Baidarie

Baidarie Baidarie Sialkot Pakistan was founded in 1993. Objectives:

a. b. c. d. Reduction in Discriminations & Violence against women, children and religious minorities. e.

It works for the socio-economic empowerment of marginalized, vulnerable and excluded segments of society especially women, children, persons with physical limitations and religious minorities. Baidarie works for the Capacity-building of the right holders and concerned stakeholders and establishment of enabling channels for empowerment of the socially and economically excluded / vulnerable group

s to take sustained collective and organized actions to address poverty, ignorance, disease, violence, coercion, injustice and discrimination.



2. Promotion and protection of human rights, especially rights of women and children other vulnerable ones. Provision of enabling environment for access to quality services for Education, Adult Literacy, Health & Hygiene and reproductive health care services to the people, especially women and children. Socio-Economic Empowerment of socially and economically excluded classes especially Women through provision of quality services for Micro Financing, Entrepreneurship enhancement, access to employability and CPI Improvement. Research & analysis on the issues confronting overall development of the people. f. Strengthening efficient, transparent and accountable governance structures & practices to ensure participation of all the stakeholders in local policy and decision making formations and functions. g. Development of Baidarie as a sustainable institution making right-based, holistic interventions to raise the standards of living of the people of Sialkot District, especially women and children

4. Organizational Strategies

a. Issue sensitization, knowledge building, Awareness raising & Social Mobilization. Group Formation & capacity building. Public dialogues, debates and consultations on issues relating human and socio-economic development. Information generation, collection, compilation & dissemination. Policy Analysis and Advocacy. Information on Prior Work: The organization has been providing input in the following areas to pace up the process of economic and social inclusions of the poor and ultra poor communities. a. Poverty alleviation through social mobilization, skill diversifcation and ehancement, micro-financing, development of entrepreneurship and increase in access for the deprived ones to the linkages for maximizing productiivity, employablity and income generation. Awareness raising, knowledge building and sensitization in the state and society related policy/opinion /decision makers for proactively addressing the issues thwarting gender mainstreaming, equality and justice. Increasing Responsiveness in state & societal legal and social support mechanisms for protection and promotion of the fundamental rights of vulnerable groups and facilitating easy and expedited access to justice for the victims. Capacity building of the grass-root CSOs and other relevant stakeholders to provide legal and social protection to women/girls, children and other survivors of gender based discriminations violence and torture. Increased demands for pro-poor and gender-sensitive legislation and across the board enforcement of legal instruments protecting the rights of vulnerable ones. Research on social and economic issues and analysis to find out the root causes and impacts etc. The organization has also been working to increase women adult literacy, protection of the rights of women workers, primary health care, formal and non-formal education, universal primary education, child rights protection, youth development, protection of human rights, capacity development of local bodies enabling them to function effectively, provision of releif to the affectees of natural calamities and the rights based advocacy and etc. During the struggle spanning from 1993 to 2014, Baidarie Sialkot has been honoured to work in collaboration with UN WOMEN, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, ILO, The Asia Foundation, UNICEF, NCHD, EC-EIDHR, DFID, British High Commission, CIDA-PSU, CIDA-PAGE, SCF (UK), SAP-Pk, Social Welfare Department, DTCE, TVO, GFW, Corporate Sector, vocational training institutes, Aurat Foundation (AF), Muslim Charity Fund, Awaiting Eyes Foundation, District Government Sialkot and Local support structures etc.

27/05/2026
26/05/2026

25 May 2026: Electronic media coverage of the proceedings of the ceremony organized on 23 May 2026 by Baidarie Sialkot to share accomplishments of the NED supported “Program for strengthening democratic local governance and electoral process in Sialkot (Punjab) Pakistan” @topfansBaidarieNational Endowment for Democracy

26/05/2026

19 May 2026: Prof Arshid Mehmood Mirza Executive Director Baidarie expressing his ideas during the proceedings of panel discussion on FM 101 Radio Pakistan Sialkot on “the vitality of the engagement for having in place an effective and efficient local government system in Punjab”. @topfansBaidarieNational Endowment for Democracy

26/05/2026

19 May 2026: Mr. Arshid Mehmood Mirza Executive Director Baidarie expressing his ideas during the proceedings of panel discussion on FM 101 Radio Pakistan Sialkot on “the vitality of the engagement for having in place an effective and efficient local government system in Punjab”. @topfansBaidarieNational Endowment for Democracy

26/05/2026

19 May 2026: Mr. Shahid Nazir Warraich expressing his ideas during the proceedings of panel discussion on FM 101 Radio Pakistan Sialkot on “the vitality of the engagement for having in place an effective and efficient local government system in Punjab.” @topfansBaidarie

26/05/2026

19 May 2026: A female student of BS Political Science, GC Women University Sialkot taking part in the proceedings of panel discussion on FM 101 Radio Pakistan Sialkot on “the vitality of the engagement for having in place an effective and efficient local government system in Punjab.” @topfansBaidarieNational Endowment for Democracy

24/05/2026

Write up: Mr. Zahid Islam Executive Director Sangat Development Foundation.
کل بروز ھفتہ میں نے بیداری سیالکوٹ کے پراجیکٹ کلوزنگ ایونت میں شمولیت کی بہت سے محترم شخصیات اور کارکنوں سے ملاقات ھوئ زبردست ایونت تھا بہت بڑی تعداد خواتین کی تھی انک کئ کارنامے جان کر خوشی ھوئ۔ بیداری بے بہت اچھا کام کیا انکا یہ تیسرا سال تھا اب چوتھے دور میں بھی داخل ھون گے شرکا کا متفقہ مطالبہ بااختیار منتخب مقامی حکومتی نظام کی فوری بحالی تھی وہاں موجود الیکشن کمیشن کے نمائندے نے بتایا کہ کل 25 مئ کو پنجاب کی حلقہ بندیوں بمطابق 2025 قانون کی ابتدائ فہرستیں شائع ھو رھی ھین وزٹرز انکا مطالعہ کریں الیکشن کمشن کے ضلعی دفاتر میں موجود ھون گی رجسترد ووترز اگر کوئ اعتراض ھو تو ریجنز کمشنر الیکشن آفس میں عذر۔مقررہ طریق سے دائر کریں ایک ماہ تک کر سکتے پھر ان امراض کی سماعت حلقہ بندی اتھارٹی کے پاس ھو گی اور 8 اگست حتمی فہرستیں شائع ھون گی جس کے بعد الیکشن شیڈول آ جائے گا عوام سے اپیل ھے کہ 25 مئ کو اپنے حلقہ جات کا جائزہ لیں اگر کوئ اعتراض ھے تو اب کریں انتخابات کی تیاری شروع کریں مگر لوکل گورنمنٹ کے اختیارات ۔ین اضافہ انتخاب کو براہ راست کرنا پارٹ نشان پر لڑنے کی اجازت اور قانون میں سقم پر بھی آواز بلند کرتے رھین۔مگر جاری انتخابی عمل کو آگے بڑھائیں کسی کو اس سے بھاگنے کا۔ ۔موقع نہ مل سکے نظر رکھیں کہ حکومت بجٹ میں انتخابات بارے بجٹ رکھتی ھے کہ نہیں اس سے ارادے نظر آئیں گے چند دن رہ گئے عید کے بعد بجٹ اجلاس آئین گے بھر پور مطالبہ کریں کہ انتخابات کا بجٹ مختص کریں تاکہ نیا سال نئ منتخب مقامی حکومتوں کی فعالیت کا ھو مگر ساتھ ساتھ انکے اختیارات میں اضافہ کا مطالبہ بھی زوروشور سے جاری رکھیں جو فی الحال کمزور آواز ھے بڑی سیاسی جماعتیں خاموش ھین چند ایک سول سوسائٹی تنظیمیں ھی بولتی نظر آتی ھین ۔مگر میڈیا کا بڑا حصہ اور پاپولر سیاسی جماعتیں جو اھم ستیک ھولڈرز ھین انکی طرف سے بھر پور آواز نہیں ھے کیونکہ موجودہ ھائ برڈ ھکمرانی میں اقتدار میں سب کو حصہ دار بنا لیا ھے اور کچھ کو پابند سلاسل کر دیا جنگی ساری سیاست اب رھا کرو تک محدود ھے زیادہ سیاسی جماعتوں کے اندر بھی مشاورت اور پالیسی سازی کا عمل رکا ھوا ھے یا مدھم سروں میں ھے اسی لئے عوام رل رھے ھین۔ حشر در کھلا عذاب دا۔ بڑا حال ھویا پنجاب دا۔ سنٹرل پنجاب والوں کیلئے سوچنے کا مقام ھے See less

19 May 2026: Photographic capturing of the proceedings of panel discussion on FM 101 Radio Pakistan Sialkot on “the vita...
20/05/2026

19 May 2026: Photographic capturing of the proceedings of panel discussion on FM 101 Radio Pakistan Sialkot on “the vitality of the engagement for having in place an effective and efficient local government system in Punjab. Panelists included Mr. Arshid Mehmood Mirza Executive Director Baidarie, Mr. Shahid Nazir Warraich, Prof. Dr. Tahira Mumtaz, Ms. Ayesha Rauf and Ms. Jugan Tariq. Ms. Hina Noureen Vice President Baidarie moderated the panel discussion. @topfansBaidarieNational Endowment for Democracy

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