ISLAMABAD (APP): A two-year `The Sisters Voice Project' to improve advocacy for better implementation of women protection laws, through women led 40 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Balochistan and Punjab.
The project is funded by Commonwealth Foundation and initiated by Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP).
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Each of Punjab and Balochistan networks comprises of 20 CSOs. Parliamentarians, researchers and representatives of CSOs would work together to achieve set goals within minimum possible time.
Chairperson BISP, sharing her remarks at the inaugural ceremony of the project, said it is aimed to enhance women's knowledge on protection laws resulting into women empowerment, an official of BISP told APP.
It would help initiate dialogue among CSOs' network, policy makers and judiciary regarding better implementation of women protection laws.
She said that the women empowerment challenge is about ensuring an attitudinal change which guarantees respect for women and the efforts of this project in this regard are commendable, he informed.
The chairperson, the official said, also talked about the contributions of BISP towards women empowerment. She reiterated that BISP is all about empowering women whether it is financial, social or political.
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She stated that different organizations are working on the issues related to women empowerment and there is need to consolidate these efforts to evaluate the overall impact on society.
She offered CSOs to work with BISP to yield better results. She informed that BISP has 50,000 BISP Beneficiaries Committees (BBCs) in 32 districts across the country.
These committees meet at least once a month for awareness purposes on every kind of issues. The Minister suggested that CSOs may connect to 5.3 million beneficiaries of BISP by working with BBCs.