The aim of AAWAZ programming is to nurture and strengthen democratic processes from the grassroots. Each Consortium A partner is responsible for delivering all three outputs in their designated districts in order to maximize integration. At the provincial level, Consortium A partners will form coalitions for advocacy and action on priorities and issues that are raised from the grass roots tiers and require provincial, or even federal, level attention for resolution.
Our programme interventions and activities will be integrated to achieve Outputs 1, 2 and 3:
Activities under these three outputs will contribute to and be strengthened by Output 4:
In order to integrate activities, we will support various structures that help citizens and communities to organize at the village, union council, tehsiland district levels. We will work through Community based Organizations (CBOs) or Partner Organizations (POs) of Consortium A partners, which had been well trained by the Consortium partners over the years. They will first map out existing structures and assess their suitability for our programming needs against a set of criteria needed for conducting the programming to the required standards. To the maximum extent possible, we will use existing structures and work with them to develop their capacity to meet the required criteria. If suitable structures do not exist, we will facilitate to form new structures.
The first tier is at the village/town/settlement level, called the AAWAZ Forum. The second tier is at union council level called the AAWAZ UC Forum. The third tier is at the Tehsil level, called AAWAZ Tehsil Forum. At the district level, we have fourth tier, the AAWAZ District Forum. Each of these structures will have three distinct roles to perform in view of the AAWAZ outputs.
Following are some of the areas which primarily cut across and common to proposed structures at all tiers.
AAWAZ Forum shall comprise of 15-18 males and females. This is a basic programming tier. It should include at least 3 representatives from the School Management Committee/ School Council if there is any government school functional in the village/neighbourhood/settlement. Besides a collective forum for individual participation, AAWAZ Forum shall perform three fundamental tasks regarding program Output 1, 2 and 3. These are:
Following are the minimum Terms of Reference (ToR) of the AAWAZ Forum to achieve results for each output at the grassroots level with three distinct roles to be performed. However, some of the mentioned tasks can only be done once the forum members receive trainings.
Women’s Political ParticipationCreate awareness on women-friendly laws especially those recently passed. In addition, they will sensitize local communities about different provisions available in the Constitution and law (Pakistan penal code) through dialogues, discussions, women’s assemblies- rallies that will inform, educate and mobilize communities in village/town/settlements.
Exhibit spirit of women related laws including Women’s Protection Bill, Land Right, etc. through day to day activities to create understanding among communities for women dignity and wellbeing as fundamental right. The activities will be conducted through focus group discussions, corner meetings, rallies, fairs/festivals, sportsevents, interactive theater shows, religious festivals and celebrations, etc.
Pre-empt disputes and conflict by creating space in the locality, through dialogue, discussions and other support activities which reduce and eliminate risk of conflict among groups, clans, ethnic, sectarian and religious groups.Promote the utility of formal conflict resolution forums including police and other LEAs through day to day activities that facilitate and generate confidence among communities to approach formal institutions. Coordinate and interact with relevant institutions at local level to build communities’ trust and understanding of processes in conflict resolution.
Informlocal communities about different provisions available in the law (Pakistan Penal Codefor example).In case of gross violation of the law, and, where possible, assist and facilitate conflicting factions by providing information aboutservices available with different authorities and institutions which are responsible of protection, security and conflict resolution.Educate people about tolerance, harmony and social cohesionand the impact of these values on social, political and economic context of the village/town/settlement.Maintain record of important events/cases of conflict resolution efforts Feed the AAWAZ UC, Tehsil and District Forums with relevant information to enable those structures in designing and undertaking advocacy activities
AAWAZ Social Services/SamajiKhidmat