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Date :	Jul 11, 2021
Project :	Equip
Action :	Reference
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Reference :	FAFEN Mention (Article, TV – Partner Organization Coverage)
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Name :	The News
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Title of Story :	The electoral gender gap
Summary :	Gender gap indicators are useful in quantifying the level of exclusion faced by women. One such indicator, and a very crucial one, is the level of exclusion in the ownership of national identity documentation; for Pakistan, this would be the ownership of National Identity Cards (NIC). The NIC is essential for a Pakistani woman to claim her rights; this could be the right to claim her inheritance, or to qualify for the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), to open a bank account, to register a mobile sim, and arguably the most important one: to cast her vote. But this situation represents a substantial improvement over the recent past. On the eve of the 2013 General Elections, Pakistan's electoral gender gap was at 13 percent. This three percent reduction in the national gender gap is primarily due to concerted efforts from ECP and other stakeholders. A key initiative in this regard was the ECP's 'Women NIC and Voter Registration Campaign', which was funded by international donor agencies and implemented through the Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA), an NGO.
Link :	https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/862358-the-electoral-gender-gap
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