Gender Equality

Despite progress, women continue to face discrimination, harassment, and wage inequality. In response, CHRS collaborated with partners to organize a high-visibility seminar addressing challenges to working women in all sectors. This advocacy event brought together policymakers, private sector representatives, civil society activists, and working women to discuss: Through storytelling sessions and expert recommendations, the seminar […]

For many Pakistani women, mobility challenges are the biggest barrier to employment. CHRS worked with ILO to conduct Training of Trainers (TOT) programs for National Highways & Motorway Police and transport stakeholders to help improve women’s safety and dignity in public transportation. The training emphasized: By equipping government officers and transport institutions with these skills,

CHRS trained 12,000 women in rural Punjab to improve financial literacy, entrepreneurial potential, and personal empowerment. Many of these women had limited access to income sources and decision-making authority — increasing vulnerabilities to poverty and social exclusion. This program introduced business basics, household budgeting, civic rights, community participation, and gender equality awareness. CHRS trainers used