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Pakistan Leads Asia

Pakistan becomes first country in Asia to initiate access to support from the Global Shield to close the financial protection gap through enhanced pre-arranged finance

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Speech by Dr. Samuel Rizk, Resident Representative UNDP Pakistan, on Human Rights Day 2024

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Glacier melt in Pakistan is disrupting water access, forcing girls out of school.

UNDP's GLOF-II Project has rehabilitated irrigation channels in Ghundus Valley, bringing about a monumental change in the lives of young girls and women. Instead of hiking for hours daily to fetch water, they can now attend schools.

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Protecting the Third Pole

UNDP's Glaciers & Students Project has connected international expertise with local knowledge, empowering communities with the tools, skills, and collaborative networks needed to monitor and protect Pakistan’s glaciers.

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Sehat Dost: Digital solutions to HIV-related discrimination

Integrated with a portal developed by FHI360 and the World Health Organization (WHO), a standout feature of Sehat Dost is its one-click access to order HIV self-testing kits to your doorstep – providing privacy and eliminating the risk of stigma in health facilities.

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Stories
Fuel-Efficient Stoves: Protecting Women, Preserving Nature in Gilgit-Baltistan

“As a young girl, I was cooking over a wooden fire when it suddenly flared up, burning my face. I was alone at home and by the time help came, my dupatta (shawl) had stuck to my face. The scars from that day are visible on my face till today."

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Stories
From Hardship to Hope: Nazo's Journey to Economic Independence

"When I started earning, something changed. The hopelessness faded. My husband looked at me differently, and I knew I was finally enough for my family."

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Championing Justice – Advocate Ghazala’s Quest to End Violence Against Women in Balochistan

"I decided to become a lawyer the day we failed to seek justice for the unjust killing of my elder sister."

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Transcending Binaries for Gender Justice in Pakistan

In Pakistan, the journey of the transgender community toward equality and inclusion has been an uphill battle, one that many have faced alone. For countless transgender individuals, discrimination begins at birth and often starts within their own homes.

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UNDP and Fatima Fertilizer launch Fatima Fertilizer’s first SDG Sustainability Framework

Fatima Fertilizer has the distinct honor of becoming the first private sector entity in Pakistan to collaborate with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) by adopting the SDG Impact Framework.

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In a transformative step towards a resilient Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 700 young people have acquired market driven skills through vocational training supported by the Government of Japan

The three-month programme equipped 700 young individuals, including 375 women, with hands-on skills such as cell phone repair, LED bulb assembly, eco-friendly packaging, jewellery making, motorcycle repair, electrician, plumbing, solar system, and UPS installation.

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Striving for Safer, Just, and Peaceful Communities in Pakistan – UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director Kanni Wignaraja visits Police Training College Quetta

Ms. Kanni Wignaraja visited the Police Training College Quetta where the UNDP Pakistan Rule of Law Programme has increased the training and accommodation capacity for policewomen and -men through infrastructure development support.

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Changing the Status Quo for Gender Justice in Balochistan

Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province, is a land of glaring contrasts. Rich in resources yet marked by profound developmental challenges, it ranks lowest in human development indicators nationwide, especially in gender equality and justice.

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LCOY Pakistan: Empowering Youth for Climate Action

A national offshoot of the international Conference of Youth (COY), LCOY events host young climate activists, students, and entrepreneurs for insightful discussions around climate action and policymaking, ahead of the Conference of Parties (COP).

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Press release
First-ever model police stations in merged districts inaugurated by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, the Government of Japan, and UNDP

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, the Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan jointly inaugurated newly constructed model police stations in the merged districts of Bajaur, Kurram, Mohmand, North Waziristan, and Orakzai.

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Stitching Dreams: Nameera’s Path to Empowerment

“Since childhood, I have been very passionate about designing my own clothes and sewing delicate embroidery on them. I wanted to create my own dresses rather than relying on tailors to sew a dress for me.

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Inauguration of UNDP installed Oxygen Plant at the Sheikh Zaid Bin Khalifa Hospital in Quetta, Balochistan

The Plant functions on the Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) technology and is funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

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Future-proofing Pakistan’s Development Pathways: From Recovery to Resilience

Pakistan knows crisis and adversity. Yet, recent years have seen an intensity in the country’s multidimensional socio-economic and climatic challenges: climate and environmental shocks as witnessed in the 2022 floods, economic pressures with an increased debt overhang, a challenging security . . .

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Inauguration of Renovation Work at the Government Girls High School, Killi Qambrani, Quetta

Today marked a milestone in the journey towards improving educational infrastructure and access in Balochistan province as Ms. Kanni Wignaraja inaugurated the renovated building of the Government Girls High School (GGHS) in Killi Qambrani, District Quetta.

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Pakistan’s pathway towards universal rights, freedom, equality and justice

The year 2023 appears to be an especially difficult year to celebrate human rights day, but then again, which year is not difficult. Whether it is a violation against an individual or a mass atrocity in a war, the current state of the global human rights agenda should leave us all gravely . . .

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To The Polling Station and Beyond: Reflecting on Pakistan's Electoral Landscape and the Path to a More Inclusive Political Space

As Pakistan gears up for its general elections scheduled for February 8, the nation witnesses a monumental moment in its democratic journey, with 128.5 million individuals – over half of the country’s population – registered to cast their votes.

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Pioneering Community-Led HIV/AIDS Response Across Pakistan

Over the past years, the term ‘polycrisis’ has surged in popularity as a way to explain a macro-crisis of interconnected, runaway failures of Earth’s vital natural and social systems that irreversibly degrades humanity’s prospects’ (Polycrisis and long-term thinking, UNDP, August 2022).

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Government of China and UNDP Collaborate to Accelerate Post-Flood Reconstruction in Pakistan

The Government of China announced a generous contribution to support the flood-affected communities in Pakistan, through its established long-standing partnership with UNDP under the framework of Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund.

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UNDP with the Ministry of Climate Change & Environmental Coordination kicked off the In-Country Process for the Global Shield to Reduce Climate Risks with a Multi-Stakeholder Consultation

The Global Shield is an initiative launched at COP27 in response to the increasing threat of climate change by the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group and the G7; ensuring that the various programmes and stakeholders pursue a coordinated approach and mobilize additional funds to meet the . . .

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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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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 2023

In 2023, 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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Summit of the Future 2024: Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow

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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

Reform or Rupture: A Resilient Economy of  Pakistan

The choice may appear clear between 'reform or rupture,' but it must be translated into bold and decisive action to pave the way for a prosperous, resilient Pakistan.

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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

Districts

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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