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Gender Experiences in NWFP - Select Civil Society Initiatives The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, struggles with issues of livelihoods, infrastructure, environmental management, access to economic opportunities, education, governance and gender. Inequity stems from the debilitating roles socially constructed for women thus denying them equal opportunities. In the last decade or more a lot of interventions to address, these issues have been undertaken by both the public sector and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). But unfortunately, few of these experiences have been documented or analysed, especially in NWFP. It is to this end that Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) developed a series of booklets, with the financial assistance of IUCNs Programme Support for Northern Pakistan entitled Gender Experiences in NWFP: Select Civil Society Initiatives. While recognizing the contributions made by the public sector in the province, the publication of this series was limited to CSOs only. A few CSOs (SPO, AKRSP, Aurat Foundation, SRSP, IUCN Sarhad Programme and KK) were chosen for their length of experience, geographical and programmatic breadth of coverage, evident success, clarity of approach, and active focus on gender (such as gender mainstreaming policies etc.). This publication is a first attempt to understand how and why interventions by some select CSOs have led to the improvement in the life of the people of NWFP and to communicate the inspiration of these organizations, and to transmit this inspiration to others struggling for an equitable social change. This series has evolved the following six brief booklets, each focusing on experiences in gender mainstreaming and a specific theme of development in the province i.e.
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