UNDP project empowering women in rural areas

It was also pointed out that almost every household in rural areas has a couple of buffaloes, 2-4 cattle and a few sheep, goats and poultry birds, which is mostly handled by women. However, this does not bring them any substantial income generation or empowerment. All the four provinces in Pakistan have large livestock extension departments. These departments are still essentially veterinary departments providing preventive vaccination against animal epidemics.

The project entails training rural women to treat and keep healthy livestock animals in order to provide numerous opportunities of income for households in rural areas of Pakistan. Engro Foods has assigned a large number of staff members to overlook the project from scratch. The CEO of the company is directly responsible for the current project, which is progressing on a daily basis.