Multi-Stakeholder Meeting Advocates for Ending Child Marriages in Pakistan

Multi-Stakeholder Meeting Advocates for Ending Child Marriages in Pakistan 21 May 2025: A meeting was organized in District Layyah to discuss strategies for eliminating child marriages. Representatives from the population Welfare department, Bar Association,...

Child Marriage Prevention Training of Nikah Khawan at Local Government Office, Murree

Murree 19th May, 2025: Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA) organized a training session on Reduce Early Marriages with reference to Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Act 2015 to Nikah Registrar / Nikah Khawan at...

Menstrual Hygiene, Nutrition, and STEM Encouragement Highlight PODA’s Empowerment Initiative

Tuesday, 19 May 2025 – PODA organized a series of impactful life skills-based education sessions at Government Girls High School, Saroki, District Gujrat, engaging over 100 girl students. The sessions aimed to empower girls...

National Assembly passes landmark bill to Criminalize child marriage in Islamabad

PODA Engages District Lodhran Officials to Build Support for Amendment in Child Marriage Act to Raise Minimum Age of Marriage of Girls to 18 Year

PODA Engages District Lodhran Officials to Build Support for Legal Reform on Child Marriage Lodhran; Thursday, 8 May 2025: As part of the project “Reduce Early Marriages to Enhance Gender Equality”, supported by the...

Strengthening Grassroots Voices: PODA Promotes Health Education for Women in UC Nambal, Murree

Thursday, 1 May 2025: PODA conducted a highly valuable and interactive session with over 40 women participants in Union Council Nambal, District Murree. The session focused on raising awareness about critical reproductive health issues,...

Girls Take the Mic: Students Speak on Education, Environment and Ending Child Marriage in Mianwali

Mianwali, Thursday, 17 April 2025: In a powerful display of youth engagement and social awareness, PODA, in collaboration with PODA Women Leader Mukhtiar Shaheen, Head of Noor Welfare Organization, Mianwali, organized a dynamic speech...

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...