Mobile Legal Aid Clinic, Peshawar – Day 1
Mobile Legal Aid Clinic, Peshawar – Day 1 Peshawar, Tuesday, 18 August: Day 1 of the three-day Mobile Legal Aid Clinic was attended by around 60 visitors, including women, young girls, and women and...
PODA Observes International Youth Day 2026: Promoting Legal Identity, Youth Participation and Inclusion in Lahore and Karachi
PODA Observes International Youth Day 2026: Promoting Legal Identity, Youth Participation and Inclusion in Lahore and Karachi PODA-Pakistan observed International Youth Day 2026 in the provincial capitals of Punjab and Sindh, with the facilitation...
PODA, NCHR, DAWN, and NADRA Collaborate to Strengthen Women’s Digital and Legal Identity Protection in Quetta
On 23 July 2026, PODA–Pakistan, in collaboration with the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), the Development Association for Women in Neglect (DAWN), Quetta, and with the support of the National Database and Registration...
Empowering Women with Digital ID safety in KP Province
June 2026- In collaboration with the Directorate of Social Welfare, Special Education & Women Empowerment, in Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA) successfully conducted a Digital Safety Workshop on “Protecting Legal and...
PODA Welcomes Child Marriage Prevention Law approval in Punjab
Protecting Girls’ Rights Through Scalable Legal and Social Interventions
The Government of Punjab has enacted the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Ordinance 2026, establishing 18 years as the minimum legal age of marriage for girls and strengthening accountability mechanisms for enforcement. The ordinance introduces...
PODA-Pakistan Engages Rajanpur Community to Address Early Marriages and Promote Girls’ Education
18 November 2025: The PODA-Pakistan team, under the project “Reducing Early Marriages to Enhance Gender Equality,” visited Basti Habib Sheikh in Tehsil and District Rajanpur, Punjab, an area known for prevalent early child marriages...
Participants of Workshop organised by PODA in Murree Call for Ending Early Marriages to Promote Healthier Families
Murree, Tuesday 9 December 2025: Ending child marriages strengthens families, as girls who marry at an appropriate age are physically and emotionally mature, and possess the knowledge, skills, and resilience needed to manage new...
Noor Women Welfare Organization Mari Indus and PODA-Pakistan Hold Awareness Session on Menstrual Health and Nutrition for Schoolgirls in Mianwali
Wednesday, December 3, 2025: The Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA-Pakistan), in partnership with the Noor Women Welfare Organization Mari, organized a comprehensive life-skills education session focusing on menstrual hygiene management, urinary tract infections...
Participants of Workshop in Khushab Call for Raising Punjab’s Marriage Age of Girls to 18 as Experts Warn of Severe Risks to Adolescent Girls
Khushab, Wednesday, 19 November 2025: A district-level workshop on reproductive health and the dangers of early marriage concluded with a unanimous call for legal reforms to raise the minimum marriage age for girls to...
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