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Karachi- 26 feb 2014: In Pakistan’s Sindh Province, the Peoples Assembly is preparing to pass a new bill, raising the age limit for marriage from 16 to 18 years old, Ms. Qaimkhani, Provincial Minister of Social Welfare and Women Development announced.

The World Association of Sexual Health (WAS) has awarded Doortje Braeken – IPPF’s Senior Adviser on Adolescents, Gender and Rights, Programmes & Technical - their prestigious individual Gold Medal in recognition of her lifetime’s contribution to sexual health.

During a Summit from 25-27 September, the world’s governments adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the result of a lengthy process of intergovernmental negotiations and consultations that lasted almost three years.

About 150 young SRHR leaders from 19 cities across Pakistan participated in the two-day ‘Youth Ask Leadership Conclave 2014’, organized by Rutgers Pakistan. The event allows young people to become the face of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) initiatives at national and international events.

Fourteen-year-old Zeba wakes early in the morning with her younger siblings Saira and Hina. The girls get dressed, comb their hair and leave their home at 7.30 am; they are not headed to their school, but to help their mother who works as a maid at several houses in the capital. “In a conservative society like Pakistan a girl usually has to face discrimination right from the moment her family learns that a mother-to-be is pregnant with a baby girl,” said Rutgers's Qadeer Baig.

In March 2012 Rutgers presented the research report ‘Gender Based Violence in Pakistan’. This is a ground-breaking study: never before have Pakistani women been approached directly and asked to be interviewed individually.

An initiative of Rutgers Pakistan engaged 2 universities in Islamabad to capacitate future media professionals on the importance of documentaries and short films. The project titled ‘SRHR-FOCUS’ capacitated 60 media students on making short documentaries and films on child marriage, domestic violence and HIV & AIDS.

A memorandum of understanding was signed to develop a sign-language curriculum called Life Skill Based Education (LSBE) for young hearing-impaired people that lack the necessary resources. It was signed by the Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF) and Rutgers Pakistan, said a press release.