Community Awareness Campaign On

Democracy and Women's Empowerment

In

Rural Villages of District Benazir Abad (Nawabshah)

Democracy and Women's Empowerment Awareness Campaign in Rural Villages of

District Benazir Abad (Nawabshah)
Introduction of Organisation

Sangat Development Foundation (SDF) is community based non-

governmental Organization, launched with its mission to work for the
democracy and women’s empowerment especially in remote and
backward areas of Nawabshah district.

SDF has taken a number of community-based capacity building and

awareness initiatives, including seminars on different issues
confronting the downtrodden in remote and backward areas.

• Sangat Development Foundation is member of District Advisory

and Coordination Committee (DCC), WWF-Indus for All
programme of Nawabshah District.

• Sangat Development Foundation is member of International

Human Rights Commission (IHRC).

• SANGAT Development Foundation Nawabshah is a focal

organization on Water and Sanitation by FANSA-Pakistan
(Fresh Water Action Network South Asia-Pakistan) for the
districts of Nawabshah and Naushoro Feroz, Sindh.

• SANGAT Development Foundation Nawabshah is a District focal

organization on Health issues of a network of The Asia
Foundation, Pakistan

• SANGAT Development Foundation Nawabshah is a District focal

organization on Peace issues of a network of Pakistan Peace
Coalition (PPC) Pakistan

SANGAT Partners

• Plan International
• The Asia foundation (TAF)
• UNDP
• Election Commission of Pakistan
• WWF-Pakistan
• UNESCO, Islamabad
• Sindh Rural Support Program (SRSP)
• Department of Neuro Surgery, Nawabshah Medical/Hospital
Nawabshah
• District Govt Nawabshah
• Taluka Govt Daur, District Nawabshah
• Participatory Development Initiatives (PDI

Democracy and Women's Empowerment Awareness Campaign in Rural Villages of

District Benazir Abad (Nawabshah)
In order to make the local women aware and educate regarding the
importance of democracy and their possible role in strengthening the
democracy in the country and also their effective participation in the
democratic process of Pakistan.

Sangat Development Foundation has launched an awareness campaign

in rural villages of district Shaheed Benazir Abad (Nawabshah)
regarding democracy and women's empowerment that local man
and women got realized through holding community interact sessions
that the time requires that effective participation of women community
in the election process should be ensured for the strengthening of
democracy and also for their own development and prosperity.

Sangat Development Foundation believes in the women’s

empowerment. Unless and until women especially of the rural areas
would not be made empowered in taking their own decisions regarding
their future and development, we can not progress. One the one side,
our government is talking about the socio-economic development and
on the other, majority of the population i.e. women has been made
hostage.

As for as the case of the rural women’s empowerment is concerned, it

is must that first to educate the man members of the society regarding
Democracy and Women's Empowerment Awareness Campaign in Rural Villages of
District Benazir Abad (Nawabshah)
the rights of women, that what are the rights and status of women
allocated in the religion Islam and constitution of Pakistan? But above
all we all should respect the women as human being and an important
segment of the society. However, without uplifting of women
community, we can not have a developed nation. Woman is the
institution where child has his/her teaching and psycho-moral
development. It is therefore, it is sine quo non that women should be
made independent and empowered to make her all life decisions, as
their decision power could improve and give her strength in dealing
with daily life activities.

Of course, all qualities of mother would certainly be transferred to the

child. Which largely contribute in the building up of great nation in the
country.

Sangat Development Foundation has decided to work closely with both

women and men segments of the society, for the empowering of the
women community, as they let to play their effective role in the
democratic process of the country and also nation building.

As given the socio-cultural conditions of the rural society, it is first

important to educate the male members of the society on the
Democracy and Women's Empowerment Awareness Campaign in Rural Villages of
District Benazir Abad (Nawabshah)
importance of the women's empowerment. If the woman would be
empowered, she could play constructive role in the family building up
as well as societal development. Empowered woman could largely
share the family burden with man member of the family. This
definitely would support in the addressing of all family development
problems.

Therefore, let us jointly work for the women's empowerment in a bid

to develop a balanced society where women community should also
have equal dignity and respect as well as power to make her all life
decisions independently.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.

Democracy and Women's Empowerment Awareness Campaign in Rural Villages of

District Benazir Abad (Nawabshah)