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Flood Response Plan

Joint Launch of 2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan by Government of Pakistan and the United Nations

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Reviving access to basic necessities

We only picked necessary items like a few clothes and bedding and had to leave everything else behind. People in our village who evacuated on time were able to move their expensive possessions to safer places. I decided to stay back home, somehow hoping that there will be no floods. But the hope started vanishing as I noticed water gushing in our area. I had to leave my home.

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The most vulnerable bear the brunt of climate change

Following the floods that destroyed the mud house she was living in with her family, Zahida, an Afghan refugee living in Quetta, expressed her distress ‘I am in a constant state of fear and anxiety’. She now has no choice but to sleep in the open air with her husband and children. ‘Our children are exposed to direct sun, flies, and dangerous diseases’, she explains.

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UNDP visits Chitral to identify flood recovery and reconstruction needs

UNDP mission led by the Resident Representative Mr Knut Ostby visited Chitral to meet the flood-affected community and to identify recovery and reconstruction needs.

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Pakistan engulfed by worst floods in decades

Since June 2022, Pakistan has endured harsh monsoon weather resulting in a serious humanitarian and development crisis.

According to government estimates, about 33 million people across the country have been affected by unrelenting heavy rains and flooding – the worst in decades.

Till date, more than 1,200 people have been killed and 4,900 injured.

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Stranded with no Place to go: Story from Balochistan

In Balochistan, like other parts of the country, it kept on raining throughout August. The situation worsened in the last week of August, when it rained non-stop for 48 hours.

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Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment
Zero tolerance for Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Abuse of Authority

UNDP is committed to creating and maintaining a working environment that respects the inherent dignity of all persons, affording them the opportunity to reach their fullest potential and empowering them to deliver the best possible results for UNDP and the people we serve.

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Multiple crises halt progress as 9 out of 10 countries fall backwards in human development, UNDP report warns

The world must jolt itself out of its global paralysis to secure the future of people and planet by re-booting its development trajectory

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In a first, with UNDP’s support, Gilgit Baltistan gets its very own Rule of Law Delivery Unit

UNDP, through its efforts, aims to improve access to justice and security to all including marginalized segments of the community in GB

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UNDP support to Pakistan's National Response to contain the impact of COVID-19

An integrated global response is an investment in our future

What we do

UNDP is working with the Government of Pakistan, civil society, national partners and the people of Pakistan to help find solutions to persistent development challenges.

We work to build lasting institutional capacity, provide technical expertise to improve development outcomes, and help link the Government and people of Pakistan to innovative global solutions in areas such as improved data quality and collection, better environmental management, climate change finance and adaptation, strong and accountable governance mechanisms and capacities to respond effectively to conflict and disasters.

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UNDP in Pakistan: Annual Report 2021

In 2021, UNDP continued its long-standing partnership with Pakistan to achieve its development goals and to ensure that no one is left behind.

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UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025

The Strategic Plan 2022-2025 describes how UNDP intends to work together with our partners to deliver what’s required of us in these extraordinary times. This bold, ambitious Plan is structured around “3x6x3” – 3 directions of change, 6 signature solutions and 3 enablers – a clear framework for where we need to head. Over the next four years, we will work with countries to expand people’s choices for a fairer, sustainable future. Helping to get us back on track to deliver on the SDGs.

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Pakistan National Human Development Report on Inequality

UNDP launched its third Pakistan National Human Development Report 2020, entitled ‘The three Ps of inequality: Power, People, and Policy’, authored by Dr. Hafiz Pasha.

The report highlights why studying inequality is important for Pakistan, and how this issue has affected the country’s economic and social progress. It discusses how, despite the Constitution of Pakistan upholding equality and despite global commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals, there appear to be two different Pakistans – one for the rich, with access to the best avenues and opportunities, and one for the poor, who have a narrow pool of choices.

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Our Impact

Our work in sustainable development, governance, resilience building

and environment and climate change.

15.1

million

voters reached with information on the local government elections

8,188

people

(1,884 women) attended legal awareness sessions in the Merged Areas

615K

people

in KP’s Merged Areas benefited from community mobilization, improved services and economic opportunities

158

people

(50 women) in Balochistan received entrepreneurship training, 100 people (25 women) received vocational training

78K

young people

(37,200 women, 20 transgender) participated in youth engagement and economic empowerment activities

09

District

Emergency Operations Centres strengthened

18K

youth

spoke up about their needs through the Youth Conversations platform

87K

hectares

of land in Sindh freed of encroachment and brought under the forest department

19.4K

people

in GB accessed health services – 17,825 youth, 250 people in extreme poverty, 1,385 women, 27 people with disabilities

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