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Director Program
Rahnuma-Family Planning Association of Pakistan)
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• According to the Global Gender Gap Index Report 2011, Pakistan is ranked at number133 out of total 135 countries.
• Woman Rights are exploited using religious and cultural norms.
• Every hour two women are beaten in Pakistan. Beatings/abuse from a male family member is by and large acceptable - a private matter.
• On average 1000 women are murdered in a year, in the name of honor
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
• Early/Child marriages, Acid burning and Sexual assaults are quite common
• MMR 276/100,000 live births, unmet need 34%, TFR 4.1, 34 % literacy
• 61% of the deliveries are conducted by unskilled birth attendants.
Source :PDHS 2011-12
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• Independence, Empowerment and divorce for a woman are taboos.
• The GBV survivors are trapped in socio-cultural norms and practices
• As a survivor she is abused twice – once by the spouse and other to whom she turns for help – including persons from law enforcement agencies, judiciary, community etc.
• Lack of integration of GBV services in healthcare programs, Weak legal support system and unreliable shelters are some of the serious challenges faced by survivors as well as by the service providers in their efforts to assist these survivors.
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Addressing vulnerability of young girls and women to GBV through strengthened services and improved capacity of health care providers and stakeholders in flood affected areas of Pakistan
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10 Flood affected districts across Pakistan .
• Punjab : Muzaffaragarh, DG Khan, Laiyah, Rajanpur
• Sindh : Badin , Dadu, and Thatta.
• AJK : Neelam, Bagh & Muzaffarabad.
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• Increased access to GBV related services in the flood affected areas.
• Increased awareness on GBV related issues among men, women, young people, service providers and communities at large.
• Improved capacity of local, public and private, health care service providers to respond to GBV survivors
• Improved understanding of the on ground situation regarding GBV service provision and impact of the intervention in the flood affected areas.
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Effective and confidential GBV counseling, consultation and screening incorporated in home visits thru involvement of local volunteers
• Provision of specialized SRH services through female doctors and psychologists
• Development of strong referral mechanism for legal support and shelter protection with other partners
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• Coordination and Collaboration with public sector, with involvement of LHWs
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• Incident Reporting Format translated in local language and used for reporting with full confidentiality .
• Effective community mobilization through involvement of village health committee members/elders
• Extensive capacity building on SGBV of staff and public and private partners and service providers
• Effective communication though customized radio programs aired from local FM stations .
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Awareness session in Nursing school
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 Sexual violence is a complex and culturally sensitive issue and needs country specific multi-sectoral response
 Trained female service providers (public & private) are critical for the effective services to GBV survivors
 Involvement of local volunteers as well as networking with partners makes intervention smooth
 Referral & Follow up mechanism needs focused attention from Public Health Sector
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 Enormous joint Advocacy and appropriate service delivery efforts by different state and non-state actors are required to manage the complexity of addressing the issues of GBV especially in disaster situation.
 Inclusion of MISP in the SOPs of PDMAs plan.
 Training/Refreshers on MISP for the staff, volunteers and public sector
 Feeding field realities into policy bodies, working groups and other forums / conferences
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Sarfraz Hussain Kazmi
( Regional Director )
Rahnuma-Family Planning Association of Pakistan
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MISP
Achievements in Pakistan
• Conducted consultative meetings with Govt Officials, press, media, PDMs and stakeholders,
• Highlighted MISP implementation in disaster management.
• Conducted MISP trainings for
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INGOs, PDMA.
• Advocacy meetings with
PDMA/NDMA
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Letters of PDMs
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