Saturday, 24 May 2014
Friday, 28 February 2014
International Women’s Day
IWD: International Women’s Day
Celebrating On 7th March 2014
Event Details
Event Name
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Event Date
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Event Time
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Event Venue
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International Women’s Day
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7th March 2014
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10am-4pm
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Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies
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Celebrating IWD: International Women’s Day On 7th March 2014, in collaboration with Higher Education Commission, Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Niswan, and Social Work Department.
- At this occasion Home-Based Working women will display and sale their handmade items, which includes the following: mobile covers, university/college Bags, unstitched embroidery Suits and Karchopi Suits/ Beads embedded Abbaya, Carpet Weaving, Karoshia handmade items, Bangles, Flower Making etc.
- At this day Launch of 8th volume of Pakistan journal of gender studies will be held.
- Poster competition will take place between students on the theme “Ageing Home-Based Working Women”.
- Honorable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qaiser will preside the session.
Sunday, 2 February 2014
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013
REQUEST LETTER FOR
MICRO-FINANCING SMALL LOANS
Dear Well Wisher,
ATN is working to enhance women through micro finance small loans. The loans are given to women who are already engaged in self employed work in order to minimize the role of middle man, and to provide education, information , micro-credit financing, technology transfer and management skills. We also organize exhibitions for the display of these self-employed women's products.
If you like to donate kindly pay through pay order, cross cheque, and online transfer in the following account number:
0037100326 (KU UBL Branch)
REQUEST LETTER FOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES
Dear Well Wisher,
ATN is working to enhance women through small means, methods, and projects. We would highly appreciate you to support in cash and kind to achieve our goals.
If you like to donate kindly pay through pay order, cross cheque, and online transfer in the following account number:
0037100326 (KU UBL Branch)
FUND RAISING FOR SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN
SUPPORTING SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN
We are often asked "How can we help and support the work these women do?"
and we so appreciate those who have already come alongside us as
friends.
So practically how can we help?
1. You can give financially by donation
2. You can offer time to help these women
3. You can come and join in with our activities like fundraising.
4. You can donate food, warm coats and sleeping bags
5. You can attend our fundraiser events.
This list is certainly not exhaustive! If you have ideas or skills
you are willing to get involved with.
Finally a BIG THANK YOU for visiting the BLOG and be part of our efforts.
12 FEBRUARY 2014 EXHIBITION
The Exhibition is organized by ATN in order to support self employed women.celebrating Women's day.
Exhbition Details
Exhibition Name
Self Employed Women
Exhibition Date
12 Feb 2014
Exhibition Time
10am-6pm
Self Employed Women
Exhibition Date
12 Feb 2014
Exhibition Time
10am-6pm
Exhibition Venue
Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies
Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies
Exhibit Categories
1. Mobile Covers
2. Hand Bags
3. Unstiched embroidery Suits and Karchopi Suits
4. Arts, Design & Creativity
5. Handicrafts and Accessories
1. Mobile Covers
2. Hand Bags
3. Unstiched embroidery Suits and Karchopi Suits
4. Arts, Design & Creativity
5. Handicrafts and Accessories
6. Jewellery
Friday, 26 July 2013
Self-Employed Women's Fund
Introduction, Objectives and Method
Introduction
Self-Employed women in Pakistan are playing a significant role in Pakistan's economy, but their role is invisible which needs recognition. These women in informal sector are overlooked by the Govt. of Pakistan. 73 labour related laws in Pakistan but none of them is relevant to self-employed women. However, Federal government is formulating a national policy on home based working women which would announce in middle of the current year. Sindh Assembly passed resolution on the legal status of home based working women.
Self-employed women belong to the poor and illiterate households. They get work through middleman. Unawareness, gender disparity in education, lack of decision making makes them more vulnerable. The major problem is their ack of knowledge about financial assistance for their socio-economic conditions which will lead to work security. income security, food security and social security. Self-Employed Women's Fund is established to fulfill that purpose to provide financial assistance for their development and prosperity.
Objectives
The objective is to establish the Self-Employed Women's Fund for the development and prosperity of Self-Employd women are:
1. Education and Information
2. Networking
3. A Support System
a) Micro-Credit Financing
b) Technology Transfer
c) Management Skills
4. Self-Employed women's organizations should be formed under their supervision at the grass root level.
5. Loans will be provided according to their skills.
6. Focus should be on women from the poorest household.
7. Through income generating programe increase their income and improve progress.
8. To exhibit their work in their presence.
9. Training courses, workshop and model centers will be conducted in their areas.
10. To make women autonomous and self-reliant, individually and collectively, both economically and in terms of their decision-making ability
Method
Loan will be given to those self-employed women wo are running small businesses from in their homes. Members of advisory board will decide to whom loans will be given. Loan is interest free. Self-employed women should arrange a guarantor. It is essential to repay loan within agreed timings. Five groups will be formulated including five women each. One woman from each group is selected through lottery. 10,000 Rs. Loan is provided to women in order to let them start their business according to their skills.
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Self-Employed Women's Fund
List of Self-Employed Women, Loans Provided According to Their Skills
1. Naseem Bano
Business Type: Bangles Making
Date of Loan: 27/08/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
2. Fozia Pervaiz
Business Type: Carpet Weaving
Date of Loan: 27/08/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
3. Shama Begum
Business Type: Stitching Male Pants
Date of Loan: 27/08/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
4. Afsheen Shakeel
Business Type: Pasting Beads on Bangles
Date of Loan: 27/08/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
5. Khalida Bano
Business Type: Making Different Items from Cut Dana work
Date of Loan: 27/08/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
6. Shahana
Business Type: Stitching Male Pants
Date of Loan: 27/08/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
7. Kishwar Jahan
Business Type: Embroidery of Shirts Neck
Date of Loan: 27/08/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
8. Samina Begum
Business Type: Dying Clothes
Date of Loan: 27/08/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
9. Naasqa Anjum
Business Type: Cooks food on Order
Date of Loan: 14/11/2011
Loan Duration: 10 Months
Loan Amount: 10,000 Rs.
Loan Installment: 1000 Rs.
Total Installments: 10
Date of Loan Return: 5th of every month
Sunday, 30 December 2012
ANJUMAN TARAQQI-E-NISWAN
SELF-EMPLOYED WOMEN'S FUND
(A Project of Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Niswan)
Karachi, Pakistan
Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Niswan(ATN) was established on March 8, 2003 with the following objectives:
1. To organize urban and rural women.
2. To promote women's traditional and home-based work and to help them earn better living.
3. To raise awareness among women of their rights and responsibilities and to prepare them to struggle for their rights.
4. To improve and create better opportunities for female education.
5. To help working women to get proper payment and position equal to men.
6. To struggle for women's economic emancipation and elimination of gender bias in the society.
7. To help women acquire education and job outside their home.
8. To help women gain decison-making power.
9. To develop self-reliance among women.
10. To help women gain freedom to spend to spend their money as they like.
By taking up these objectives the group of college and university teachers, social workers, feminists, students and self-employed women groups laid down the foundation of ATN with this aim that women can be "an agent of change" in Pakistani society and their work should be done by women themselves. In view of this on Saturday the 8th March 2003 is declared as Youm-e-Tasis (Foundation Day) of ATN.
3. To raise awareness among women of their rights and responsibilities and to prepare them to struggle for their rights.
4. To improve and create better opportunities for female education.
5. To help working women to get proper payment and position equal to men.
6. To struggle for women's economic emancipation and elimination of gender bias in the society.
7. To help women acquire education and job outside their home.
8. To help women gain decison-making power.
9. To develop self-reliance among women.
10. To help women gain freedom to spend to spend their money as they like.
By taking up these objectives the group of college and university teachers, social workers, feminists, students and self-employed women groups laid down the foundation of ATN with this aim that women can be "an agent of change" in Pakistani society and their work should be done by women themselves. In view of this on Saturday the 8th March 2003 is declared as Youm-e-Tasis (Foundation Day) of ATN.
MEMBERSHIP RULES
1. Any women can become a member who is associated with any profession, skilled, mature and willing to do work, has the knowledge and understanding of daily affairs and follow the rules and regulations of the anjuman.
2. To become a member there is no restriction of education, language and religion.
3. Member woman should play a distinctive role in the development of the anjuman.
SELF-EMPLOYED WOMEN'S FUND
Self-Employed Women's Fund was established with the following objectives:
1. To provide education, information, micro-credit financing, technology transfer, and management skills.
2. To persuade self-employed women to form area-wise organizations and associations.
3. To select suitable women for loans in accordance with their skills.
4. To institute awards for the encouragement of the self-employed women.
5. To mount exhibitions for the display of these women's products.
6. To hold informative programs for the self-employed women.
7. To initiate various schemes for the betterment of the lives of the self-employed women and their families.
METHOD
Self- Employed Women;s Fund will provide loans to those women who want to start their own business or to those who want to extend their existing business. Advisory committee of the Fund will decide to whom loans should be given. For the time being loan is interest free but the self- employed women should arrange one guarantor at least. The loan must be repaid within the agreed period otherwise legal action could be taken. Loan seeking women would be divided into two groups each including five women. One woman from each group is selected through draw for giving the loan.
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