Projects

Community Development Foundation (CDF) is working in Jacobabad with the technical and financial support of Rutgers Pakistan initiated a project Prevention plus Ending Gender based Violence together. The basic objective of the project is to promote men and boys’ involvement as equitable, non-violent caregivers and to engage men in positive parenting, equitable care giving, and violence prevention.

The Project in Pakistan is working to promote gender equality. Achieving gender equality requires a reconfiguration of power relations. That includes redefining our deeply-ingrained perceptions of masculinity and fatherhood. Fathers can help break the cycle of violence and discrimination against women by modelling non-violent behaviours and instilling values of equality, respect for diversity, empathy, and human rights for the next generation. They can act confidently as caregivers to both children and ageing parents, and can make an equal investment in domestic duties and the provision of household necessities. When men take on more care responsibilities, it empowers women to find paid work outside the home, to improve their health and education, and to take on leadership roles. This is good for everyone: women and girls, men and boys. Gender equality also boosts communities through improved educational outcomes, better health, and greater economic prosperity for families and societies. Therefore CDF has selected Eight Union Councils where GBV cases are mostly recorded and literacy ratio is very low.