Objectives : To explore (i) the syncretism of the Suffic strand in religion and especially its roots in religio-cultural rituals that are common to the different religious communities of this area and (ii)the centrality of both the female voice and poetry, music and dance Suffic discourse as articulated at the...
Background 'Tracking Change – the impact of women's religious gatherings on their lives' was a short project to supplement research undertaken as part of the larger Pathways to Women's Empowerment Project. As Simorgh's was a small 18 month component of the project, it allowed for a general sense of the...
As part of its’ earthquake relief activity Simorgh decided to put up a school in the village Shang, Battagram.It did this in partnership with Lahore Grammar School 55 Main Gulberg and Lahore Grammar School, Johar Town Branch. This decision was based on the desire to make a more permanent...
In partnership with Shirkat Gah and the Agha Khan University Community Health Department. Simorgh became part of the WEMC programme. This project is part of a four-country action research project. Although Simorgh did not get an opportunity to carry on with this project for long, and it participated in...
This project was conducted from July 2005 to December 2007. It was an awareness raising research project. A series of workshops, lectures, discussion sessions, activities were held in the pursuance of this project. Prior to and during the duration of this project Simorgh visited various areas, so to make its’...
A series of three lectures were held in January 2006 as part of Simorgh’s overall aim to raise awareness and generate public debates on the ‘rights’ issues and related laws. Conducted by Najma Sadeque these lectures highlighted the threat to life and livelihood by globalization...
2007 began with the Asia Pacific Advisory Forum for Judicial Education on Equality Issues [Forum] and comprised three activities viz. (i) the Forum Management Team Meeting, (ii) a Results Based Management (RBM) Training Workshop and (iii) a Protocol Meeting. These activities were held in Karachi...
Simorgh has been a member organization of the AWHRC since 1988,when it was formed in Bangkok to (i)examine and address the lacunae in the UN Charter of Human Rights from a third world perspective and (ii)to work regionally and locally for the rights of women...