Aware Girls

Aware Girls is young women led organization based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa working for the empowerment of young women, gender equality, democracy and peace

[Peace Direct @peacedirect]

1/3 Ready for more recommendations on how to #DecolonisePeacebuilding through practice?

Number four- Invest in local capacities for peace

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@unoy_peace @GPPAC @whatthewomensay

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

71% of all human trafficking victims worldwide are women and girls, and 3 out of 4 of these women and girls are sexually exploited. #16DaysofActivismtoEndViolenceAgainstWomen

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

According to the Gender Gap Report 2018, among the 29 countries for which data are available, women spend, on average, twice as much time on housework and other unpaid activities than men. #16DaysofActivism2019

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

"Sexual violence against women and girls is rooted in centuries of male domination. Let us not forget that the gender inequalities that fuel rape culture are essentially a question of power imbalances." — UN SG António Guterres
#16DaysofActivismToEndViolenceAgainstWomen

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.
#16DaysofActivismToEndViolenceAgainstWome2n

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

25th Nov marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It also marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women; an annual intl campaign that runs until 10 Dec; Intl Human Rights Day
#16DaysofActivismToEndViolenceAgainstWome2n

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

A decade ago Aware Girls launched its Flagship Program "Young Women Political Leadership Development", we're proud to say the program has evolved, grown and still continues. We'll enter the next decade with an improvised version of our Flagship program.
https://t.co/k3DZ1pERrL

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

اپنی بیٹیوں کو اُڑنے دیجیے, پڑھئے ایک لڑکی کی کہانی جو کہتی ہیں کہ جب لڑکیاں ہم سفر کے خواب دیکھتی تھی تو وہ سفر کے خواب دیکھتی تھی- کہانی پڑھئے، بیٹیوں کو خواب دیکھنے دیجئے، اور انھیں اڑنے دیجئے-

[Saadia Ahmed @khwamkhwah]

آج کا تازہ کالم

'اپنی بیٹیوں کو اُڑنے دیجئے'

https://t.co/j28U117cxV via @UrduNewsCom

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

Currently there are just 17 countries that have women as heads of state, while, on average, just 18% of ministers and 24% of parliamentarians globally are women. (Global Gender Gap Report Data)

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

Around the world, women hold just 34% of managerial positions across the countries where data is available, and less than 7% in the four worst-performing countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Pakistan. (Global Gender Gap Report, 2018)

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

Under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), countries around the world, including Pakistan, pledged to end all marriage before age 18 by 2030. (3/3)

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

According to UNICEF, 21 percent of Pakistani girls are married by the age of 18, and 3 percent before 15. Girls who marry are more likely to drop out of school than other girls, they face greater pregnancy-related health risks than women... (1/3)

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

.....and their babies are more likely to have health problems. Married girls are more likely to face domestic violence than woman who marry later. Additionally, child marriage sinks families deeper into poverty. (2/3)

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

Around the world, women hold just 34% of managerial positions across the countries where data is available, and less than 7% in the four worst-performing countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Pakistan. (Global Gender Gap Report, 2018)

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

Currently there are just 17 countries that have women as heads of state, while, on average, just 18% of ministers and 24% of parliamentarians globally are women. (Global Gender Gap Report Data)

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

"One in every 9th women in Pakistan suffers from breast cancer, and death rate from the disease in Pakistan is far higher than other parts of the world owing to a lack of awareness, diagnosis and treatment facilities." Dr Ayesha Isani Majeed.
https://t.co/JSGFc1ljcf

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

Aware Girls is seriously concerned over the increased violence against women. It's about time to strengthen women protection systems and invest in changing attitudes of the families towards women.

https://t.co/l7PixPVuBH

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

Women marched because even today women are sexually assaulted and paraded naked in public but the culprits roam free. We ask if our assemblies will pass resolutions against this brutality as well?

[SenatorSherryRehman @sherryrehman]

Jacinda Ardern Has Rewritten the Script for How a Nation Grieves After a Terrorist Attack. Great op ed ⁦by @NewYorker⁩ https://t.co/qVMdBoI51y

[Aware Girls @awaregirls]

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