Annual Report 2019 [reporting period: July 2018 to June 2019]

Abstract

Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation is a civil society organization committed to working for women's empowerment through enabling their active participation in governance at all levels. For this purpose, the Foundation has defined its niche as a source of information to women and to undertake advocacy on their behalf with the state and society. The Foundation further believes that an enabling environment for enhancing this shift towards women's greater role in governance is an influential support network at the local level for addressing women's immediate concerns, and a larger social and political framework that facilitates a more active role for citizens; organizations and groups to play a role in promoting more accountable governance and participatory democracy in the country. The Foundation, registered in 1986 as a non-profit society under the Societies Registration Act 1860, has its Head Office in Lahore, and five regional offices in the federal and the provincial capitals with an outreach extending to all of Pakistan's districts. The Foundation also has a General Body of 16 members and a Board of Governors.