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Merry Christmas to our supporters and members,

You make a big work for disabled women / girls of Pakistan and you have given a beautiful gift in this Christmas to them. 

With your support their dreams will come true and can have a good and new life. 

Looking forward with your support.Now we are very near to our target point so i wish that with your support / Help we can achieve this target.

Jahanzeb Asif 

Pakistan

Dear Members / Supporters,

I am thankful to all of you because you have done a great work with me for my project as I have raise much amount for my project but I want to tell you that still my project needs 780Euro so with your support I can also achieve this as my project time will be finished in end of December so please give your Christmas gifts to Disabled women and girls in a shape of your donation with your donation their life have a reason and they can sustain in society.

So join with me and donate because we are very near to our target.

Hope to see your little more help.

Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif 

We have organized a International Disability day on 3^rd December-2012 with our community members and target women / girls who are facing Disability issues. We have a discussion meeting with all members who participate in this event and talk about the issues of disabled people and how we can solve their problems, we have also talk about our project which is registered in 1%Club to raise funds, All the new members who came on this event like our project very much and appreciate that you are doing a lot for them and with this project the disabled women / girls have a good status in society along with their rights.

After that Jahanzeb Asif say few words about disabled People and which kind of disabilities are.

There is about 18Million people are disabled in Pakistan.

As full citizens, people with disabilities are entitled to equal rights. In their daily lives, they continuously battle exclusion and restriction to their full participation in society, facing discrimination, abuse, and poverty.
There are many types of disabilities and many degrees; visible or hidden; temporary, permanent or unpredictable; cognitive, developmental and many others. Some groups find the following definition helpful. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), defines disability as the outcome of the interaction between a person with an impairment and the environmental and attitudinal barriers one may face.
People with disabilities are entitled to equal access to education and employment, equal rights to parenthood, property ownership, political rights, and legal representation.
Presently, there is no internationally binding convention specifically devoted to the rights of people with disabilities. However, in December 2001, the General Assembly adopted resolution 56/168, establishing a committee to consider proposals for an international convention to protect and promote the rights and dignity of people with disabilities. A treaty on the rights and dignity of people with disabilities would create legally binding human rights obligations specific to the needs and situation of people with disabilities.
A human rights perspective to disability requires society, and especially governments, to actively promote the conditions for all individuals to fully realize their rights. "Reasonable accommodation" (the necessary modifications without a disproportionate burden) must be made to ensure persons with disabilities the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Accessibility is a major issue for people with mobility impairments, but the concept of universal design can create more opportunities for participation in society. Universal design is inclusive; it sees people with disabilities, older people and children, as part of - not distinct from - society.

Thank you.

Jahanzeb Asif 

Beste leden,

Ik ben iedereen dankbaar die betrokken is bij ons project en ons werk steunt. Onze organisatie, Rural Development Society, is al vanaf 2010 aan het werk om de emancipatie van vrouwen en meisjes in Pakistan te bevorderen. Rural Development Society is geregistreerd bij de overheid.

We versterken de capaciteiten van vrouwen door middel van vaardigheidstraining, spraaktraining, en organiseren vergaderingen om vrouwen bewust te maken van hun gezondheid, vrouwenrechten en werkrechten. We willen een toekomst bouwen voor vrouwen die genegeerd worden door de hele wereld, en vooral in Pakistan waar vrouwen geen rechten hebben en onderdrukt worden door de samenleving.

Nu focussen we op gehandicapte vrouwen en meisjes en willen we hen helpen om een betere status te verwerven in de gemeenschap. In Pakistan hebben gehandicapte vrouwen geen waarde, zelfs niet voor hun eigen families die hen beschouwen als een last. Ons doel is om hen te leren kleding te fabriceren, hen bewust te maken van hun gezondheid, en aan te geven hoe ze deze training kunnen gebruiken voor een betere toekomst.

Wij geloven dat deze training helpt om hun vaardigheden te verhogen, aangezien ze dan ook zelf kunnen werken en geld verdienen. Op deze manier kunnen zij gebruik maken van hun speciale vaardigheden en een rol spelen in economische groei, zonder een last te zijn voor hun familie. Ook kunnen gehandicapte moeders hun man en familie steunen. Ik hoop dat zij in dit project hun dromen kunnen waar maken en hun families kunnen steunen.

Doe met ons mee! Samen kunnen een leven bieden aan gehandicapte vrouwen en hen een rol geven in de samenleving.

Met vriendelijke groet,

JahanzebAsif

Dear Members,

I am Thankful to everyone who is involved in our project and supporting our work, Our Organization is working of the empowerment of women / girls in Pakistan from 2010. Rural Development Society is a registered organization under Government Law.

We empower women with skill training, Vocational training, and Conduct awareness meetings about their reproductive health / women rights / working rights. We want to build a future of women who is neglected around the world and especially in Pakistan who have no right and oppressed in society.

Now we are focusing on disabled women / girls and aim to empower them and give them a good status in society as disabled women have value of none in Pakistan and even their families did not like them and feel burden on them so our goal is to provide them Skill training of Sewing, Awareness training about their health and how this training would be benefit for them.

We believe with this training there capacity would be buildup, they would be engaged in work and can earn a good amount, in this way their special ability will be polished and they can play a role in Economic growth, a good status in society without being burden on their family. They can also support their families as there are many disabled women mothers who want to support their family and being supporting hand to his husband and I hope with this project they can fulfill their dream and support their family.

So join with, together we can build a life of neglected disabled women and provide them good status in society.

Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif

Dear Members,

Today I am sharing a status of mother with Disability in Society. I will share her major Problems which she faces on daily bases and what is our role for Disabled mother?

 There is a dichotomy between a “feminist views” that seeks to overturn the notion that motherhood is expected for all women and thereby a limitation on a women’s choices, and on the other hand, women with disabilities are often discouraged, if not forced to reject motherhood roles, despite their personal desire. Sterilization of women with disabilities still remains a critical problem, as discussed herein. Women with disabilities who elect to have a child are often criticized for their decision and face barriers in accessing adequate health care and other services for themselves and their children. Additionally, if women with disabilities seek these services, they are often denied treatment and if pregnant, sometimes they are rebuked for deciding to have a child. Disability rights activists who are also mothers challenge the medicalization of bodies and birthing for women with disabilities. Additionally, they highlight the challenges and contradictions they faced in reproductive decision-making.

Our organization will also conduct reproductive health training to disabled women / girls; we believe they have to aware about their basic health.

Thank you for giving your generous time to read my project weblog, I hope you like my project article; hope to hear you feedback about my article.

Thanks

Jahanzeb Asif 

Today I am sharing an article “Women with Disabilities from Rural Area” and which are the main reasons that they are still behind and neglected in this Society and How our project will overcome on these problems.

I hope you will like it.

Women with disabilities often experience multiple forms of discrimination and face barriers to the full enjoyment of their rights, based on their indigenous status and their disability; the discrimination is compounded when female identity is part of the mix.  

There are cultural and linguistic barriers, lack of education services for children with disabilities in native communities and systemic poverty.

They also encounter barriers resulting from the use of conflicting or overly complex traditional and contemporary justice and service systems resulting in a jurisdictional quagmire.

Women with disabilities from indigenous or rural communities may lack information about access to services for violence prevention and response.75 although there is little or no data on the incidence of violence against indigenous women with disabilities, the incidence of violence against indigenous women is shockingly high, higher than for women in general.

Rural women have less access to resources, training and skill development opportunities due to high levels of illiteracy, the prevalence of negative stereotypes and their overall socioeconomic status. Women and girls represent two-thirds of the roughly one billion people in the world who are illiterate. Worldwide; girls from rural areas are particularly disadvantaged, with the lowest levels of literacy and education. Rural women are particularly disadvantaged with respect to their access to health care services. The myriad of issues that confront women with disabilities are significantly more pronounced in rural areas due to inaccessible environments and lack of services, information and awareness, education, income, and contact resulting in extreme isolation and invisibility. Rural women with disabilities have even lower levels of education, employment, and health care, all contributing to increased levels of gender-based violence.

"I am thankful to you that you give your time to read my project blog. I have started this project to uplift disabled women especially rural women provide them proper skill training’s so they can become independent community member and take part in economic growth without any discrimination 

Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif 

Volgens een 2011 poll van deskundigen door de Thomson Reuters Foundation Poll, Pakistan is de derde meest gevaarlijke land voor vrouwen in de wereld. Het noemde de meer dan 1.000 vrouwen en meisjes vermoord in "eremoorden" elk jaar en meldde dat 90 procent van de Pakistaanse vrouwen last hebben van huiselijk geweld.

Westerlingen meestal associëren de benarde situatie van de Pakistaanse vrouwen met religieuze onderdrukking, maar de werkelijkheid is veel ingewikkelder. Een bepaalde mentaliteit is diep geworteld in strikt patriarchale samenlevingen als Pakistan. Arme en ongeschoolde vrouwen moeten dagelijks strijden voor de fundamentele rechten, erkenning en respect. Ze moeten leven in een cultuur die hen definieert door de mannelijke figuren in hun leven, ook al zijn deze vrouwen vaak de kostwinners voor hun gezin.

Rustig, langzaam, in stukjes en beetjes juridische hervormingen, wordt vrouwelijke empowerment komt in Pakistan. Je ontmoet inspirerende vrouwen dagelijks hier. Sympathiek werkgevers geven soms bescherming en bijstand, net als andere vrouwen die al beter verging. NGO's en liefdadige organisaties proberen te helpen empowerment van vrouwen, maar niet alle vrouwen profiteren van deze middelen. Zij vrezen hun echtgenoten, het aantrekken van ongewenste aandacht, een of andere manier het kwetsen van de eer van hun familie, of, vaak, ze gewoon niet weten dat er hulp bestaat. Met vrouwelijke geletterdheid op 36%, veel vrouwen zijn te ongeschoolde hun rechten kennen.

Een moeilijk ironie voor vrouwen in Pakistan is dat, indien een slachtoffer te spreken over fysiek of seksueel misbruik, wordt ze gezien als na het verlies van haar en haar familie waardigheid. Veel verkrachtingen niet gemeld als slachtoffer angst die ze waardeloos zullen worden in de Pakistaanse samenleving. Vaak zal vrouwen wenden tot hun werkgevers, gezinnen die ze kunnen vertrouwen. Het is een typisch onopgemerkt vorm van liefdadigheid, maar een die kan cruciaal zijn voor hun overleving.

Dit zijn de verhalen van zes armen, werkende vrouwen van verschillende leeftijden, achtergronden en ervaringen in de Pakistaanse stad Karachi, waar ik ben opgegroeid en waar ik hen ontmoette. In interviews, die ik heb vertaald, bewerkt, en onder gecondenseerd, ze vertelde me over hun leven en strijd binnen een cyclus van armoede en, vaak tijden, geweld.

Deze vrouwen hebben ingestemd met de verhalen en foto's, zodat de wereld beter zou kunnen de uitdagingen waarmee zij worden geconfronteerd te begrijpen delen. Voor hun veiligheid, heb ik niet gebruikt hun volledige naam.

Ayesha, 18 jaar

Elke arme meisje wil meer onderwijs, voor de kans om te leren en naar school te gaan, want een jeugd. Maar velen van ons zijn niet zo fortuinlijk. De dag dat mijn broer geboren werd was bitterzoet, ik werd niet langer toegestaan ​​om naar school te gaan. Door de toegenomen huishoudelijke verantwoordelijkheden, mijn vader vertelde me dat ik moet thuis blijven en uiteindelijk beginnen te werken.

Op de nacht van zijn geboorte, terwijl mijn hele familie was vieren, ging ik naar het huis van mijn oom om meer brood te krijgen. Ik wist niet dat een jonge man was. In het lege huis, nam hij misbruik van me, hij deed dingen die ik niet begreep, hij raakte mijn borst. Voordat ik kon realiseren, was er een doek over mijn mond en ik werd verkracht. Ik had problemen met het lopen terug naar huis, ik voelde me zwak en ik had hoofdpijn. Dit gebeurt veel in de dorpen. Jonge meisjes worden verkracht, vermoord en begraven. Niemand is in staat om ze te traceren na hun verdwijning. Als een vrouw niet kuis, ze is onwaardig van het huwelijk. Het enige wat hij deed is om vergeving vragen en ze lieten hem gaan want het was best om te voorkomen dat anderen erachter te komen wat er was gebeurd. Hij kreeg geen straf, hoewel hij mij verpest. Mensen kunnen vergeten wat hij deed, maar ik heb nooit vergeten. Nu is hij getrouwd en woont zijn hele leven gelukkig. Ik wijt mijn eigen lot, ik ben gewoon pech dat dit mij is overkomen.

Toen ik begon te werken, was ik bang. Ik denk dat het natuurlijk was, was ik pas tien. Ik beschouw mezelf gelukkig wel. In de huizen waar ik werkte, was ik verantwoordelijk het verzorgen van de kinderen; om ze klaar, te voederen en te spelen met hen. Vroeger was ik zo veel plezier te hebben. Ik voelde me alsof ik een kind was onder hen. Ik was in staat om herbeleven mijn eigen kindertijd. Al snel werd ik zo gewend om te werken, dat ik begon te voelen veiliger en gelukkiger op het werk dan in mijn eigen huis en dorp. Ons dorp is vol van intoxicatie en onfatsoenlijk en respectloos mannen; mannen zoals mijn eigen vader.

Op dit moment leven we in Karachi in een klein huis met een kamer en de vloer is gebroken. Telkens als ik zou bezoeken mijn ouders, of ik zou misbruik argumenten getuige tussen hen of iets veel meer verontrustend. Sinds ik jong was, had mijn vader altijd geklopt mijn moeder schaamteloos. Mijn hele familie is op de hoogte van misbruik van mijn vader, het is geen geheim. Mijn moeder is erg gehoorzaam, ze zegt nooit nee tegen mijn vader. Ze laat thuis voor het werk om 8 uur en alleen terug om middernacht. Zelfs als ze moe is, ze doet alles om hem gelukkig maken, ze loopt ons huis en koks wat hij wil. Alle mannen in ons dorp hun vrouwen slaan, het is een norm en vrouwen blijven om het te laten gebeuren. Misschien is het angst, misschien is het wanhoop, ik heb nooit goed begrepen.

Zo triest als het ook mag klinken, is een deel van mij niet meer bang voor de fysieke mishandeling. Ik ben bang dat veel grotere dingen. Toen ik ouder werd, mijn vader veranderd. Hij begon roken, drinken, en misschien zelfs het gebruik van drugs met mijn inkomen. Hij begon slapen naast mij. In het midden van de nacht, zou hij ten onrechte me aanraken en verwijder mijn kleren. Omdat ik bang was, zou ik doen alsof ik sliep en zou de andere kant op te draaien. Na zijn eerste keer seksueel misbruik van me, iedere nacht sliep ik in mijn huis in angst. Ik bleef dromen dat mijn vader is mij verkrachten. Ik krijg zo bang. Ik heb gehoord dat als je je droom niet delen met iemand anders, dan is het nooit gebeurt. Dus ik nooit gedeeld wat mij is overkomen.

Na deze incidenten, de enige die ik kon wenden tot was mijn werkgever. Ze is zich bewust van wat er gebeurt in mijn huis en ik weet dat ik haar kan vertrouwen. In januari heb ik bang dat ik misschien zwanger was, en ze zorgden voor al mijn medische kosten zonder dat iemand erachter te komen. Gelukkig was ik niet, maar ze was klaar om me zorgen als ik. Een vrouw's reputatie is zo fragiel in de Pakistaanse samenleving. Ik heb gevraagd voor haar niet om mij te laten gaan voor vakantie tijd, en om me te houden in haar huis, waar ik me veilig voel. Zonder te oordelen mij, ze accepteerde me, en heeft me een plaats in haar huis als een dochter, een plaats, zelfs mijn eigen ouders konden me niet.

Rehana, leeftijd 37

Mijn leven is niet anders dan die van enige andere vrouw die in armoede leven in Pakistan. Mijn man is grof en ik ben de primaire kostwinner. Ik streef om mijn kinderen op te voeden zoals ze zijn mijn laatste hoop. Het enige verschil in mijn verhaal is dat ik zou het misschien allemaal hebben gehad als een incident had plaatsgevonden in mijn leven.

Ik ben opgegroeid in een huis waar mijn ouders waren amper genoeg verdienen om onze familie van 14 ondersteunen. Mijn vader gebruikt om medicatie dozen maken, terwijl mijn moeder werkte in huizen als de hulp. We hebben geleerd om te overleven met heel weinig.

Toen ik ongeveer 14 was ik verloofd met Nasir. Wezen met hem was de beste tijd van mijn leven. Hij was een vriendelijke man en verdiende een fatsoenlijk leven. Hoewel we nooit echt brachten samen veel tijd, ik voelde me alsof ik van hem hield. Ik denk dat niemand ooit hun eerste liefde vergeet.

Toen, op een vreselijke avond voordat ik ging trouwen, een paar jonge mannen snuck in ons huis in het midden van de nacht, rond 3 uur. Ze bonden mijn ouders en tuchtigt haar. Ik sliep met mijn twee zusters in de volgende kamer. Terwijl ik was de oudste, namen ze me uit mijn bed en bond me mijn benen. Ik wist dat ze me wilden verkrachten. Ik legde uit dat ik alles zou verliezen als er iets met me gebeurd. Ik pakte een mes en vertelde hen dat ik zou mezelf van kant als ze voortgezet. Uiteindelijk besloten ze om me te laten gaan. Ik werd gered, maar de schade was al gedaan. Toen Nasir en zijn familie het nieuws hoorde, was ik als "gebruikt" en was niet meer waard van hem. Afgelopen nacht, zes jongens snuck in een huis en stal alles wat ze konden. Wanneer de ouders verzetten, dreigden ze de dochter mee te nemen. Dit is heel gebruikelijk in onze buurt. Het is zo makkelijk voor een jong meisje om haar waardigheid te verliezen en haar reputatie vlek als gevolg van oncontroleerbare omstandigheden.

Toen ik 15 werd, trouwde ik met mijn man, Fakhir, uit wanhoop. Zijn moeder vroeg om mijn hand in het huwelijk, want er was niemand om te koken in hun huis. Ik ben getrouwd voor hun gemak. Ik ben tweede vrouw Fakhir's. Hij zei dat hij houdt van zijn eerste vrouw, Rukhsana, en heeft twee kinderen met haar. Ik denk dat hij gebruik maakt van mijn salaris aan haar te ondersteunen. Fakhir onbetrouwbaar is, gaat hij naar soms werken, en neemt de rest van mijn salaris voor het gokken.

We vechten over geld de hele tijd. Ik wil mijn kinderen op te voeden. Mijn tijd om te besteden aan mezelf is verdwenen. Nu heb ik gewoon te verdienen voor mijn kinderen en ons huis. Op betaaldag, als ik niet geef mijn man mijn salaris, zal hij niet laat me verlaten mijn huis en hij zal sloeg me. Maar ik stiekem houden de kosten en huur, omdat ik niet vertrouwen op wat hij zou doen. Ik ben de primaire kostwinner. Toen ik mijn laatste baby had, was ze nog maar zeven maanden oud, en ik moest weer aan het werk. Hoewel artsen hebben me verteld te stoppen met werken, want ik heb een worm in mijn maag, ik weet dat ik niet kan beroepen op Fakhir. De medicijnen die ik voorgeschreven kosten 3000 roepies [$ 33 VS], dus ik kan niet veroorloven om ofwel trakteer ik mezelf.

De huiselijk geweld begon twee maanden na mijn huwelijk, en is nog niet eens gestopt veertien jaar later. Gebroken ledematen, gebroken tanden en miskramen werd een routine voor mij. Waarom hij mij slaat, ik weet het niet. Misschien heeft hij me ziet als een dier met geen rechten, of een bokszak voor zijn frustraties. Hij ziet zeker niet zien mij als een levend en ademend menselijk wezen. Overal waar ik heb gewerkt, heb ik het gevoel dat ik al behandeld als een persoon en niet de manier waarop ik behandeld bij mij thuis. Ik realiseer me dat ik het verdienen te worden beschouwd als een menselijk wezen.

According to a 2011 poll of experts by the Thomson Reuters Foundation Poll, Pakistan is the third most dangerous country for women in the world. It cited the more than 1,000 women and girls murdered in "honor killings" every year and reported that 90 percent of Pakistani women suffer from domestic violence.

Westerners usually associate the plight of Pakistani women with religious oppression, but the reality is far more complicated. A certain mentality is deeply ingrained in strictly patriarchal societies like Pakistan. Poor and uneducated women must struggle daily for basic rights, recognition, and respect. They must live in a culture that defines them by the male figures in their lives, even though these women are often the breadwinners for their families. 

Quietly, slowly, in piecemeal legal reforms, female empowerment is coming in Pakistan. You meet inspiring women daily here. Sympathetic employers sometimes give protection and assistance, as do other women who've fared better. NGOs and charitable organizations try to help empower women, but not all women take advantage of these resources. They fear their husbands, attracting unwanted attention, somehow hurting the honor of their families, or, often, they simply do not know that help exists. With female literacy at 36%, many women are too uneducated to know their rights. 

A difficult irony for women in Pakistan is that, should a victim speak up about physical or sexual abuse, she is seen as having lost her and her family's dignity. Many rapes go unreported as the victim fears she will become worthless in Pakistani society. Often, women will turn to their employers; families they can trust. It's a typically unnoticed form of charity but one that can be crucial to their survival. 

These are the stories of six poor, working women of different ages, backgrounds, and life experiences in the Pakistani city of Karachi, where I grew up and where I met them. In interviews, which I have translated, edited, and condensed below, they told me about their lives and struggles within a cycle of poverty and, often times, violence.

These women have consented to share the stories and photos so that the world might better understand the challenges they face. For their safety, I have not used their full names. 

Ayesha, age 18

Every poor girl wishes for more education, for the opportunity to learn and go to school; for a childhood. But many of us are not that fortunate. The day my brother was born was bittersweet; I was no longer allowed to go to school. Due to the increased household responsibilities, my father told me that I must stay home and eventually begin to work. 

On the night of his birth, while my whole family was celebrating, I went to my uncle's house to get more bread. I didn't know a young man was there. In the empty home, he took advantage of me; he did things that I didn't understand; he touched my chest. Before I could realize, there was a cloth over my mouth and I was being raped. I was having trouble walking back home; I felt faint and I had a headache. This happens a lot in villages. Young girls are raped, murdered, and buried. No one is able to trace them after their disappearance. If a woman is not chaste, she is unworthy of marriage. All he did is ask for forgiveness and they let him go as it was best to avoid having others find out what had happened. He didn't receive any punishment even though he ruined me. People may have forgotten what he did, but I never forgot. Now, he is married and living his life happily. I blame my own fate; I am just unlucky that this happened to me.

When I began working, I was afraid. I guess it was natural, I was only ten. I consider myself lucky though. In the homes where I worked, I was responsible taking care of the children; getting them ready, feeding them and playing with them. I used to have so much fun. I felt like I was a child among them. I was able to relive my own childhood. Soon, I became so used to working that I began feeling safer and happier at work than in my own home and village. Our village is full of intoxication and indecent and disrespectful men; men like my own father. 

At the moment, we live in Karachi in a small home with one room and the floor is broken. Whenever I would visit my parents, either I would witness abusive arguments between them or something far more disturbing. Since I was young, my father had always beaten my mother shamelessly. My entire family is aware of my father's abuse; it is no secret. My mother is very obedient; she never says no to my father. She leaves home for work at 8 am and only returns at midnight. Even if she is tired, she does everything to make him happy; she runs our home and cooks whatever he wishes. All the men in our village beat their wives, it is a norm and women continue to let it happen. Maybe it is fear, maybe it is desperation, I never quite understood. 

As sad as it may sound, part of me does not fear the physical abuse anymore. I fear much bigger things. As I grew older, my father changed. He began smoking, drinking, and maybe even using drugs with my income. He began sleeping next to me. In the middle of the night, he would touch me inappropriately and remove my clothes. Because I was afraid, I would act like I was sleeping and would turn the other way. After his first time sexually abusing me, every night I slept in my home in fear. I kept dreaming that my father is raping me. I get so scared. I have heard that if you don't share your dream with someone else, then it never happens. So I never shared what happened to me. 

After these incidents, the only person I could turn to was my employer. She is aware of what happens in my home and I know I can trust her. In January, I feared I may have been pregnant, and she took care of all my medical expenses without letting anyone find out. Thankfully, I was not, but she was ready to take care of me if I was. A woman's reputation is so fragile in Pakistani society. I have requested for her not to let me go for vacation time, and to keep me in her home where I feel safe. Without judging me, she accepted me, and has given me a place in her home like a daughter; a place even my own parents could not give me. 

Rehana, age 37 

My life is no different than that of any other woman living in poverty in Pakistan. My husband is abusive and I am the primary breadwinner. I am striving to get my children educated as they are my last hope. The only difference in my story is that I could have maybe had it all if one incident had not occurred in my life. 

I grew up in a home where my parents were barely earning enough to support our family of 14. My father used to make medication boxes while my mother worked in homes as the help. We learned to survive on very little. 

When I was about 14, I was engaged to Nasir. Being with him was the best time of my life. He was a kind man and earned a decent living. Even though we never really spent much time together, I felt like I loved him. I guess no one ever forgets their first love. 

Then, one dreadful night before I got married, a few young men snuck into our home in the middle of the night, around 3 am. They tied up my parents and beat them. I was sleeping with my two sisters in the next room. As I was the eldest, they took me out of my bed and tied me up my legs. I knew they wanted to rape me. I explained that I would lose everything if something happened to me. I grabbed a knife and told them that I would kill myself if they continued. Finally, they decided to let me go. I was saved, but the damage was already done. When Nasir and his family heard the news, I was considered "used" and was no longer worthy of him. Just last night, six boys snuck in to a home and stole everything they could. When the parents resisted, they threatened to take the daughter with them. This is very common in our neighborhood. It is so easy for a young girl to lose her dignity and to stain her reputation because of uncontrollable circumstances. 

When I turned 15, I married my husband, Fakhir, out of desperation. His mother asked for my hand in marriage as there was no one to cook in their home. I married for their convenience. I am Fakhir's second wife. He said he loves his first wife, Rukhsana, and has two children with her. I think he uses my salary to support her as well. Fakhir is unreliable, he goes to work sometimes, and takes the rest of my salary for gambling. 

We fight over money all the time. I want to educate my children. My time to spend on myself is gone. Now I just earn for my children and our home. On pay day, if I do not give my husband my salary, he won't let me leave my home and he will beat me. However, I secretly keep the fees and rent because I don't trust what he would do with it. I am the primary breadwinner. When I had my last baby, she was only seven months old, and I had to get back to work. Even though doctors have told me to stop working because I have a worm in my stomach, I know I cannot rely on Fakhir. The medication I was prescribed costs 3000 rupees [$33 U.S.], so I cannot afford to treat myself either.

The domestic violence started two months after my marriage, and hasn't stopped even fourteen years later. Broken limbs, broken teeth and miscarriages became a routine for me. Why he beats me, I don't know. Maybe he sees me as an animal with no rights, or a punching bag for his frustrations. He surely does not see me as a living and breathing human being. Wherever I have worked, I have felt as though I have been treated like a person, not the way I am treated at my home. I realize that I deserve to be considered a human being.

Beste leden / Supporters,

Ik ben dankbaar voor uw steun en voor uw Aanmoediging voor mijn project, met uw steun hebben wij Verhoogde 674 euro, ik hoop dat je ons niet achter te laten en Continu ons project te steunen voor Empowerment van Vrouwen met een handicap / meisjes.

Ik wil u op de hoogte dat ons project neemt deel in 24 Actie project en ik ben veel blij voor deze, ik hoop dat we onze streefbedrag te bereiken in 24 Actie kort na ons project dat zal worden gemalen.

Ik hoop dat mijn project is zeer interessant voor u en ik verzeker u dat U vult geniet ervan ook in de toekomst.

Blijf dit doen het goede werk.

Nog een fijne dag.

dank

Jahanzeb Asif

Pakistan

Dear Members / Supporters,

I am thankful for your support and for your encouragement for my project, with your support we have raised 674 Euros, I hope you will not leave us behind and continuously support our project for Empowerment of Disabled women / girls. I would like to inform you that our project is participating in 24 Action project and I am much glad for this, I hope we can achieve our target amount in 24 Action after that soon our project will be ground. I hope that my project is very interesting for you and I assure you that you fill enjoy it in future also.

Keep doing the good work.

Have a good day.

Thanks

Jahanzeb Asif

Dear Members / Supporters,

I am thankful for your support and for your encouragement for my project, with your support we have raised 674 Euros, I hope you will not leave us behind and continuously support our project for Empowerment of Disabled women / girls. I would like to inform you that our project is participating in 24 Action project and I am much glad for this, I hope we can achieve our target amount in 24 Action after that soon our project will be ground. I hope that my project is very interesting for you and I assure you that you fill enjoy it in future also.

Keep doing the good work.

Have a good day.

Thanks Jahanzeb Asif

Dear Members / Supporters, I am thankful for your support and for your encouragement for my project, with your support we have raised 674 Euros, I hope you will not leave us behind and continuously support our project for Empowerment of Disabled women / girls. I would like to inform you that our project is participating in 24 Action project and I am much glad for this, I hope we can achieve our target amount in 24 Action after that soon our project will be ground. I hope that my project is very interesting for you and I assure you that you fill enjoy it in future also.

Keep doing the good work.

Have a good day.

Thanks Jahanzeb Asif

Dear Members / Supporters, I am thankful for your support and for your encouragement for my project, with your support we have raised 674 Euros, I hope you will not leave us behind and continuously support our project for Empowerment of Disabled women / girls. I would like to inform you that our project is participating in 24 Action project and I am much glad for this, I hope we can achieve our target amount in 24 Action after that soon our project will be ground. I hope that my project is very interesting for you and I assure you that you fill enjoy it in future also. Keep doing the good work. Have a good day. Thanks Jahanzeb Asif

Lichamelijkgehandicaptenzijnvoor 92 procentafhankelijk van hunfamilieleden, 74 % is ongeletterd en 69% leeftonder de armoedegrens. De schatting is dat van de 180 miljoen Pakistani 5 to 10 procentinvalide is. Omdatergeenopenbaarvervoer is, is het lasting voormensenomzich van A naar B teverplaatsen en huninkopentedoen. Zeondervinden hinder op het gebied van werkgelegenheid, gezondheidszorg en educatie. Vaakwordenzegezienalseen last voorhunfamilie. Ookvoorgeestelijkgehandicapten, in zowelstedelijkealsruralegebieden, is ereengebrekaangezondheidszorg en werkgelegenheid. Ernstiggeestelijkgehandicaptenwordenvastgeketend of jarenlangopgesloten in eenapartekamer. Lichtgeestelijkgehandicapteneindigenalsbedelaar of wordenverstoten. Het is van vitaalbelangdathunbestaansrechtwordterkend in de maatschappij. 

Physically handicapped or disabled people and are 92% dependent on their family members 74% are illiterate and 69% are below the poverty line. It is estimated that out of the population of 180 million Pakistani’s 5% to 10% of them are disabled. They face problems while commuting from place to another because nothing is facilitated in public transport and shopping areas. They face barriers in employment, health care facilities, and education. They are considered burden to their families. Suffering of the mentally handicapped in the urban and rural areas needs to be look into as well as there is lack of health facilities and social work. Severely mentally retarded people are either chained or locked in rooms for years. Slightly better in state end up beggars or they are left on shrines as their final abode. It is vital that their existence and rights are realized in the society.             

I am very happy that tomorrow I am joining 1%Event,I hope in this Event all my questions will be resolved and my project will be move forward, I am thankful to all supporters and 1%Staff who is very kind and helpful.

See you in the Event

Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif

Rural Development Society focuses on the recognition of Disabled women in the male dominant society, and for this purpose RDS plans to organized different awareness activities for women at community level. RDS encourage bringing out the hidden talent of Disabled Women.

RDS is striving for to motivate disabled women from far villages to become members. The literacy rate in the rural areas is very low and Disabled women community is completely unaware of and also these women are also discouraged to take part in social activities.

The RDS team in rural areas organized awareness meetings for Disabled women in the local villages.

The field workers of RDS Faisalabad district organized group meetings with disabled women members and planned to celebrate women day on 8th of March.

The disabled women are the most neglected part of the male dominant society. RDS is making sincere efforts to give them recognition at community level. RDS aims to introduce disabled women as skilled, professional person in the practical fields.

The disabled women groups were all gathered in RDS Faisalabad office for women day celebration on 8th of March.

The awareness seminar was organized on skill development. The disabled women members of RDS attended program and were given awareness about the skills they can learn according to their living environment of surroundings.

Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif 

Dear Members'

This Empowerment Training program is especially designed for the disabled  women / girls, The disabled women feel that they are burden on their families and they cannot do anything for their self and they could not imagine to do anything for their family member's but this training will empower them with skill training. We will also counsel them build their capacity. We believe with this training the women can become self reliant, independent community member and not being burden on their family because after the training they can earn a money doing work at their home and also become Entrepreneur.

Thank you for giving your time and funds.

Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif 

Disabled people are marginalised from mainstream society in many ways. But within the disabled community, there is a large group of people who are even more disadvantaged and oppressed. Jeeja Ghoshexamines the status of disabled women.

Historically, in most societies of the world, women occupied a secondary position in relation to men. Women generally had little opportunity to voice their opinion, even in matters that concerned their own lives. They were expected to abide by the decisions made first by their fathers, then their husbands and at a later stage of their lives by their sons. Society has progressed but this is not to say that even today women stand equal with men. Discrimination against women persists, the only change being that in some cases it is much more subtle.

Women's movements have been instrumental in bringing about changes, attempting to empower and equip women to fight for equality. But this is not the case when we turn our attention to women with disabilities. The mainstream women's movements have remained oblivious to the needs of this group.

The disability movement too has not paid much attention to the particular needs of disabled women. Hence they remain at the periphery of all rights movements. They are not seen as having a part to play in society. The empowerment of disabled women therefore becomes the need of the hour.

The empowerment of any deprived section is possible when the group concerned realises its interests are not given priority by society. Their primary task lies in forming self-help groups to fight for their rights. They also need to be aware of their responsibilities to extend mutual support to one another and to work towards building a cohesive group, focussing attention on the benefit of the larger section of the society.

Empowerment also entails equipping a group with the knowledge and skills to handle incidents of abuse. Women with disabilities are especially vulnerable to abuse in all forms: physical, sexual, emotional and psychological. All women, including those with disabilities, should be given sex education according to their physical and cognitive abilities. Training in self-defence is also important; at the most basic level women should be able to report any incident of abuse to an authority figure. For women with speech and communication impairments certain words, symbols or pictures representing abuse need to be incorporated in their communication devices to enable them to tell others if they had encountered any such incidents.

Another aspect of empowerment for disabled women lies in the acceptance of their disability or limitations. Acceptance is a vital step towards developing self-image and self-confidence.

Empowerment also involves freedom of expression. Most women with disabilities never find the outlet to express their sexuality, as they are largely regarded as asexual and rarely considered for matrimony.

Disabled women stand at a disadvantageous position in society. The status of disabled women is not only inferior to that of non-disabled women but also to their male counterparts. The indicative variables considered are:

1. Position in the family.

2. Access to education and healthcare facilities.

3. Opportunities to find employment.

4. Knowledge regarding existing legislation and facilities for disabled people.

5. Fulfilling the role generally ascribed to women.

Dear Members,

I am very much thankful for you generous support for the Empowerment of Disabled women in Pakistan. As i am also thankful to our new project supporter because with all your support and are making a huge difernece for the disabled women of Pakistan. 

Now with your support we have achieved 6 Sewing Machines Money and Emnriodery Training Material money. Now we have left some of needs and i hope we will avhieve it with your genrious / kind support.

Thanks 

Jahanzeb Asif 

Although there is a world-wide trend towards women with disabilities emerging from their isolation to establish their own self help groups and rights groups,  the situation in developing countries remains quite different. In the available literature on women with disabilities in developing countries, it is often stated that these women face a triple handicap and discrimination due to their disability, gender and developing world status. In the South Asian context, gender equity is an issue for a large majority of women, given the socio-cultural practices and traditional attitudes of society. Therefore, many of the issues that are faced by women in general in a male dominated society, also have an impact on women with disabilities. In addition, women with disabilities from these countries  face certain unique disadvantages compared with disabled men. This paper  discusses some of these unique disadvantages  that disabled women in developing countries face in comparison with disabled men, and suggests possible strategies to overcome these disadvantages in a community based rehabilitation setting.

Dear Members,

I am searching the volunteers who can work with me to spread my project deatils and link in socail media. The members support my project and i hope in this way there are also many members who will support my project. As women's are always get inequality stautus in the society and can you imagin if the women is disabled then which problem she have to face in this society. so i request the women and girls to come forward and help these neglected women so they can get a equal status in this society.

Regards,

Jahanzeb 

Dear Members,

Hina is a married women her age is 26 and she is disabled, she have two children’s and her husband is labor person he works on daily wages, she also like to help his husband and family to run his household expenses but she feel that she is disabled and can’t do anything, RDS Pakistan has registered her name and assure her that we will gave you a skill training so with this training you can earn a handsome amount and can also help your family.

When she knows all the details about our project she was very happy to listen and ask me when it will be started. I assure her that we will start it very soon.

So I request to all the members with your support we can start our project as soon as possible. So be a part of this project your little support can change the lives of neglected and oppressed women of Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Kind Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif 

Dear Members,

We are thankful for your generous support, with your help we have raised 5 sewing machines money, now the left is one sewing machine, this training will be more sustainable because the disabled women will get the training and then they can start their own business and can easily work by sitting at their homes, with this training the disabled women can become self reliant and can become independent community member. 

Your support is very important for the empowerment of Disabled women of Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Thanks

Jahanzeb Asif

Dear Member,

our project is sustainable because the area in which we are starting this project is in rural area where the women's have less opportunity to come forward and participate in the eceonomic development. So we are empowering these rural and under previliged women's with skill trainings.

Regards,

Jahanzeb 

This project will directly benfit the women and girls who have no skill training and have no other access to support their family. with this Stitching training the women and girls will know how to stitch the clothes and they can earn the money working at their homes. RDS believes with these trainings they will enable to become self supported and become equal and useful community member.

Dear Berend,

Yes community memebrs want this type of training's to become independent community member specialy disabled women.

If we provide training to the disabled women they will not be burden on their family and can earn the money in homes by sewing clothes. 

Thank you very much for taking much interest in my project, 

Looking Forward to hear you soon.

Jahanzeb Asif 

Hello Jahanzeb,

Cash for 3 machines is a good start. But I understand you need more...

Have you already asked people to participate in the training? When do you plan to start?

It sounds like a great project, you're really helping people to earn their own living. Great. Pleas tell us more about it.

Cheers, Berend

Dear Member / Supporters,

Hope you all are fine, I would like to tell you that we have achieved the 3 Sewing Machines with your  Support , Now 3 Sewing Machines are Left, With these machines we will trained the Disabled women / Girls for their Empowerment.

Looking Forward,

Jahanzeb 

Dear Friends,

Hope you all are fine, From couple of days i have not seen any of my project member message on my project page, i am worried that my project members may be did not like my project now. 

Hope to see your messages,

Kind Regards,

Jahanzeb 

Differently-abled children are unarguably the most disadvantaged section of society in Pakistan because of three predominant reasons. First and the foremost reason is that they are children. In Pakistan, to be a child means constant denial of one’s rights. Manifestation of this limitation ranges from household to the policy making institutions, i.e, behavior towards their cognitive development; health, education, psychological development. This can also be understood by the fact that there are only a very small number of education & skill development centers and clinics for such children in Pakistan. Needless to mention that all national estimates are reticent as to how many children in the country are actually physically or mentally disabled. Official estimates however try to figure out that number of such children must be higher because of the culture of cousin marriages in our society.
Second reason of neglecting differently-able children in our society is their disability itself. As disability restricts their potentials to come at par with those of the normal, not naturally though, parents normally don’t prefer to cater to their special needs. As the result of this, they remain at the lowest ebb of our social priority. 
Third reason of the denial of the special children’s rights in Pakistan is a widely common disbelief that these children are result of the sins of their parents. Many cases of this attitude can be found in day-to-day incidences, where parents of these children have a constant gloom on their faces and the general community members pronounce high compassion or simply shun them. Normal children, without this crass attitude or realization, prefer to jeer at their children and play alone. 
Because of the abovementioned reasons, the differently-able children in Pakistan have no future. They are left stranded, growing on their own, without education, love and care. It is important to stop excluding disabled people from the society. They should be recognized in the dimensions of human rights. Disability in general must therefore now move from charity and segregation to planning of active inclusion of people- with the overall concept of society for all. 

Dear friends yesterday my colleague (community mobilize) told me about a disabled girl and I immediately go and visited her house and came to know that her mother is died and she is disabled by birth her name is Shazia age is 22 year very beautiful and kind girl. They are 6 sisters and 1 brother but all are young from her. Her father works on a wood factory where he get salary of 60 US Dollar and her little brother sells boiled eggs at night and she is also worried about her brother because he went out at night to sell the eggs and earn some little amount to help the house. She is very worried about her family because she is elder to all but she did not support them because she is disabled but I ask her don’t worry because you are not alone we are with you and you can support your family. She asks me how it is possible brother? I told her RDS Pakistan is working for disabled women and children of Pakistan and we will soon open the centre of women empowerment especially for the disabled women and girls with this program we will provide trainings especially sewing, embroidery with these trainings you and other women and girls will earn a good amount at your home. So please now you don’t worry about yourself I have registered your name and other details when our program will be started our worker will come to your home and take you to the center you also don’t worry about the traveling. I am sharing this story to all of you because you all are taking part in this project. Kind Regards, Jahanzeb

Dear Friends,

Yesterday I was in the field work and having a meeting with project members (Disabled women and children) and we have a discussion meeting to know which kind of problems they are facing in this winter, maximum problem they are facing is pain in this winter they wanted massage (Physiotherapy ) because in this winter there body wants more massage (Physiotherapy ).

I am sharing the condition and situation of the beneficiaries of the project and what is their needs in this cold weather.

I have also share the project information with them that how much Donation we have raised and our project members who are supporting us are very happy about our project and they are supporting us for the Empowerment of project beneficiaries.

The disabled women and children are very happy to listen about the Project members and supporter how they are taking interest and supporting for their rehabilitation. They all are giving their prayers to the supporters and ask me to pay our thanks to them.

So on the behalf of all the project beneficiaries (Disabled women and children) I thank you to all of you for your support and Many God Bless you and your Family.

Kind Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif

Dear supporters & Members,

Hope you all are fine. I would like to inform you about my project we have raised 60 Euro with your effort and support but we have to reach our target which is still 4800 Euro left but I have a hope that we will reach with your support and effort which you have showed.

It is my wish that my project comes into top 3 which will be possible with you help and support so I request to all my friends, supporters and members please join with me and fulfill my wish for the disabled women and children of Pakistan.

Your support / donations are welcomed for disabled women and children of Pakistan

 Your little support can change their meanings of life

Kind Regards,

Jahanzeb 

International Day of Persons with Disabilities will be observed today (Saturday) under the theme of ‘Together for a Better World for All’ across the globe including Pakistan. 
The day focuses to increase the understanding of the issues around disabilities and attention to the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.
People with disabilities make up an estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population. Almost one-fifth of the estimated global totals of persons living with disabilities, or between 110-190 million, encounter significant difficulties.
Furthermore, a quarter of the global population is directly affected by disability, as care-givers or family members.
On October 14, 1992, the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 3 as the International Day of Disabled Persons. This day was first observed on December 3, 1992. On December 18, 2007, the assembly changed the observance’s name from the ‘International Day of Disabled Persons’ to the ‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities.’ The new name was first used in 2008.
The goal of full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in society and development was established by the World Programme of Action concerning disabled persons, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1982.
Many events are held on and around the International Day of Persons with Disabilities each year. Many of these events aim to involve groups of people from all sections of society in upholding the rights of persons with disabilities and to celebrate the contributions by persons with disabilities to their communities. Other events take the form of protests to highlight the difficulties disabled people have in playing a full role in society. 
Examples of events include: forums with experts and disabled persons, public discussions, the presentation of information campaigns, exhibitions of art created by disabled people, social gatherings, and fundraising activities to raise money to support disabled people.

There are many problems which are being faced by physically disabled persons such as blind deaf and there is some defect with leg hand etc. RDS is working on Disabled persons so I can better point out problems and suggest some remedies so that these persons can be facilitated to spent life a useful and respectable Pakistani.

1-In Pakistan a disabled person is unable to get all the facilities which Pakistani law provides until he has a certified proof of disability. Bad luck is that in our country a person who is right has to face difficulties to prove that he is right. In Pakistan this certificate is being provided by the district assessment board in every district head quarter hospital.

The procedure is too difficult and teasing that a disabled person without approach cannot get this certificate. No person has proper information. Like all other sectors here is also lack of responsibility and regularity in officers. A disabled person cannot submit registration form until surgeon approves. The surgeon like all other officers is also irregular. A disabled person has to visit for several months to find surgeon and start the registration process. When they face these kind of problems then a disabled person thinks that his birth is a great mistake in this world. If a person pays bribery if although he is partially disabled or not disabled can get certificate easily. Social officers who are appointed are very responsible and regular but they have no authority. According to my opinion the social officer and surgeon should be linked. The surgeon and the social officer should sit on the same place so that surgeons can be made regular as well as efficiency of registration process can be improved.

2-In Pakistan like all other useable goods supporting equipments for disabled persons such as sticks, wheel chairs, listening instruments for deaf persons are very costly. They are not affordable by any common person .It means that we are pushing back the disabled persons in race of life. The government provides subsidy in all sectors but till now government has not taken any measures to provide these instruments to disabled persons at concessional prices.

3-In our country at all educational levels 2% quota is reserved for physically disabled students who provide district assessment board registration certificate of disability. For a student it is very difficult to get that certificate due to following reasons.

(a)Lack of proper information 
(b) complicated system of registration 
(c) Lack of responsibility among registration staff So the student has to wait for years for the registration certificate.

According to my opinion 2% quota is very less and not according to requirements so all disabled students should be provided admission except those which are below a minimum level of merit. For this purpose seats can be increased according to requirement. The merit should also separate and low then the normal persons.

At university level all universities should establish their own disciplinary boards who should be assigned the duty of assessment of disability in disabled persons for admission in those students who have no district assessment board registration certificate so that they can be facilitated and they can continue their education. Will it not be beneficial to make useful persons rather than beggars. If these persons are in a position to get education and they are successful in getting education than rehabilitation process will not be required.

4-Like all other sectors the education sector has also been commercialized. To get education for a disabled person is only a dream. So a legal provision should be made that all the disabled persons who get admission in all universities should be provided education free of cost in such a way that these persons did not consider themselves low among other students.

11-For Disabled Persons who cannot get education in educational institution for normal person’s special institutions should be established at union council level throughout Pakistan.

12-If a disabled person starts a small business like shop etc many Govt.officials like market committees  WAPDA disturbs that person prior to this that what is his income. Legal protection should be given so that these persons can earn their livelihood in a respectable way.

13-In all educational institutions and other public places all the facilities suitable for special persons such as washroom etc. provided so that disabled persons can feel satisfaction on these places performing routine activities.

Please join us to give the rights to the Disabled Persons of Pakistan we alone are nothing we can make a change with your support and your involvement.

The basic purpose of this target intervention is the sustainable rehabilitation and wellbeing of the marginalized disabled women and children in stipulated time frame through a community oriented participatory targeted development interventions in the selected community settings. The target area for this particular development initiative has been selected after careful community analysis and four clusters of different rural communities have been identified. The cluster would be composed of set of interconnected rural communities which are most vulnerable and marginalized and have higher incidence of the disability among its population physically disabled women (age group 14-45) who are suffering from physically disability but are mentally normal and can be useful members of the society if they are provided short localized vocation training such as stitching, threading, carpet weaving, kitchen gardening, household chicken farming etc.

Dear Readers, Friends and Supporters,

Hope you all are fine and doing well. I am very thankful to all of the supporters who support my project to complete my project First phase of registration of NADRA National Identity Card of Disabled women and Children of Pakistan, Now my next project target is hiring a doctor for the disabled women and children of Pakistan and now I wanted to achieve my target of doctors Salary / Charges  which is 488 Euro for Six (6) Months and I am very hope full, it would also be achieved with the help of all my supporters who have already supported my project  and help to achieve my project First (1^st) Phase and are fully involve with my project. 

So I am very sure about all my supporters they will find my project Second (2^nd) Phase also much interested and they will also support my 2^nd phase of my project

It would not be achieved with your support.

Required: - Doctors Salary for Disabled women and Children of Pakistan = Euro 488 for Six (6) Months.

Kind Regards,

Jahanzeb Asif Paulus

A call to all:

Volunteers, Friends, Supporters / Donors / Development Partners of my project, Promoters of my project and Family members.

Discriminatory practices towards women with disabilities are prevalent in many countries. The paper examines major issues relating to the formulation and implementation of special education policy within the context of developing countries. It focuses especially on the experiences of women with disabilities in Pakistan.

Do you know that a big number of Disabled women and Children in Pakistan and they are living in a very miserable condition. Women with disabilities are railleized in Pakistani society, and their potential for educational advance and for personal and social development is sadly neglected. Inevitably, this neglect is potentially very damaging to their self-esteem.

Suppose your Child: Mother, Wife, Sister and Friend or someone else with whom you are connected is facing Disability – How could you feel about them?

Many of them are waiting for their moral, physic- social and education support

Implementing: Community Based Rehabilitation of Disabled Women & Children of Pakistan

The cluster would be composed of set of interconnected rural communities which are most vulnerable and marginalized and have higher incidence of the disability among its population physically disabled women and Children (age group 14-45) who are suffering from physically disability but are mentally normal and can be useful members of the society if they are provided short localized vocation training such as stitching, threading, carpet weaving, kitchen gardening, household chicken farming etc.

This project initially would target 100 women and Children (Only girls) at the age bracket of 14- 45 years, who are but are unable young, unmarried or married to perform daily routine work and are dependent on their family physically, socially and mentally.

Total Number of Beneficiaries: 100 Disabled Women and Children of Pakistan

RDS Support to Disabled Women & Children of Pakistan

Education material for their inclusive Education System (Books), skilled training programs (Sewing Machines, Kitchen Gardening Material, Chicken Farming Material)

Physiotherapists, psychologists and their counseling support.

Especially School Fees / Tuition Fees needed 

Your donation / Support will be very generous to my project / Disabled women & children of Pakistan.

Donate now or support my project.

Thank you to all.

For more information contact with me or comment on my project page.

Disability is a functional limitation within the individual caused by physical, mental or sensory impairment; whereas, handicap means the loss or limitation of opportunities to participate in the community on an equal level with others due to physical or social barriers.

There are many causes of disability in Pakistan like malnutrition and communicable diseases cause disability in 20 percent of the population. Diseases such as polio are still prevalent in many countries due to a lack of resources to immunize the population.

Women often become disabled due to their disadvantaged position in society. They tend to receive less food than males and thus they are weaker and more susceptible to disease. In parts of Pakistan women are also disabled by female circumcision, the process of removing the clitoris and sometimes the labia in young females. This procedure is done for religious and cultural reasons and is often performed in unsanitary conditions. The procedure can result in pain that inhibits walking, as well as pelvic and urinary infections and mental illness invoked by trauma caused by the procedure.

Even when disabled persons venture out into the community there are barriers to their participation. Public buses are few and those that exist are not accessible to disabled persons. There are stairs onto the buses that mobility-impaired persons cannot negotiate. In addition, public attitudes often mean that disabled people are ridiculed if seen out in public.

There are few opportunities for education for disabled persons. Again, if the school is far away, especially in the rural areas, there will not be accessible transportation, and a disabled child may not be able to walk to the school. If the child is able to travel to school, then there may be stairs that bar a mobility-impaired child, or a lack of teachers trained in sign language for the deaf child, or teachers trained in Braille for the visually-impaired child.

Dear readers Greetings from Jahanzeb Asif, Hope you all are fine and would be interested to read the blog about my project.

I would like to share the location of the project?

The project we have started is Community participation for equitable & sustainable empowerment of disabled /paralyzed women & children. The main location of the project is chak Jhumra.

Chak Jhumra is the Tehsil head quarter of Faisalabad district with an estimated 300,000 population.

Chak Jhumra is highly neglected and vulnerable sub urban setting with high concentration of disabled people especially women.