Rural Women’s Empowerment A Case Study of KNCU & BUNYAD Ms. Shaheen Attiq Ur Rahman Vice Chairperson BLCC-Pakistan

No Country can rise to glory… till your women are not side by side with you

 Estimated population in 2015: over million ( Pakistan Economic Survey Government of Pakistan Ministry of Finance). Primary NER 64 % (male: 71 & female: 52) Survival Rate until 5th Grade 71% Dropout 33 % (male32.1 & female:33.9) Literacy rate 58 % (male: 69 & female: 47)  Population of Kids 47%  Girls are 52 % Out of School Children: Age group Million Age Group Million Age group Million Illiterates Youth illiterates Million (male 4.2 & Female 7) Illiterates 15+ (Total) 57 + Million (Male 19.7 & Female 33.3) Source: NEMIS and PSLM MICS Punjab 2014 Pakistan -Situation Analysis

Weak indicators &Women’s status  60.19% earn less than 2 $ a day  21.4% earn less than 1.25 $ a day (Pakistan Economic Survey )  Illiteracy; 1/3 rd, women illiterate more than men, adolescent, no alternative learning. Total 60 Million illiterate.  High drop outs from schools  Climate change affecting agriculture/water  Terrorism, bad governance, too much centralization  Population explosion, babies born daily;  Maternal deaths: 1 every 20 minutes  Women’s work largely unrecognized, definition needs to be upgraded  Mobility an issue, status low, few choices to improve their lives  Crimes against women large  MDG’s indicators poor, not achieved

Bunyad’s Way Bunyad’s Way  LITERACY…..  HEALTH :  Prevention better than cure  Nutrition  Child/Mother Care  LIVELIHOOD :  Skills,  Agro-Related  Micro Credit  Financial Literacy  GOVERNANCE :  Birth Registration  I D Card  Complaints  Vote  ENVIRONMENT :  water  Latrine  Sanitation  Trees

Value Added Survey Mobilization TOT Sustainability Micro Credit Link with Line Departments Bunyad ID Card Governance Birth Registration No to Early Marriage Marriage Registration Divorce Registration Financial Literacy Economic Skills Domestic Tailoring Livestock Kitchen Gardening First Aid Awareness Nutrition Vote CRC Group Formation Membership Committee Literacy King Sejong Technologies/ICT Conditional Cash Transfer E-Learning Improved Reading Habit Awareness Raising via Mobile Literacy via Mobile Phone Mobile Rikshaw Library

KNCU Major Results  2915 adult females made literate.  800 Post literacy messages via ICT (Mobile Phones)  Imparted vocational training in embroidery and stitching to 1165 learners.  142 teachers (107 adult literacy & 35 ECCE ) were trained, 24 Instructor in Dress making & Embroidery  915 children (ages 3-5) enrolled in ECCE centres  Sustainability of project activities– Capacity of 476 members of the local village committees was strengthened.  165 members of school councils were trained/oriented to reduce drop out, and enrolling out of school children  Imparted early childhood care and education to180 teachers, facilitators, parents and caregivers  1596 out of school children enrolled in formal schools.  86 teachers were trained/oriented on financial literacy  926 Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC’s) were made with the support of NADRA.  95 teachers were oriented on first aid by Rescue, 589 learners were oriented on kitchen gardening  130 people were examined in camp by the Ministry of Population, Government of the Pakistan.

The Sejong-Literacy, KNCU

Computer Education Literacy Through Mobile Phone E-Learning through Mobile Rickshaw LibraryDigital Hub

Mobile Rickshaw Libraries  Literacy cornerstone of LLL  Takes reading to rural families, children, women, youth.  Prevents lapse into literacy, where sea of illiterates abound.  Creates curiosity for Learning …more! Enhances vision.  Encourages …sustainability of Learning.  Multi-media for E Learning.  Information on Critical issues (water, nutrition, biogas etc)  Moves in Public /Govt. schools for girls & our Centers.  Number of books: 900  Members:

Value Added Factors for Success Health & hygiene, nutrition + Mother & Newborn Child Health (MNCH). Tree Plantation for environment. Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) For Emergency and Disaster  Right to information desk/complaints  Linkages with Bunyad Micro-Finance  Orientation on livestock for livelihood.  kitchen gardening sessions for food security.  Dengue awareness for preventive measures

 Confidence improved, women saw that their girls/children go regularly to schools, help with their home work.  Go regularly to medical center  Less children  More voting involvement, small business.  Increased enrolment and improved retention.  Reading habits promoted through Mobile Rickshaw Libraries.  Increased vision (nutrition, CNICs and against early child marriages etc).

Bunyad Literacy Community Council Way to Social Development BUNYAD formed & registered in 1994, and literate more than 10 Million Bunyad’s key Working Areas  Adult female Literacy  Mobile Phone Based Literacy  Functional Literacy  Non-Formal Primary/Basic Education for out of school children.  Expansion of enrolment & retention of students in schools.  Adopt A School Programme (Formal)  Reducing child labour through NFE approach  Community Learning Centers (CLC’s)  Training of Non-Formal and Formal Education Teachers.  Women’s Empowerment through Micro-Credit  Health & Water/Sanitation  Reproductive Health Initiatives, Research and Publications, Child Protection, Women’s Empowerment (Advocacy)  Kitchen Gardening, Livestock Development

 Problem of Illiteracy Huge  Indifference of Government, though Article 25A, to AE  Political will missing in promoting literacy, increasing not decreasing.  Turf war between education & literacy department.  Resources for AE laughable.  Many actors (NCHD, BECS, Literacy Department), no result. No Networking  The gap of the rural & urban is widening, education in rural areas is far behind the urban.  Distant schools/villages--- internet service poor for e-learning

Future of KNCU Women  More Confidence

Future of Women  Communities want their girls & women to learn.  Women more in numbers in Higher Learning, more in universities.  In decision making, big change in urban girls Picture women police on Motor Cycle (case of Aliya)

The challenge… is accepted by Bunyad, will take KNCU case to Scale