MoWD to train countrywide 12,000 nazim, naib nazims

ISLAMABAD—Ministry of Women Development is taking steps to train as many as 12,000 male nazim and naib nazims of union councils across the country as per demand from countrywide 24,000 women councillors being groomed under its programme titled “Women’s Political School(WPS)” to ensure blessings of devolution of power at grass roots.
An official talking to APP on Sunday, said female representatives were asking the ministry to groom male nazim and naib nazims to effectively discharge their duties in tandem in the system for the benefit of masses at local level.
The donor agencies, the official said were also asking the ministry to look into the councillors’ proposals and bring male nazim and naib nazims within the fold of its WPS training programme to achieve concrete results in wake of the local government system for the welfare of entire society.
The official further said the network’s officials also called for reviewing the district support network mechanism to further strengthen coordination among the local representatives of the people in the local government system to bring positive change in lives of the common man through the system.
The official said that Inter Agency Network for Gender and Development (INGAD), a donors’ group, held a meeting with the ministry’s WPS officials in which the network was given a presentation by National Project Manager Rehana Hashmi on pace of progress of Ministry’s WPS project, who appreciated for its positive feedback from the female public leaders.
When asked whether the same WPS’s syllabus would be used, if the ministry launched training programme for the male representatives, she said in addition to the existing training materials, some new concepts would be incorporated into the course, given the duties of nazim and naib nazims in the system. When asked whether the same WPS’s syllabus would be used, if the ministry launched training programme for the male representatives, she said in addition to the existing training materials, some new concepts would be incorporated into the course, given the duties of nazim and naib nazims in the system.
To another question, she said that the ministry would utilize the services of the same trainers who were already imparting training to women councillors across the country under the United Nations Development Programme, which had been funded by Norwegian government.—APP