National Identity Cards for Poor Women: Benazir Income Support Programme

Event: Gender, Voice, and Agency: Multilateral Development Bank-Sponsored Workshop

National Identity Cards for Poor Women: Benazir Income Support Programme

03 June 2014
Author / Speaker: 
Shazi Toor, Benazir Income Support Programme, Government of Pakistan - Email the author | Other materials by the author

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This presentation describes the poverty profile of Pakistan. It also explains the objectives, approach, and outcomes of the Benazir Income Support Programme towards helping to reduce women vulnerability through a national card identity system.

Geographical Focus: 
Subregional- South Asia
Pakistan
Type of Content: 
Learning Event

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