Country specific presentation at the Youth and Inclusive Citizen Workshop organized by PRIA and ASPBAE from 8-10th September 2014

1. Youth & Inclusive Citizenship:
Approaches to Realize Demographic
Dividends in Asia-Pacific
Saima Fayyaz
8 – 10 September 2014,
New Delhi, India
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2. Demographic Profile of Pakistan
Pakistan: Some Facts:
• Area: 796,095 sq. km.
• Admin Division: 4 provinces, Gilgit Baltistan
FATA
• Population: 180.44 million
• Literacy: 58%
• National Language .. Urdu
• Poverty: over 35% pop. below poverty line
• Source : World population statistics

3. Youth in Pakistan
• Young Person : between the age of 15-29
• Youth is 65.1% of the total Pakistani
population.
37% youth is illiterate
Source: According to the recent projections made by US Census Bureau

4. Key Issues … Youth & Inclusive Citizenship
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•Lack of education &
Illiteracy ( 10+
population)
lack of opportunities,
such as education,
employment and recreation,
have created a sense of
frustration among the
young people
Poverty ... leads to not
register births in Union
Councils/ National
Identity cards

5. Policies
National 1 Youth Policy in 2009
Youth Policy... On 6th June 2012,
the Chief Minister of Punjab
launched Punjab’s very first
youth policy
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Department of Youth Affairs,
Sports, Tourism and Archaeology,
Punjab
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Adolescent strategy and
4 strategic plan
30 million 10+ illiterate Literacy
& NFBE Department Govt of
Punjab is trying to cater
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6. Making Young illiterate females ..Literate.
Initiatives Beneficiaries
Literacy/AE 147591
Skills 36666
Livelihood 165515
Health/1122 182707
Birth registrations/CNIC 176049
Empowering teachers/leader ship
38752
dev.
Community dev 84711
Kitchen gardening 1500 families

7. Continued ....
Initiatives Beneficiaries
Livestock dev. 21181
Higher education 7000
Peer education 3223
Women empowerment 371155
Career counselling /job
35000
placement
Advocacy
OML 11400
Mobile literacy 2800

8. Bunyad’s Success Stories
• Bhagwal Awan Collage (a Degree College for
Girls)
• Girl student working in UC office as
LHW
• Girl student working in a bank
• Student after completing MA English
running his coaching centre
• Around 300 students now serving as
teachers in Bunyad’s literacy centers
• Moving onwards & upwards, Approx
60%

9. Opportunities Needed
• Review of citizenship education in primary and secondary schools
• Develop youths' understanding of themselves and their culture
• Continuing education/Distance learning to improve level of education
• Mobile literacy for CE/Access to new information & technology
• Equip youth with the knowledge, skills and qualities needed for leadership
• Special technical/skill training for rural women near their door step
• Youth collaboration /Capacity building of youth to form committees to tackle
the problems Build youth leadership through meaningful engagement in real
community issues
• Meet the needs of youth by developing fun and relevant experiences designed
by youth and adults (Sports, Skills, Excursion)
• Use a variety of research-based learning processes and resources to engage
youth in a variety of hands-on activities.
• Recognize the value of volunteer and professional staff and support them
through a well-coordinated system of professional development opportunities
• Citizenship education through extra curriculum activities
• Empowering communities thousands self depends
• Small business / enterprise development opportunities
• Linking youth to Line Departments

10. Role of Youth
• Peer education
• Awareness raising about law, legal meters, health &hygiene
• Advocacy
• Awareness raising & Lobby for birth registration /CNIC/Voting
• Seek out charitable grants and public funding to support
citizenship, leadership and service programming
• Serve as volunteer
• Involvement of youth and adults as partners existing at all levels
of program design, implementation and evaluation and through
shared knowledge and activities have reciprocal leading, teaching
and mentoring roles.

11. Pictorial View

12. Thank You