Evaluation Report

justice, and by raising awareness among public.
Mohmood Umar- A representative from one of the CSO’s confirmed that the network is conducting awareness raising
programs and capacity building workshops for the empowerment of women. He further mentioned that he has
participated in many activities conducted by the PWN. He also appreciated the performance of the network by saying
that “In her shoes” workshop conducted by PWN had really good impact on the public, especially on men.
100 %
90 %
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
40 %
30 %
20 %
10 %
0 %
Increasing
awareness
among women
of their rights
7-5: Activities for Prevention of VAW, Members and
Stakeholders' Perspective
Involve men in
the fight against
all forms of
violence against
women
Provide women
with access to
legal
representation
Provide women
with access to
justice
Public
awareness
programmes
aimed at
eradicating
violence against
women
Members' View
Stakehoders' View
For protection of women, Herat PWN has been involved in a lot of activities ranging from providing psychological
counseling to medical aid, to the women affected by violence. Fortunately, one of the members; Ms. Sohaila Serat, is
an attorney and she has always been active in providing legal counseling to the victims of VAW. Another member, Ms.
Mahera Gharibparwar is a doctor, and she has also been actively involved in providing support to the victims of VAW,
in terms of psychological counseling and treatment for victims who face physical and mental violence. Around 47% of
members and 86% of the stakeholders stated that the network is involved in providing psychological counseling to the
VAW victims.
Herat PWN has also conducted advocacies in collaboration with Red Crescent and public health department, to provide
medical aid and free health check-up to the victims of VAW victims. A suicide victim, Maryam, was provided with
medicines and wheelchair from the health department as a result of the PWN advocacy. There are two shelters actively
functioning in Herat and the PWN is in close contact with them as well as with DoWA. Around 75% of the members and
40% of the stakeholders mentioned the network is supporting VAW victims to get access to shelters. The network has
reached out to female drug-rehabilitated patients and the coordinator has advocated for their jobs in order to reduce
risk of relapse.
100 %
90 %
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
40 %
30 %
20 %
10 %
0 %
7-6: Activities for Protection of Women, Members and Stakeholders'
Perspective
Counseling/psychosocial
services
Medical services Legal representation Assistance with
livelihoods
Assistance in getting
Shelter
Social reintegration
(Helping survivors to
reintegration into
society)
Members'
View
Stakehoder
s' View
In terms of participation, Herat PWN has campaigned for women’s equal rights in politics and has facilitated several
rounds of trainings on “Gender, Governance and corruption” for provincial council members and possible candidates
for next election. Herat PWN has also conducted dialogues to reduce the gap and to enhance the interactions between
public and their political representatives. It has played an active role in raising awareness and campaigning for women’s
participation in youth election. Majority of the members and stakeholders mentioned that the network is involved in
raising awareness on the importance of equal participation of women in politics and decision making. Moreover, PWN
advocated for eligible female candidates for youth parliament. To increase women’s participation in decision making,
PWN is advocating for women employment, both in governmental and non-governmental organizations on regular
basis. For instance, Ms. Elnaz Azimi, found a job in Rahman Safi office with the support of PWN and also Ms. Humaira
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