Islamabad, 20 January 2026: The Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) of the National Assembly, under the convenorship of Syeda Shahida Rehmani, MNA, and with the support of its development partner UN Women, launched its Annual Report 2024–25 at the Parliament House, Islamabad. The launch ceremony was moderated by Special Secretary National Assembly, Syed Shamoon Hashmi. The ceremony […]
UN Women and @UNDP, with support from the @EUinPakistan and in partnership with the Women’s Parliamentary Caucuses of the National Assembly, Sindh and Balochistan, brought women legislators together in Karachi for a powerful two-day workshop on advancing gender-responsive legislative reforms. Over 8–9 December 2025, women parliamentarians: Strengthened their understanding of the legislative process Reviewed provincial […]
A significant three days sessions on “Gender Responsive Budgeting” was organized on 26 – 29 May 2025 at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly, in partnership with UN Women and UNDP. Chaired by Mr. Sher Ali Afridi, a senior member of the assembly, on behalf of the Deputy Speaker, the event brought together a select group […]
The UN Women Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team convened a meeting with Mr. Babar Saleem Swati, Speaker of the Provincial Assembly, to discuss the execution of the Pakistan Women Leaders (PWL) project at the provincial level in collaboration with the KP Assembly. The project kicked off with a three-day session on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) for inclusive […]
The 2nd PVEC quarterly meeting was held in Provincial Election Commissioner office, Quetta on 20th May 2025 at PEC Office Quetta. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Asghar Sial_Provincial Election Commissioner; participants including the committee members/representatives from UN Women, NADAR, ECP, Aurat Foundation, BCSW, Academia, Media and provincial Health, education, social welfare department of the […]
UN Women, under the Pakistan Women Leaders (PWL) Project, held a scheduled consultative session with the Women Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly on 3rd June 2025 at the office of the Deputy Speaker. The session aimed to review the ongoing and planned activities under the PWL project, receive feedback from WPC members, […]
Quetta, 14-15 May 2025: UN Women tean conducted two focused consultative sessions on 14–15 May 2025 at the UN Women Office in Quetta, Balochistan. The sessions brought together a diverse group of stakeholders including civil society organizations (CSOs), representatives from the Social Welfare (Human Rights Department), the transgender community, media professionals, minority representatives, and academia. […]
A meeting of the Working Council of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) was convened today at the Parliament House to deliberate upon the low representation of women in the national voter registration database. A representative from the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) briefed the Council on ongoing challenges and progress related to women’s registration. It […]
A meeting of the General Assembly of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) was held on 25 June 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Parliament House, Islamabad, under the chairpersonship of MNA Dr. Shahida Rehmani, Secretary WPC. The meeting was attended by MNA Ms. Shahida Begum, Treasurer WPC; MNA Dr. Nikhat Shakeel Khan, Convenor of the […]
A meeting of the General Assembly of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) was held today at Parliament House Islamabad. Secretary WPC Dr. Shahida Rehmani presided over the meeting. The agenda of the meeting was: Resolution Condemning Attacks by India on Women and Children. Briefing by the Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) on the […]
