Pakistan

Rehabilitation program for the October 2015 earthquake affected victims of District Swat, Province KPK, Pakistan.

RMF Pakistan is providing winter relief supplies and primary health care to vulnerable IDP families repatriated to their high-altitude homes shortly before winter.

Building on our research in Punjab and Balochistan, RMF Pakistan is now a UNICEF Implementing Partner in the province of Sindh, expanding our knowledge of the diverse social and cultural norms and practices of Pakistan that will inform the Pakistan Girls’ Puberty Book.

Research and identification of innovative, contextually specific solutions to the many problems the poor and marginalized populations in Pakistan, specifically women, face.

Support for the women and children of the Internally Displaced People (IDP) community.

Despite the proven public health impacts of schooling, three quarters of all eligible girls are out of school, and 77% of those attending school will drop out before graduation.

Recent research suggests that girls in Pakistan have insufficient knowledge about menstruation, have inadequate access to affordable sanitary materials, and experience high levels of fear and anxiety at menarche.