Non-Profit Organizations: Azaadi And Girls Empowerment

Azaadi is a non-profit organization that provides girls empowerment workshops that serve as informal learning environments to discuss a variety of topics. Keeping cultural and religious practices in mind our informational sessions include reproductive health, mental well-being, setting boundaries, self-defense and empowerment. Girls around the world are facing major disparities when it comes to educational success due to gender inequality. We hope that with Azaadi we will be able to address issues on reproductive health, feminine hygiene, child marriage, sexual/physical abuse and encouragement for women and girls independence. Furthermore, Azaadi is promoting cosmopolitanism and developing a global citizenry to contribute to the enrichment

We chose girls of this particular demographic because research has shown that this region has been lacking access to education about women’s health and other issues. When utilizing the word “health”, we would like to state that our definition of the word includes physical, mental and psychological aspects. That being said, in lacking education on women’s health, girls of this age group are particularly susceptible to have their education negatively impacted by child issues that include their reproduction, physical and/or sexual abuse as well as their lack of self-confidence. Furthermore, after analyzing research on girl’s education in the different regions of Pakistan we realized that it was not feasible to run a girl’s empowerment workshop in certain areas of the country. Therefore, we chose the region of South Punjab, which has been known to promote girls’

We will recruit mentors for the girls empowerment workshops and equip them with the necessary tools and knowledge to overcome barriers to their education. Azaadi will need to hold training sessions for the mentors/volunteers that are going to be involved because they will need to be trained to advise young girls on the topics we hope to address. Ensuring that the girls are obtaining the best information in these one-hour sessions, Azaadi will hire qualified women who are well aware of what they are teaching and are constantly being trained on how to engage with the participants. To give our students information, Azaadi will use tablets rather than textbooks that will be paid for by donors. Furthermore, Azaadi will need approval of its curriculum from the school administration and parents to avoid any conflicts between the parties. Parsitau argues, “To improve girls’ education we need to engage the custodians of tradition and culture: elders, community and spiritual leaders, elected leaders, youth, and warriors. They are the primary decisionmakers and wield the power, influence, and authority to control the quest for girls’ education”. Therefore, it is vital for our curriculum to be approved by the school