OpenAID - AICS - XM-DAC-6-4-013244-06-7

LOD data

RISE: Strengthening Employment and Vocational Training for Vulnerable Girls and Women in Pakistan

Pakistan

Status

Implementation

Aid type

Project-type interventions

Pakistan

Location

€ 1,999,220
Committed

€ 0
Used

Description

The project aims to enhance the access of vulnerable women to the labor market in Pakistan, particularly in the Lahore district of Punjab province, through quality vocational training. In Pakistan, women's access to education, vocational training, and the labor market is inadequate. A lack of technical skills among youth and women, coupled with gender disparities in educational pathways, perpetuates stereotypes that limit women's career prospects. These issues are exacerbated by cultural, social, and educational barriers that prevent women from fully accessing the labor market and high-skilled sectors. The intervention promotes gender equality in access to training and employment, improving skills necessary for employment and ensuring equal participation. By enhancing training quality and promoting collaboration between the public and private sectors, the project aims to overcome gender barriers and ensure opportunities for qualified employment for women. Three components will be developed: a) improving training curricula and promoting processes that facilitate women's access to training and decent work; b) strengthening the capacity of a vocational training center to accommodate more women, providing higher quality training services; and c) enhancing the capacity of CSOs to increase their impact in promoting women's access to vocational training and decent work. Research will identify the obstacles women face in accessing education, vocational training, and employment and assess the potential of the technical and vocational education and training system to improve women's employment opportunities. In collaboration with the ILO, tripartite social dialogue will be promoted as a central pillar for the reform process of the TVET system, political advocacy, and institutional strengthening for the promotion of decent work and equal opportunities. Seminars and workshops will involve vocational training institutions, the private sector, trade unions, and civil society to create favorable conditions for women's access to training and the labor market. In at least four key professions, curricula will be updated through a technical exchange between the Italian and Pakistani TVET systems to ensure a high-quality training offer in line with international standards. The upgrade of the Pakistani training system will be accompanied by strengthening the technical and structural capacities of a local TVET institute to offer more training opportunities to women from vulnerable groups. Training spaces will be expanded, teachers' skills improved, and services for guidance and job placement developed. To enhance the impact of policies promoting labor rights and social rights of disadvantaged communities and reduce the stigma associated with women's social emancipation, a program to strengthen local CSOs will be conducted. Networking of CSOs and the formation of local committees will facilitate a campaign aimed at local communities and the general public, promoting decent work for vulnerable women. Finally, training activities for women and girls will be supported, offering internships and apprenticeship paths in local companies. The initiative is proposed by ISCOS in collaboration with various local entities and organizations, including CSOs (CLJ, Don Bosco Educational Society), a research entity (LRDI), a public body (TEVTA Punjab), a trade union (PWF), an employers' federation (EFP), a UN Agency (ILO Country Office of Pakistan), and an Italian association expert in vocational training (CNOSFAP Regione Piemonte). read more close

Year	Committed	Used
2025	€ 1,999,220	€ 0

Agency

Type	Name	Channel code
Government	AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development	11000

Channel reported

Type	Name	Channel code
National NGO	ISTITUTO SINDACALE PER LA COOPERAZIONE ALLO SVILUPPO ONG/ON	22000

Project data

IATI IdentifierXM-DAC-6-4-013244-06-7
AID013244/06/7
Planned start 2025/05/01
Planned End 2028/04/30
Actual start -
Actual end -
Bi/Multilateral Bilateral
Status Implementation
Tied status Tied

Sectors

Policy markers

Gender Equality principal objective
Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) not targeted
Disability not targeted
Nutrition not targeted
Aid to Environment not targeted
Participatory Development/Good Governance not targeted
Trade Development not targeted
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity not targeted
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change - Mitigation not targeted
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change - Adaptation not targeted
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Convention to Combat Desertification not targeted
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) not targeted

SDGs

4.3 - By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
4.4 - By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
4.5 - By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
4.b - By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
5.5 - Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
8.3 - Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.5 - By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
8.6 - By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training