AASHA (Alliance against Sexual Harassment)
Da Hawwa Lur started working, in 2001, with AASHA as an initiative of organizations committed to ending sexual harassment at work and in public places.
Da Hawwa Lur has been working on a number of programs with an aim of achieving the agenda of Gender Equality. The key strategies used during the process include:
- Psycho Legal support services for the victims/survivors of sexual violence
- Advocacy on Gender-sensitive education reforms, home-based workers
- Provincial policy, transgender protection act
- Strengthening referral mechanism to improve better service delivery
- Feminist Movement Building
- Mobilisation and Sensitization at the community level
- Awareness through Radio Programs
- Media Campaign (stories of the survivors)
- Power Mapping and Critical Pathway
Building Inclusive Governance Structures:
Da Hawwa Lur aims to support women and transgender persons by helping them to take part
in good governance and building inclusive governance structures for them through following
key activities:
- Womanifesto: Women’s Agenda for Social Change
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Working Women Union
- Claiming our Voices: Beijing+25 Review & Follow-up
- Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and National Database and Registration
Authority (NADRA) Collaborations:
Gender Justice and Rights
Da Hawwa Lur believes in gender justice and rights for all. To provide justice to women and transgender persons and help them, Da Hawwa Lur engages in the following activities:
(a) Psycho-Legal Support
Da Hawwa Lur provides free Psycho-Legal support to victims and survivors of Gender-Based and Sexual Violence. Da Hawwa Lur aims to improve service delivery mechanisms for the communities through its referral mechanism. It has provided free legal aid to women, girls, and transgender under family suits, maintenance, inheritance, harassment, domestic violence, and sexual violence.
(b) Strengthening Referral Mechanisms
(c) Policy Advocacy
Girls Education
Da Hawwa Lur is a prime supporter of girls’ education. It makes efforts to make education accessible to girls across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
Da Hawwa Lur has been working in the rural and marginalized communities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to advocate for the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and transgender persons. Da Hawwa Lur has launched a “Reproductive Health Rights Network KP” to advocate for reproductive health rights.
