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War Against Rape (WAR)

ABOUT WAR

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WAR Against Rape (WAR) is a certified not for profit, non-sectarian, apolitical, non-government

organization. It was founded in Karachi in 1989 and became a registered organization in 1992. WAR is

committed to creating a rape free society. It endeavors to work on all social, legal, medical and

administrative issues that could help either in the reduction of such acts of violence or support, facilitate

and improve human rights and conditions for survivors.

WAR offers services to survivors of sexual violence including free legal aid, psychotherapeutic

counseling, medical assistance and crises intervention, and has an aggressive advocacy component

through which various activities are undertaken for awareness-raising and capacity-building purposes.

Over the past 20 years, it has emerged as one of the leading voices against sexual violence, particularly

rape in Pakistan, with a view to providing comprehensive services and advocate rights-base services for

survivors. WAR is dedicated to assist survivors in their fight for justice and aid development,

implementation and monitoring of appropriate rights-based integrated response to sexual violence in

law–enforcement, medico-legal and judicial sectors in order to minimize secondary trauma to survivors.

OBJECTIVES 1) Increase general awareness on and understanding of the issue of Sexual Violence (SV);

2) Strengthen the capacity of stakeholders in responding to the issue of SV, such as but not limited

to communities, police (including women police), judiciary, medico-legal personnel, civil society

organizations, media, educationists, and different state departments;

3) Advocate for efficient and dignified State services for rape survivors (including police and

medico-legal support) in Pakistan;

4) Research on national laws to determine their impact and policy/procedural problems affecting

women and children survivors of rape in Pakistan;

5) Lobby for change in discriminatory policies/working procedures and laws relating to SV in

Pakistan;

6) Network with other NGOs, government departments and agencies that have objectives similar

to WAR;

7) Develop and continually improve an integrated legal support system that provides legal services

that are responsive to the needs of rape survivors, free of cost;

8) Liaise with media (print and electronic) in order to highlight case-related problems and gaps in

State-sponsored services and for offering legal and sexual rights educations to the general

public.

WORKING COMMITTEE

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WAR’s Working Committee (WWC) comprises of volunteers who work san monetary compensation.

WAR’s Coordinator is also a non-voting member of the WWC. The Committee is responsible for taking

policies- and governance-related decisions while the coordinator and the team implement projects in

accordance with these policies.

1- Dr.Lubna Bokhari (Chairperson) 6- Dr. Meher Zaidi, (Member)

2- Ms. Romana Khan (Member) 7- Ms. Shahbano Aliani (Member)

3- Dr. Abdul Bari Awan (Member) 8- Ms. Scharmin Usmani (Member)

4- Ms. Nazeeha Hussain (Member) 9- Ms. Azra Rehan (Member)

5- Ms. Nida Idrees(Member) 10- Ms. Nicki Saroca (Member)

11- Ms. Amarah Makhdumi (Treasurer) 12- Mr. Ayaz Hashanbhoy (Member)

13- Ms. Beena Hasan (Program Coordinator/Non-voting Member)

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

1- Beena Hasan (Program Coordinator) 5- Ayesha M. Younus (Accounts & Admin Manager)

2- Rukhsana Siddiqui (Program Officer)

3- Sheraz Ahmed (Program Officer)

4- Asia Munir (Trial Lawyer)

ORGANISATION CHART

Working Committee

Members

Program Coordinator

In-house Lawyer Admin & Finance Manager Survivor Support

/Program Officers

Office Boy

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OUR SERVICES

Advocacy:

WAR’s Advocacy Program focuses on reforms in the legal and judicial system. The Advocacy Program

examines existing laws and advocates changes with an overall aim to enhance justice in society and

reduce violence against women & children. Advocacy seminars constitute a substantial part of this

component. In year 2016; WAR along with its ally NGOs and relevant stakeholders successfully managed

to passing of the ‘Anti Rape Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2016’. As part of this initiative several

consultations, advocacy and lobbying meetings were held for the effective implementation of the and

Anti-rape laws and ‘Medico-legal Services in Sindh – Introducing Best Practices in Medico-legal Care to

Survivors of Sexual Assault.

Advocacy Seminar on legal and health-based procedural reforms

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Seminar on Rape & Sexual Violence Legal Reforms

Consultative meeting with Police Officials for the effective implementation of Anti-rape laws 2016

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Legal Aid:

WAR offers specialized free legal counseling and legal aid services. We investigate approximately 50 cases of sexual assault in Karachi annually. On an average 15-20 cases are taken to Court every year.

Legal Counseling Session at Panah Shelter Home

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The Legal Aid Program aims at a sensitized society free from gender based oppression, discrimination, exploitation and violence. Its goal is to raise awareness about the issues of sexual violence and rape crimes and to help survivors legally, psychologically, medically and ultimately getting the perpetrators punished. It also aims to improve the laws relating to rape and other forms of sexual violence and bring about a positive change in the attitudes of the people towards survivors. Its specific objectives are:

Access to legal services for survivors of rape;

Fostering a pro bono culture in the legal fraternity;

Strengthening survivors economically and psychologically, enabling them to go through the litigation process

Harnessing better working relationships between pro bono human rights lawyers and state prosecutors in rape cases;

Introduction of time-caps in Pakistani rape laws;

Highlighting cases and statistics on sexual violence;

To raise the level of awareness of laws and the rights of survivors among members of the judiciary.

Counseling:

WAR provides crisis intervention and counseling to survivors of sexual assault and rape. Emergency medical intervention is also provided to survivors.

Psycho-social Counseling session at Panah Shelter Home

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Awareness-raising:

WAR encourages community participation towards developing and implementing grass-roots support and advocacy systems, working with students, teachers, community members, media, prosecutors, police and medical practitioners.

Awareness-raising & Prevention Session on Sexual Violence (SV) and Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) with Community and Youth.

Capacity Building: WAR holds workshops with stakeholders in the criminal justice system, i.e. Police, prosecutors, medico-legal sectors, lawyers and judges, academician, NGOs, Govt. organizations, trans-genders, persons with special abilities, school teachers, students as well as civil society groups and media organizations to highlight the special needs of the survivors of sexual violence.

Capacity building; Police and media

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Three days training on GBV and support mechanism with Medico Legal officers and Police surgeons

Three days training on GBV and support mechanism with Lawyers

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Statistics Data & Research:

WAR develops and disseminates regular material including an annual fact-sheet, a newsletter & an Annual Report. WAR also undertakes research to aid policy development and guide improvement in existing systems.

WAR’s Publications

Training Manual on GBV

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Major Funding Projects:

USAID (Feb 2016 to April 2017); Project Title: ‘Provide safe haven to gender based violence (GBV)

survivors through institutionalizing 2 shelter home and facilitating women survivors empowerment’

through Aurat Foundation’s (AF) Gender Equity Program (GEP). PKR. 8108000/-

MAMA CASH (Sep 2015 to Aug 2016); Project Title:’ Access to Justice Program’ €28000

USAID (Nov 2012 to Sep 2013); Project Title: ‘Establishing Psycho-social and Legal Counseling Units in

Private Shelters’ through AF’s GEP. $25000

European Union (EU) (Jan 2009 to Dec 2011); Project Title: ‘EU Rape Survivor Support Program’

€100,000.

Global Fund For Women (GFW) : Funded for ‘Legal Aid & Access to justice program’ 2008-2015 Annually

$20000.

ICCO (Jan 2003 to Dec 2009); Project Title: ‘Legal Aid Program’.

IMPACT

The overall publicity and coverage received by WAR’s events in media at different occasions is depicted

in the table below:

Event Estimated Audience Reached Through Print/Electronic Media Coveragei

Press Briefings and Conferences 504,710 Advocacy Conferences/Seminars 1,125,498 Community Outreach Meetings 103,230 Civil Society Referral Networking Meetings, Lahore/Khi 76,333 School & Colleges Workshops 46,224 Police Workshop (men & women combined) 30,800 Media Workshop 23,333 Electronic coverage (70 programs on leading TV channels)

Due to lack of reliable estimates on viewership cannot be made.

Awareness-raising & Prevention Campaign through Local Cable Operation Channels; Delta 1 & 2, Multi Max and Vision Cable

4.2 million peopleii

Total Audience Reached Through Media Coverage of Events 6,101,128

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DIRECT BENEFICIARIES Through capacity building, WAR reached the following direct beneficiariesiii:

Group Numbers Trained/ Sensitized Total Number of Direct Beneficiaries Male Female

Police 933 364 1,279 Academicians 1,440 3,080 4,520 Lawyers 235 100 335 Shelter Staff 20 30 50 Doctors (Public & Private) 95 50 145 Public Officials 132 203 335 Youth 13,879 24,372 38,251 General Public 5,495 12,375 17,870 Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)/their families – Legal & Psycho-social counseling

1,437 2,300 3,737

Legal Aid in SGBV Cases 30 175 205 Total 23,666 42,874 66,540

INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES WAR reached the following numbers of indirect beneficiaries’ by contact through the direct beneficiariesiv.

Number of Men Reached Indirectly

Number of Women Reached Indirectly

Total Number of Indirect Beneficiaries

131,397 172,295 303,692

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Major Acheivements:

WAR’s FINANCES

Every year accounts are audited by a Chartered Accountant firm. WAR’s financial highlights from July 1,

2015 to June 30, 2016 as follows:

INCOME

Donation 5,276,261 Other Income 319,726 5,595,987

Major Acheivements

Breaking the Silence

Establishment of Helpdesk operation in three Major

Public Hospitals

Criminal Laws Amendment

(Protection of Women Act,

2007

Service Delivery/

Reserch/

Advocacy Funded by CIDA Purchase Office

Passing of the Anti- rape Laws

2016. Time cape reduces from 5-6 years to just 3-6

months in Sexual Violence Cases

Certified By

I-Care America

07 success stories in 2015-

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EXPENDITURES Program Cost 3,435,152 Administrative Expenses 879,364 -4,314,516

Deficit for the year (1,281,471)

REGISTRATION & CERTIFICATION

WAR is a registered and approved charity under the umbrella of I-Care Fund America. Zakat and all

donations from USA to it are tax exempt.

WAR would like to thank our donors over the years; Mama Cash, USAID, The European Union (EU), ICCO

Cooperation and Global Fund for Women (GFW) as well as individuals whose generosity and support has

allowed WAR to continue its work in helping survivors of rape. Moreover, we thank all the principles and

community members for working with us in schools and the community respectively.

INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

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WAR AGAINST RAPE

WAR AGAINST RAPE Flat No. 102, Pearl Crest, 18th C, 4th Commercial Lane, Zamzama, DHA Phase V, Karachi. Tel: (+92) 35301975 / 35373008 Email: waragainstrape.khi@gmail.com Website: http://www.war.org.pk www.facebook/WarAgainstRape1989

References: iThe numbers represent a summation of national print and electronic coverage of WAR’s event for each respective event.

unfortunately, due to lack of reliable estimates on viewership, approximations regarding how many people actually viewed these programs cannot be made. iiEstimated numbers provided by the local cable operators channel; Delta Cable 1 & 2, Multi Max and Vision

Cable iiiThese are the exact numbers of people that participated in WAR’s programs under its capacity building component.

ivThese figures are calculated on formulas devised to estimate the number of people that benefited by WAR’s

efforts indirectly. A major chunk of these numbers represent survivors and affected families. For example, the number of survivors that are estimated to benefit through sensitization trainings for police, is based on the proportion of police force trained, their respective jurisdiction, the average number of cases reported in that particular jurisdiction in a year and the probability of a trained police officer transmitting values explored during the training and/or coming in direct contact with survivors. The numbers also include the number of youth counselled through trainings for academicians, the estimated number of litigants approaching lawyers for legal representation (not advice), etc.

Editor: Sheraz Ahmed Reviewed by: Beena Hasan