S H A D E empowering people
ANNUAL
REPORT 2009
About
SHADE
Society
for Human Advancement and Disadvantaged Empowerment is a Non-government
development organization. It works under a Board of Directors, that is a policy
making body of the organization. The organization was established in 2003,
however, it was properly registered in 2004 under the Social Welfare act of
government of Baluchistan.
Board
of Directors
# |
Name |
Designation |
Qualification |
Address |
1 |
Ms. Rasheeda |
Chairman |
MA Bed |
Usta Muhammad |
2 |
Ms. Farzana |
Secretary |
MA |
Usta Muhammad |
3 |
Mr. Sajad Ahmed |
Member |
M.Sc, MA |
Usta Muhammad |
4 |
Ms. Farida |
Member |
FA |
Usta Muhammad |
5 |
Ms. |
Member |
BA |
Usta Muhammad |
6 |
Ms Nighat Taufiq |
Member |
MA |
Karaci |
7 |
Ms. Ms Rukhsana |
Member |
BA |
Usta Muhammad |
8 |
Ms. Romana |
Member |
MA |
Islamabad |
9 |
Ms. Saima Batool |
Member |
MA |
Booraywala |
10 |
Ms. Noor Jehan |
Member |
BA |
Usta Muhammad |
11 |
Ms. Samina Batool |
Member |
BA |
Sukkar |
12 |
Ms. Rabia |
Member |
FA |
Usta Muhammad |
13 |
Mr. Niaz M Umrani |
Member |
BA |
Usta Muhammad |
14 |
Mr. A S Tareen |
Member |
BA |
Usta Muhammad |
15 |
Mr. Manzoor Ahmed |
Member |
BA |
Usta Muhammad |
16 |
Mr. Imdad Ali |
Member |
M.Sc: |
Usta Muhammad |
17 |
Mr. Jan M Soomro |
Member |
MA MEd |
Usta Muhammad |
18 |
Mr. Ehsanullah |
Member/LA |
LLB |
Usta Muhammad |
19 |
Mr. Ghulam Murtaza |
Member |
BSc Agri |
Usta Muhammad |
20 |
Mr. Roshan Lal |
Member |
FA |
Usta Muhammad |
VISION
Create
a Society which is based on Social justice and equality, where the rights of
every member are respected and the duties are performed well, where prevails
social harmony, peace and love for natural environment.
MISSION
Our
mission is to work for the empowerment of people (Women and Children) through
advocacy, awareness raising and providing assistance, so that they could bring
positive difference in their attitudes and become caring toward others and
their natural environment for the creation of peaceful and environmentally
friendly society.
Core
Programs
1.
Women Empowerment
2.
Child Protection
3.
Environment
4.
CPID
5.
PEACE/Conflict
Resolution
Aims/Objectives
·
Work against the
issues of women violence like honor killing and domestic violence and empower
women socially, politically and economically to enable them to assert for their
rights.
·
Work for the
promotion of Peace in the society and strive for the conflict resolution
·
Work for the
promotion of environment and sensitize people against the hazards of climate
change
AREA
PROFILE
Jaffarabad
district is one of the backward areas of the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
It has tribal set up, where the status of women in the society is very low.
Women are considered below men. Domestic violence and Killing women on the name
of honor is very common practice in the society of our focused area. Women in
the area are not well aware of their rights, they consider violence as due
right of men.
Participation
of women in political activities is rare. Women Councilors are selected by the
heads of tribes rather than taking part in the process of election. They do not
attend to the meetings of their respective councils rather they are represented
by their male partners.
At
villages women work from dawn to dusk at the fields, later they cook for their
family members take care of their children and animals at the households. They
do not take the earnings from the field work rather it goes to their male
members. The ratio of education in women is very low that is about 3%.
School
going children work in the fields. Corporal punishment on children at schools
and at households is common.
People
do no have environmental education and they do not do environmentally friendly
activities to protect environment. It is an agriculture area; agriculture and
live stock are the main source of livelihood in the area.
There
is no basic infrastructure available. People live in slum areas. Pool and ponds
of dirty water are seen every where due to lack of drainage system.
The
total population of the area is about 625000 people and women make about 52% of
the population. Due to tribal system conflicts among different tribes have
created unrest in the area due to these conflicts many people have lost their
precious lives.
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED
1.
Women
Empowerment
·
Sessions on
Legal Awareness:
In collaboration with Shirkat Gah legal awareness
sessions at the community were conducted on filling of Nikah Nama (Marriage
Contract) form, Inheritance and Divorce. The participants were sensitized about
the legal status of the topics and awareness was given to women how can they
resort the court of law and assert for their rights given o them by the
religion and the law of the land. 10 legal awareness sessions were conducted at
different villages by the organization. The purpose of these sessions is to
sensitize women about their rights in accordance with the Muslim Family Laws
ordinance.
·
Community
Sessions against Domestic Violence and Honor killings:
Being a part of
the WE CAN campaign of the Oxfam-GB, HADE organization conducted 16 community
sessions against domestic violence and honor killings at 16 different villages
of district Jaffarabad, where the number of such kind of violence is on rise
and killing women on very petty issues on the name of honor is a mundane
activity. The community sessions were conducted with the male community of the
focused areas and they included farmers, teachers, heads f tribes, religious
people and students. The participants were sensitized against such in-human
practices. The SHADE organization identified 1200 CHANGE MAKERS. The change
makers are the people who condemn women violence.
Community Session at Village Bhagia Khan
Community Session against Domestic
Violence at village Mir Muhammad
·
Women Week:
The SHADE organization celebrates Women week every year
on the eve of International Women Day on March 08. The organization arranges
number of activities from 1st to 08 March. The SHADE organization
very first time in the area introduced celebrating the event. The activities
include Conventions, Seminars, Workshops, and Dialogues, Talk shows, Women
sports, Signature Campaigns and preparation of documentary films. The main
purpose of this activity is to show solidarity with the women of the world and
sensitize people about women rights and against domestic violence and honor
killing issues, which are very common in the area.
Dialogue With Journalists of District
Jaffarabad
Nazim and Councilors Convention district
Jaffarabad against Honor killings
A Women Seminar 1st time in
the area against honor killings and domestic violence
·
Research
against Honor Killing:
The SHADE
organization in collaboration with Shirkat Gah conducted a research on Honor
killing issues in the focused area of Jaffarabad district. We collected and
prepared case studies of the honor killing cases by going into the specific
area and meeting the relative and neighbors of the victim families. We went to
the hospitals and police stations to collect necessary information.
·
Mapping
Research:
With the support
of Shirkat Gah; the SHADE organization conducted a Mapping Research selecting 8
Union Councils of Jaffarabad district. The main purpose of the research was to
collect information about the role of Nazims and Musalihat Anjumans (Arbitary
Councils) in the solution of women issues and filling of Nikah Nama (Mariage Contracts).
·
16 Days of
Activism against Gender violence:
Like International Women Day, The SHADE organization
celebrates 16 days of activities against gender violence from November 25 to
December 10 every year. The organization arranged a one day seminar on eve. Mr.
Tufail Ahmed Hashmi a well known religious scholar was invited to sensitize
people about the religious aspect against honor killing and domestic violence
and about women rights and the rights of men. About 200 women and men
participated in the seminar.
16 Days of Activism against Gender violence was
celebrated at the hall of high school
2.
Environment
·
The organization
Celebrates World Environment Day every year on June 05.On the eve of the day
different activities are organized by the organization like a seminar, a
student rally and plantation. The purpose is to sensitize the community about
environmental education so that they could do environmentally friendly
activities for the promotion of environment in the area.
·
The organization
conducted 08 mini lectures and orientation sessions at different schools and
colleges to sensitize people about climate change and its hazards due to
environmental degradation.
Plantation at High School Usta Muhammad on the eve of
WED
Participants of a rally on the eve of
World Environment day
A lecture at high school on Climate
Change
3.
Youth and
Culture of peace
The organization formed 08 youth groups at different
areas in 02 out of 04 Tehsils of the district. The members of these youth
groups belong to different religions. We conducted sensitization sessions with
these youth groups to bring interfaith harmony through sharing our common culture
by involving our youth. The activities were performed with the support of CSC.
The youth groups were given trainings on Conflict Resolution by the SHADE
organization.
Activity with the youth group at SHADE
office
4.
Community
Infrastructure Development
The area our organization focuses has no basic
infrastructure. At the streets and Mohallahs there is no proper drainage
system. Pools and ponds of dirty water are seen everywhere. We selected on the
need bases two colonies i-e Firdous colony and Qurban colony. They are thickly
populated and highly underdeveloped as compared to rest of the areas. Drains
and Brick pavements of 07 streets were constructed at Firdous colony and with
the support of TVO and of 02 Streets were constructed with the support of SPO
at Qurban colony.
Construction
of a street at Firdous Colony
Construction of a street at Qurban Colony
5. Child Protection
With the support of referral unit of Sahil organization
in the district the SHADE organization provided legal aid to 02 cases of child
victims of sexual abuse.
In collaboration with Shirkat Gah, SHADE organization
monitored elections in 2008 in the area of district Jaffarabad Baluchistan. The
main purpose of the election monitoring was to observe the role of women in
contesting election, their participation in the election campaign and their
voting on the poling day.