Gender Empowerment Critical Evaluation

Photo: Saeed Memon, 2021

Engaging Men in Women’s Empowerment — Thatta, Pakistan

Pakistan · 2021 · NGO / Social protection

Reality-check study with BISP recipients and their spouses — critically examining whether financial transfer alone drives empowerment in rural settings, and what is lost when programmes address women in isolation from the social fabric surrounding them.

Key outcome: Financial-transfer assumptions challenged. Household-level engagement recommended.
Methods: Reality-check approach · Spousal interviews · Critical evaluation