LRF and STC Management Meet with Chief Secretary Govt. of Sindh
CEO Legal Rights Forum Malik Tahir Iqbal and Save the Children’s Country Director – Muhammad Khuram Gondal along with Save the Children’s Director Policy, Advocacy, Communications & Government Liaison – Muhammad Usman Aslam met with Chief Secretary Sindh Dr. Muhammad Shaikh Sohail Rajput and Secretary Implementation and Coordination Floods Response, Sindh Mr. Khalid Mehmood Sheikh to discuss the ongoing flood crisis in Pakistan and oriented them on LRF and Save the Children’s relief operations in the affected districts of Sindh in close coordination with District Administration, NDMA and PDMA-Sindh.
1st Pakistani girl to pass the post primary level through NFE policy
Learner girl, Ms. Sawera, a student of Accelerated Learning Centre (ALC) in Village Talib Shah of Shikarpur district receiving certificate of 1st Pakistani girl to pass the post primary level through NFE policy from honorable Minister Education-Sindh, Mr. Sardar Shah in Karachi.
Legal Rights Forum organized a Mega event Celebration on International Literacy Day-2021 on September 08, 2022.
Earlier, LRF Implemented a Project “Accelerated Learning for Girls” with the Support of “Save the children” in District Shikarpur. “70” ALCs were established for out of school & dropout Children who were enrolled to increase literacy ratio of Districts Shikarpur Sindh.
LRF's Pilot Project on Learning Tree App got Applause
Legal Rights Forum and Save the Children organized Experience Sharing and Consultation Workshops of Learning Tree Mobile Application for Distance Learning with national and international education stakeholders in Karachi, Islamabad, and Peshawar.
The events were aimed at engaging relevant stakeholders; orienting them on the piloting LT App experience and its effectiveness in distance education; seeking feedback for scale-up and leveraging their expertise in exploring other impact-driven interventions for Education in Emergencies.
Senior officials of UN agencies, Foreign Missions, INGOs and NGOs participated and took great interest in scaling up the Learning Tree Mobile Application and its extensive use during Education in Emergencies.
Opening of First Temporary Learning Centre in Shikarpur
Legal Rights Forum is one of the leading Non-Governmental Organization who took the initiative of opening Temporary Learning Centers (tent schools) to restore educational activity in flood affected district Shikarpur with the support of Save the Children and Sindh Education Foundation, Government of Sindh.
At the occasion, the CEO of LRF Malik Tahir Iqbal inaugurated the First Tent School in District Shikarpur at Village Mungrani of Taluka Lakhi on September 02, 2022.
CEO LRF is posing with Madam Nasreen Channa, the Taluka Education Officer – Shikarpur; the representatives from Sindh Education Foundation Mr. Farhan Ali Pathan; LRF team members and the beneficiary students.
LRF has signed a Letter of Understanding between Sindh Education Foundation, Government of Sindh, and Save the Children.
Malik Tahir Iqbal CEO, LRF; Mr. Abdul Kabir Qazi, MD- SEF; Mr. Khuram Gondal, CD SCI; Global Humanitarian Director, SCI Gabriella Waaijman and Dr. Fozia Khan Additional Secretary School Education & Literacy Department Sindh witnessed the LOU ceremony. LOU signing ceremony also took place in Karachi on 11th Oct 2022 between SCI, SEF and LRF for establishing 600 Temporary Learning Centres in flood affected districts of Dadu, Khairpur, Sanghar and Shikarpur, Sindh Province.
LRF has launched a New Project
LRF has launched a Project on Provision of Legal and Social Services to Victims of Child Domestic Labor and Engaging Parliamentarians in Legislation on Child Domestic Labor in Sindh on 14th December, 2022 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi. The Labor and Human Resources Department, Social Welfare Department, Sindh Child Protection Authority, Police, Prison, Prosecution, Government of Sindh, National Commission on the Right of Child and others key stakeholder such as Media, Bar, CSOs, INGOs, Academia, and UN Agencies.
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Gabriella Waaijman, Global Humanitarian Director
Gabriella Waaijman, Global Humanitarian Director and Mr. Khuram Gondal, CD – SCI visited to Dadu, Sindh, interacted with flood affected children and families, where they showed solidarity, love and affection, and assured them that they’re not alone and we’re all in this together!
LRF and SCI team visited Temporary Learning Centers and Child Friendly Spaces at district Dadu.
LRF Emergency Flood Relief 2022
Alert
Legal Rights Forum (LRF) immediately started its response in Sindh in collaboration with Provincial Government, district administration and development partners. LRF mobilized PKR 261 Million and is providing humanitarian response to 38,600 beneficiaries in 05 districts of Sindh ( Shikarpur, Dadu, Jacobabad, Khairpur and Sanghar )… Read more >>
About Legal Rights Forum
Legal Rights Forum (LRF) is a registered not-for-profit organization working since 2007 in Pakistan. LRF envisions a democratic, just, peaceful and inclusive society wherein all citizens especially women, children, person with disabilities, minorities and transgender may live with equal protection of law, self-respect and dignity.
LRF aims to strengthen and promote the rule of law and equal access to justice; achieve sustainable development goals 2030; reform criminal/civil justice system; redressel of anomalies in laws and policies; and promote democracy, democratic institutions, good governance, alternate dispute resolution, legal aid, public interest litigation, land & environmental rights, labor rights, journalist rights, youth empowerment, public health, and quality education for all.
LRF Leadership
Justice (R) Majida Razvi
Dr. Shaikh Tanveer
Ahmed
Mr. Malik Tahir Iqbal
Mr. Tahir Hasnain
Shah
Mr. Mohammad Ali
Shaikh
How We Do
LRF believes in collective wisdom, mutual support, cooperation and coordination with concerned stakeholders in achieving common objectives through research, advocacy, awareness, capacity building and sharing of knowledge, information, expertise and resources.
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