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Public Perception Survey District Abbottabad Union C ouncil Villa ge/ Neighbourhood Banda Pir Khan Mirpur Kothiala Nammal Dewal Manal Sub Total District Mardan Bijli Ghar Mangah Kas Korona Baghdada Shehbaz Garhi Mardan Rural Chamtar Gujar Garhi Sub Total Banda Pir Khan Abdallan Murda Pattian Tarhana Bala Mirpur Kalan Banda Ali Khan Maira Muzaffar Joghan Mar Todoo Maira Majuhan Paiyan Bhattiwala Hari Khaiter Bijli Ghar Mangah Kas Korona Baghdada Shehbaz Garhi Mardan Rural Chamtar Gujar Garhi Total HH # of Respondents General Form # of Respondents Litigant Form Male Female Total Male Female Total A pilot test was conducted on 1st July 2011 in a union council of District Abbottabad. Based on the pilot, the questionnaires were fine-tuned and the survey was conducted over four weeks beginning on 6 th July 2011. Zahid Shah of the Foundation interviewing a respondent in Mardan The respondents were randomly selected. Out of 1,596 respondents, 637 were not educated, and 592 had received education upto matriculation. 70 per cent were from rural areas. About 35 per cent earned less than Rs.10,000 per month and nearly 50 per cent were from a monthly income bracket of Rs.10,000 - Rs.20,000. 12
2.2 Oral testimonies The public perception survey helped identify women and men that were aggrieved. From among the aggrieved, oral testimonies of four women and three men in District Mardan and three women and six men in District Abbottabad were recorded by the Foundation’s staff. These testimonies present details of the nature of grievance and trace the responses of the aggrieved. In three cases, the aggrieved decided against any form of redressal and recorded the reasons for their decision. Each testimony was transcribed, translated and documented in the form of a case study by the Foundation’s staff. The oral testimonies provide glimpses of lives affected by disputes and help understand realities behind the quantitative data derived from the public perception survey. 2.4 Case briefs – legal assistance Since March 2011, the Foundation is providing legal assistance to poor women in District Abbottabad. More than 250 women accessed this facility in the first 15 months since its inception. Their case briefs provided invaluable insights on grievances experienced by them. Those that availed legal aid for filing a case also provided real-time information on their experiences as litigants. This data was analyzed to better understand the nature and trends of marital and family-related disputes faced by poor women, and their strategies of dealing with them. The Foundation’s Shazia Sardar recording a case at its Legal Assistance Facility in Abbottabad Syeda Mehr Kanwal of the Foundation recording the testimony of a woman in Abbottabad 2.3 Focus group discussions and key informant interviews A series of ten FGDs were held, five each with women and men. Six FGDs were held in District Abbottabad and four in District Mardan. 65 women and 80 men participated in the FGDs in Abbottabad and 55 women and 75 men were part of the FGDs in Mardan. Also, key informant interviews were conducted of lawyers, members of jirgas and musalihat anjumans/committees. The Foundation’s staff conducted and documented the FGDs and interviews. These discussions provided important contextual and case-based details. 2.5 Budget analysis The Foundation reviewed the following set of documents relating to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s budgets for FY2012-13 and FY2011-12 to assess government responses to people’s experiences with disputes: Budget Speech (by the Minister of Finance, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Annual Development Programme Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa White Paper Demands for Grants – Development Expenditure for 2012-13 and 2011-12 Budget Estimates for Service Delivery 2011-14 Funds allocated for the administration of justice as well as investments in improving social cohesion were assessed. 13
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