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18 October 2016
Challenges to gender equality and women's rights continue to thrive in many parts of the world. In this presentation, Roshen Zafar, founder of Kash Foundation, talks about her own experiences and struggles as she fulfills her personal goals. She shares insights on how women in Pakistan can be…
18 October 2016
Challenges to gender equality and women's rights continue to thrive in many parts of the world. In this interview, Ms. Roshen Zafar, founder of Kash Foundation, talks about her own experiences and struggles as she fulfills her personal goals. She shares insights on how women in Pakistan can be…
26 September 2016
Described as financially insolvent and economically unviable, majority of public sector enterprises in Pakistan provide limited and unreliable services. Among the public enterprise reform initiatives introduced by the Government of Pakistan include creation of policies that address labor issues,…
19 September 2016
The Citizens Foundation (TCF) addresses the massive educational challenge in Pakistan by empowering children to become agents of positive change. TCF provides student-centric academic interventions and offers leadership, teacher, and pre-service training programs.
19 September 2016
By providing quality education and creating opportunities for a better future, the Citizens Foundation (TCF) aims to remove the barriers of class and privilege to turn the citizens of Pakistan into agents of positive change. TCF’s female-centric approach towards social development is perhaps the…
11 April 2016
This presentation discusses the Asian Development Bank’s project on advanced electricity metering in Uzbekistan. The gender equity and mainstreaming component of the project through the adoption of a gender action plan is highlighted.
1 January 2016
Are drinking water and better toilets finally available in Punjab? Learn how ADB has been working on bringing these services to one of Pakistan's poorest provinces.
Large-scale development projects, particularly infrastructure, have long life cycles from conceptualization to design and development…
22 September 2015
Following the fundamentals of waste-to-fuel technologies and the experience of the Republic of Korea, this presentation concentrates on the Karachi case study. As the largest and most populous city of Pakistan, Karachi generates a multitude of waste that primarily end up in canals, the river, and…
22 May 2015
Pakistan ended on the second to the last spot in the World Economic Forum's 2014 Global Gender Gap Index. But victories have been observed in the recent years when it comes to women empowerment. This presentation gives an overview of the Pakistani experience in lobbying for gender equity,…
1 January 2015
. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Gilgit -
Baltistan Environmental Protection Act, 2014.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of Gilgit-Baltistan.
(3) It shall come into force at once