Women's Empowerment Group (WEG) was formed in 1999 in Lahore. A group of young, motivated professionals working individually for the uplift of society , decided to institutionalize their activities and work together with special emphasis on the rights of women and children.
It is a non-profit, non-governmental organization aiming to strengthen the process of socio-economic development and empowerment of the disadvantaged sections of the society, at the grassroots level, through transfer of knowledge without ethnic, political, religious or any other biases.
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We firmly believe that the permanent solution to improve communities can only be achieved by developing their ability to mobilize, manage and control local and external resources by themselves. Our method to get there is through empowering women, the builder of the future.Its working committee includes journalists, academicians, social activists, psychiatrists, environmentalists and other professional. WEG is working inthe form of a group, that's why its structure is totally non-hierarchical.
To build the capacity of the communities to empower them to a level, where they can take over the socio-economic development of the area by themselves and creation of an enabling environment for women to realize their potential fully at all levels.
General Objective:
The overall objective of the organization is to improve the quality of life of womenfolk, by creating awareness among masses and sensitizing policy-makers towards women issues, for empowering them with equal opportunities.
Specific Objectives:
- To establish an institution of dedicated professionals to fill the vacuum for professional training of women, especially entrepreneurs.
- To create awareness among women of their rights.
- To advocate women's participation in the mainstream politics.
- To conduct and publish research on social issues.
- To undertake initiatives aimed at promoting gender sensitization.
- To motivate and mobilize women from all layers of society to participate in the socio-economic development, including reproductive health, education, cleaner environment, vocational training and entrepreneurial activities.
- To build the capacity of working women both conceptually and in terms of skills enhancement.
- To provide education to girls in rural as well as less privileged urban areas.
- To work as a resource center for conducting trainings and providing on-the-job assistance to women entrepreneurs.
- To support the communities in the social development process by supporting women.
