for a man. Women also are less likely to have a formal saving account or insurance.

• GENDER EQUALITY AND FEMALE EMPOWERMENT

  OUR IMPACT

  • Provided health, legal, and counseling services to approximately 61,000 female survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV).
  • Awarded more than 6,600 higher education scholarships to young women in Pakistan.
  • Supported the Federal Ministry of Human Rights to train 196 public prosecutors on laws protecting women’s rights, gender issues, and legal protections for GBV survivors.
  • Trained and financed more than 50,000 women entrepreneurs.
  • Facilitated national identity card registration for approximately 1.5 million women to promote women’s voting rights.
  • Helped train almost 16,000 female political party representatives.

    

    WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

    One way Piyass International helps boost Pakistan’s agricultural sector is by increasing productivity and business opportunities for women. To train the women in livestock management and horticulture, helping to create full-time equivalent jobs for women in agriculture and agribusinesses, and supporting women applying new technologies and best management practices in their businesses. As a result, many women farmers have applied new technologies and management practices that helped them increase yields and productivity.

    WOMEN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    Women’s economic empowerment is central to realizing women’s rights and gender equality. When more women work, economies grow. We are in support to women-led businesses with business development services, training, and grants.

    WOMEN IN TRADE POLICY

    Piyass International has been focusing in conducting the nationwide training sessions for women on trade policy formulation in Pakistan, including: the role of trade bodies; the role of women in trade policy formulation and advocacy; and the impact of trade policy on businesses. These trainings enhance women business owners’ and entrepreneurs’ understanding of trade laws and policies and help develop a community of women with the potential for effective participation in general trade policy dialogue.

EDUCATION

To ensure more girls have the opportunity to pursue education, to improve the learning environment for female students in Sindh public schools and rehabilitated girls’ primary schools in the Newly Merged Districts. Additionally, Piyass International focus is to train female primary and secondary school teachers on improved teaching methodologies and provide access to reading materials to female students in grades one and two across Pakistan.

HEALTH

To improve maternal and child health in Pakistan. Piyass International has been supporting the interventions that  helped many women and children receive quality maternal, child, and reproductive health care services. Our focus is also towards in training Lady Health Workers to provide basic health services to women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province through a mobile health unit program.