Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan
Empowerment of women is essential and prerequisite for sustainable rural development of Balochistan. NGO’s play a very pivotal role in empowering them by providing basic education, vocational training for self-employment, legal aid, protection for women and self-awareness programme. However,NGOs wo...
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| description | Empowerment of women is essential and prerequisite for sustainable rural development of Balochistan. NGO’s play a very pivotal role in empowering
them by providing basic education, vocational training for self-employment, legal aid, protection for women and self-awareness programme. However,NGOs working in these areas face socio-cultural challenges.The purpose of this paper is to explore the role and challenges of the NGOs in empowering women in rural areas of Balochistan. The data were obtained through the interview schedule using snowball sampling method.20 informants interviewed.The results show the NGOs are playing an important role in empowering women in different fields in a challengeable socio-cultural environment, due to the socio cultural barriers, few NGOs were active.Two NGOs were selected for study who were engaged in different projects of women empowerment.This paper is intended to be a valuable contribution in highlighting the efforts of NGOs in a dominating cultural setup. |
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| spelling | uum-239902020-11-10T06:20:04Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/23990/ Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan Umer, Shumaila Hasssan, Kalthum Othman, Zaheruddin HD28 Management. Industrial Management Empowerment of women is essential and prerequisite for sustainable rural development of Balochistan. NGO’s play a very pivotal role in empowering them by providing basic education, vocational training for self-employment, legal aid, protection for women and self-awareness programme. However,NGOs working in these areas face socio-cultural challenges.The purpose of this paper is to explore the role and challenges of the NGOs in empowering women in rural areas of Balochistan. The data were obtained through the interview schedule using snowball sampling method.20 informants interviewed.The results show the NGOs are playing an important role in empowering women in different fields in a challengeable socio-cultural environment, due to the socio cultural barriers, few NGOs were active.Two NGOs were selected for study who were engaged in different projects of women empowerment.This paper is intended to be a valuable contribution in highlighting the efforts of NGOs in a dominating cultural setup. College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/23990/1/JGD%2012%202%20%202016%2013-30.pdf Umer, Shumaila and Hasssan, Kalthum and Othman, Zaheruddin (2016) Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan. Journal of Governance and Development, 12 (2). pp. 13-30. ISSN 2289-4756 http://jgd.uum.edu.my/index.php/current-issue |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Umer, Shumaila Hasssan, Kalthum Othman, Zaheruddin Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan |
| title | Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan |
| title_full | Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan |
| title_short | Role and Challenges of Ngos In Empowering Women in Rural Areas of Balochistan, Pakistan |
| title_sort | role and challenges of ngos in empowering women in rural areas of balochistan pakistan |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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