Awaz Centre for Development Services
Budget
€120,000
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
AwazCDS envisages a democratic, prosperous, and peaceful society where everyone enjoys rightful spaces and choices of life.AwazCDS aims to catalyze the integrated and innovative solutions which foster development action and change for securing the future of our generation, especially women and girls. AwazCDS’s theory of change is based on the belief that meaningful change in Pakistan starts with social, economic, and political empowerment of communities and building essential platforms where people could realize their rights, organize themselves and strive for change in a collective manner. Whilst successful initiatives are valuable for those communities taking part, the gains made will be of limited impact and possibly unsustainable if it remains confined at community level. AwazCDS also believes that the best opportunities for bringing meaningful change at a significant scale are possible only through evidence generation, policy reforms, popular mobilization, and behavior change.
EU Legislative Interests
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive 2024/ 1760
Communication Activities
The above legislation is immensely important legislation however public and private procurers, buyers in the European States are not compliant of this legislation. The suppliers are also violating the requirements under this legislation as well as United Nation's Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. AwazCDS-Pakistan along with other related civil society organizations like Swedwatch, Brat fur the Welt (Bread for the World) and Forum Asia is running programs to sensitize formal and informal labour on their rights. AwazCDS-Pakistan has produced local evidence to highlight the challenges in textile labour sector as well as on form labour in the supply chain in Pakistan. Here are links of some of our work https://awazcds.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Threads-of-Struggle.pdf https://awazcds.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/The-Hands-That-Feed-Us-Struggles-of-Women-Agricultural-Workers-Rights-in-Pakistan.pdf https://swedwatch.org/themes/public-money-private-harm/
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Forus International Global Call to Action against Poverty Swedwatch Bread for the World CIVICUS Alliance Action for Sustainable Development Forum 2000 CONCORD Asia Development Alliance Forum Asia
Organisation Members
AwazCDS-Pakistan leads Pakistan Development Alliance that has 121 member organizations Details are available at www.pda.net.pk
Additional Information
AwazCDS-Pakistan has been working since 1995 and remained serving in the development and human rights sector in Pakistan AwazCDS-Pakistan runs first ever Pakistan Civic Space Monitor www.pcsm.info
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.