Addressing Gender Violence Through Musalihat Anjuman

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Gender Justice Through Musalihat Anjuman Project
NWFP
Meeting of the National Steering Committee
January 10, 2007
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Progress 2006

• The Project during the year completed the
  following important tasks
• Completed the process of the constitution of
  Musalihat Anjumans in all the Union Councils in
  pilot districts as follows
• District Union Councils Insaf
  Committee Musalihat jargas
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  formed formed
• Abbottabad 51 51
  51
• D.I.Khan 47 47
  47
• Notification of Musalihat jargas (Constitution
  and Functions) Rules 2006

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Progress contd.

• Translation of Musalihat Jarga Rules in Urdu and
  dissemination of 1,000 printed books containing
  the Rules in Urdu and English languages among the
  stakeholders in the pilot districts.
• Preparation of comprehensive consolidated
  Training Modules on Gender Sensitization and
  Legal Literacy for the Capacity Building
  Trainings of members of Musalihat Anjumans, Union
  Secretaries and elected representatives of Union
  Council. The Modules were developed in
  consultation with the Federal PMU and MASS
  Partners and Stakeholders from all the four
  provinces.
• A national level TOT was organised by the
  provincial PMU NWFP which was participated by
  MASS partners from all other provincial PMUs of
  the project. A batch of 6 master trainers from
  each provinces participated. These master
  trainers trained another batch of trainers at
  their respective provinces who then imparted the
  field level trainings. In NWFP, 14 trainers were
  trained by the provincial PMU with he support of
  MASS partners

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Progress contd.

• A MoU with the MASS partners was signed and under
  this MoU a comprehensive training plan was
  prepared in the area of Gender Sensitization
  and Legal Literacy. Under the plan trainings
  were conducted and union council nazims, naib
  nazim, councilors, and union council secretaries
  were trained in both the pilot districts as per
  the following details

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Progress contd.

• Briefing to the IGP was held on the 4th of April
  2006 to seek the support of the police department
  and was attended by the representative from UNDP
  Country Office, Deputy Secretary MOLGRD, DIG
  Operations, DIG Police D.I.Khan range, DIG Police

Hazara Range, and National Project Manager, GJTMA
Islamabad. As a result of the briefing
instructions to the district police were issued
for extending support to the project.
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Progress contd.

• Efforts were made to link the project initiatives
  with the judiciary and in this regard a
  presentation was made to the Honorable Justice
  Mr. Shahjehan Khan, Peshawar High Court
  Provincial Focal Person ADR Committee SCP on 2nd
  October 2006, He assured the support of the
  judiciary in the implementation of the project at
  the district level.

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Progress contd.

• Orientation sessions one each at both the pilot
  districts were conducted for UC Nazims,
  Secretaries, during the year to apprise them of
  their role under LGO 2001 with specific regard to
  the GJTMA Project.
• 10,000 posters explaining the functioning of
  Musalihat were printed and were disseminated in
  all (98) union councils of Abbottabad and
  D.I.Khan for awareness raising.
• Planned workshops for Judiciary and police at the
  pilot district (to be conducted by MASS in
  December) in which judges from the session and
  subordinate courts of the project districts will
  participate.

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Progress contd.

• Three Orientation sessions, two at District
  Abbottabad and one at D.I.Khan, for the district
  police were conducted on the functioning of
  musalihat jargas and their support to the jargas
  were sought. At Abbottabad a total of 20 and 25
  of police officers attended the briefing in both
  the orientations respectively including the DIG,
  DPO, DSPs, SHOs etc. while at D.I.Khan total of
  28 police officers attended the briefing

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Progress contd.

• Awareness Raising Campaigns were held in all UCs
  of both the pilot districts of Abbottabad and
  D.I.Khan regarding the Musalihat Jargas by MAJA
  members through
• Orientations at the union council level
• Orientation with the District Bar
• Orientation session with female District and
  Tehsil councilors
• Radio Talk Show at the local radio and
  dissemination of messages
• Advertisement on the local cables networks
• Features in the project in the local newspapers
• Awareness through CCBs, Village Organizations
  community gathering
• Printing of material (Handbills)
• Exchange Visit of MAJA Members

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Progress contd.

• As a result of the Awareness Raising Campaign
  conducted in the Pilot Districts so far, people
  have started approaching the Musalihat Jargas to
  settle their disputes. As per reports received
  from the District Focal Persons from the Pilot
  Districts, in the Musalihat Jargas at District
  Abbottabad 100 cases have been registered out of
  which 66 have been resolved and in DIKhan 58
  cases have been resolved respectively in various
  union councils.
• In order to ensure proper record keeping of the
  cases resolved through MJs, the Project provided
  reporting and record keeping material on the
  prescribed format i.e. Registers, Application
  Forms, and other Stationery items to Musalihat
  Jargas at each union council in the pilot
  district.
• Furniture comprising of one table, five chairs
  and a Steel Almirah have been procured and are
  being provided to each union council for the
  office of musalihat jargas. .

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Progress contd.

• The Project provided Display Boards to all the
  Offices of Musalihat Jargas to place on prominent
  places out side the office so that the people are
  facilitated in approaching the Musalihat Jargas

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Budget Utilization-2006

• Budget Allocated for Year 2006
• Original
• US 211,055 (Rs 1, 27, 68,828)
• Revised
• US 243,205 (Rs.1, 47, 13,903)
• Budget Utilized during 2006
• US 242,756. (Rs. 1, 46, 80,688)
• Percentage Utilization
• 99.8

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THANKS