Empowering Women through Health Education: PODA Highlights SRHR and the Impact of Early Marriages

Mandi Bahauddin, Tuesday, April 15, 2025: In connection with World Health Day, PODA organized an awareness-raising session to educate nearly 60 women on issues related to their reproductive health needs and rights, with a...

World Health Day Seminar in Multan Calls for Action on Reproductive Health and Child Marriage

Press Release – World Health Day Multan; Tuesday 15 April 2025: At a seminar held to mark World Health Day, organized by PODA in collaboration with the Women University, Multan, speakers emphasized the urgent...

Experts Call for Uniform Law to Protect Girls from Early Marriages

Lahore, Monday 24th March, 2025: The speakers and participants unanimously endorsed the demand to raise the minimum age of marriage for girls in Punjab to 18 years. They emphasized the need for a uniform...

Advocacy for Girls’ Rights – Punjab legislator supports proposed change in early marriage law.

MULTAN January 28, 2025: Mr. Nadeem Qureshi, elected member of the Punjab Assembly from PP- 217 Multan, Chairperson Standing Committee on Social Welfare and Baitul Mall, and member Parliamentary Caucus for Children With Disabilities,...

PODA Inspires School Girls Through Motivational Visits and Poster Competition

Kamalia; Toba Tek Singh Thursday 23 January 2025: PODA Multan Team organized two activities, including a role model visit and a poster competition, in Government Girls Higher Secondary School Kamalia, in which around 50...

Empowering Girls through Mobility

Thursday 16 January 2025, Lahore: Believing that accessible and safe transportation is vital for girls’ education, PODA Lahore Team organized an inspirational session featuring Kulsoom Gulzar, a trailblazing woman motorbike rider, at The Citizen...

PODA Advocates for Amendment in Child Marriage Restraint Act Punjab

Kallar Syedan, Wednesday 01 January: During an engaging awareness-raising session organized by PODA in the hall of Tehsil Municipal Corporation, participants unanimously agreed to support an amendment in the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2015....

ID Card to Ensure Legal Age of Marriage in Pakistan

ID Card to Ensure Legal Age of Marriage in Pakistan Rawalpindi, Monday 23 December 2024: The participants at the “SRHR and Child Marriages: Challenges and Way Forward” workshop have unanimously endorsed a resolution calling...

PODA Inspires Girl Students to Become Change-Makers, Combat Gender-based Violence

Rawalpindi, Friday 29 November 2024: PODA conducted two engaging sessions on life-based skills education for more than 60 girl and boy students of The Basic School in a low-to-middle-income locality. Through interactive parallel sessions...

16-Days of Activism Campaign — PODA Calls for Addressing GBV, Promoting Women’s Rights

Wednesday 27 November 2024 – Multan: The participants of a seminar on gender-based violence (GBV) at the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) agreed to address the issue and promote awareness about women’s rights. The seminar...