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Govt places women at centre of Ehsaas programs: Dr. Sania

by News Desk
October 11, 2021
in Education, Pakistan Politics, Politics
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“The present government is striving towards a healthier, educated, and more resilient country by placing women and girls at the center of all Ehsaas programs and initiatives.”

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar

In a statement on the “International Day of the Girl Child” being commemorated under the theme, “Digital generation”, Dr. Sania congratulated all women and girls in Pakistan and those around the world. Dr. Sania highlighted that women contribute nearly half the population of our country and development is simply not possible without their active participation.” This principle sits at the core of Ehsaas”, she said.

“We, therefore, have Ehsaas 50%+ benefits for women and girls’ policy. Any policy and program under this framework must accrue at least half of the benefits to women; as a result, more than three-quarters of Ehsaas’ entire program’s benefits are dedicated to women and girls”, the SAPM said.

According to Ehsaas’ weighted-in-favor-of-girls stipends policy for all conditional cash transfer programs, girls get a higher stipend across all age groups. She said that promoting education for all is a top priority of Ehsaas, especially the education of girls. Rolled out in all districts of the country, Ehsaas Education Stipends program has been structured to give a higher amount of stipend to girls as compared to boys.
Stipends are given from primary to the higher secondary level stipends to children aged 4-22 years of Ehsaas eligible families.

The program incentivizes parents to send their children, particularly girls to schools. We have also introduced, “Ehsaas graduation stipend” for girls completing the 5th grade to address the issue of girls dropping out of school. In addition to the education CCT, Dr. Sania elaborated that Ehsaas Nashonuma, which provides specialized nutritious food and cash transfers to children under two and their mothers in the most stunted districts of the country also offers a higher stipend amount for the girl child.

Completing higher education, however, still remains a major barrier for women to ultimately graduate out of poverty. With half of the scholarships reserved for girls, Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship program provides 200,000 need and merit-based scholarships over 4 years, she explained.

Ehsaas cash transfer program, Kafaalat puts cash exclusively in the hands of 8 million women. They receive cashouts and are given savings wallets and will soon transition to full bank accounts as per the Ehsaas One Woman One Account Policy so that they can reap maximum benefits of financial inclusion, she said.

Through Ehsaas Interest-Free Loans program in the National Poverty Graduation Initiative, 45% women beneficiaries have been provided opportunities to build microenterprises. Also, enabling 200,000 households and 1.4 million individuals to graduate out of poverty, under the 4-year Ehsaas Amdan program, 60% of small income-generating assets have been allocated for women. Part of the design, the delivery of the 50%+ benefits for women and girls’ metric is rigorously followed up in Ehsaas, Dr. Sania added.

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