Women Empowerment Center, WEC
Informations de base
Pays
Régions
Institutions et organismes impliqués
Type de programme
Groupe de population
Adolescents, Children, Elderly persons, Poor households, Women, Girls, Mother, Pregnant, Lactating women, Working age group, Youth
Détails du programme
Objectifs du programme
PBM has established 158 Women Empowerment Centers (WECs) where widows, orphan and poor girls are given training in variety of skills to make them self-sufficient and earn their livelihood in a respectable manner. The primary purpose of vocational training is to prepare girls and women especially the youth in the age group of 15-30 years for the world of work and economically empower them.
(i)Train low-income group of women
(ii)Focus on poor widows and orphan girls
(iii)Training emphasis on income generating activities
Composantes du programme
These centers are providing free vocational training to widows, orphan & poor girls in modern professional skills like, dress designing, embroidery, Basic & Advance Computer Courses, beautician course, Tie & Dye and fabric painting. Trainees of these centers are being paid stipend of Rs. 50/day on attendance basis. Low-income group of women/girls are trained in two shifts of 60 trainees, bi-annually. Out of 162 WECs 128 centers have been diversified with introduction of market oriented trades i.e IT training, beautician and cooking courses.
Date de début
Conditionnalités (le cas échéant)
Feasibility on the basis of two shifts of 30 trainees each with 1 - 30 Instructor-trainees ratio in cutting, drafting, tailoring, hand embroidery, machine embroidery. Availability of poor and needy trainees with no support or source of income in the following categories: Widows with dependent children, Orphans, Destitute, Poorest of the poor, Involvement of local public representative.
Admission will be on first come first serve basis.
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal. 2022. PBM Policy. Accessible: https://www.pbm.gov.pk/orders/wecpolicy2022.pdf. Accessed 7 November 2023.
Couverture
Presently 12,377 trainees are benefiting from training in these schools, whereas 277,238 trainees have been passed out. Current strength of these centers is 162 (Punjab - 55, Sindh - 33, Khyber Pakhtunkwa + FATA - 30, Balochistan -22 , Gilgit Baltistan- 6 & ICT/AJK/ -16). (2021)
Dépenses du programme
Total budget allocation: Rs.4,600,000
Ciblage et éligibilité
Méthodes de ciblage
Categorical Targeting
Geographical Targeting
Groupes cibles
Low income women, children, orphans and Poor Households
Critère d'éligibilité
Feasibility on the basis of two shifts of 30 trainees each with 1 - 30 Instructor-trainees ratio in cutting, drafting, tailoring, hand embroidery, machine embroidery. Availability of poor and needy trainees with no support or source of income in the following categories: -Widows with dependent children, Orphans, Destitute, Poorest of the poor Involvement of local public representative. Admission will be on first come first serve basis.
Couverture et autres informations
Type et montant des contributions
(i) Each trainee to be paid a stipend @ Rs.50/- daily on attendance basis to meet traveling expenses, through Bank / Post Office / electronic biometric money transfer, on monthly / quarterly basis.
(ii) All trainees will be presented “The Holy Quran”.
(iii) All trainees will be granted hand operating sewing machine from IFA budget.
(iv) 1st position holder of 6 months basic computer course will be awarded with a “Tab”
(v) The successful trainees will be provided “Certificates of Proficiency” after completion of each full course or a part.
(vi) Course/training education for 6 months
Type de bénéfices
Cash, in-kind transfers, and professional training
Montant des bénéfices
Rs. 50 daily on attendance and 6-months of training
Fréquence de paiement/livraison
Each trainee to be paid a stipend @ Rs.50/- daily on attendance basis to meet traveling expenses on monthly / quarterly basis.
Mécanisme de versement des bénéfices
Each trainee to be paid a stipend @ Rs.50/- daily on attendance basis to meet traveling expenses, through Bank / Post Office / electronic biometric money transfer,
Bénéficiaires de prestations
Participating low-income women, children, orphans and poor households.
Durée minimale et maximale des prestations (le cas échéant)
The trainees of WEC may be allowed to get admission in another trade (not more than two) after completion of training in one trade. However, they may not be entitled to daily stipend for second time.
Mécanismes et fréquence de suivi et évaluation
Monitoring and Evaluation Wing of PBM will carry out planned and surprise visit of Vocational/ Dastkari Schools throughout the country in order to ascertain functioning as per laid down policy and submit report to the Managing Director. Minimum one third of the schools in each province / region shall be visited by M&E Wing during a calendar year.
Legal Framework
Government of Pakistan established Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal through an Act 1991 (as amended). It is a body corporate, working under the administrative control of Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan.
