[{"bbox": [82, 146, 1156, 909], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>External environment (environmental)</td><td>Floods and/or other natural disaster disrupts all levels of social, economic and political and priorities shift</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>The work-plan will be adapted to reflect the extent to which activities are effected and/or delayed in the event of a natural disaster (government institutions loses focus, effectiveness is reduced). Mitigations plans will be developed and regularly updated.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment (political)</td><td>Elections (general, provincial) are not held / military take over</td><td>Low</td><td>High</td><td>The action will be considerably affected if legislatures are dissolved. The work-plan will be adapted accordingly. Mitigations plans will be developed and regularly updated.</td></tr><tr><td>External environment (social)</td><td>Sensitivity to work on thematic areas, (e.g. gender, minorities and human rights)</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>This gender and human rights-related intervention will remain sensitive and a detailed strategy will be developed at the outset of the action, with mitigating measures regarding challenges that can affect smooth implementation. Close policy dialogue in dedicated EU-Pakistan forums will be sustained with the authorities, at federal and provincial levels.</td></tr><tr><td>Planning, processes and systems (social, operational, and strategic)</td><td>Political uncertainty and lack of commitment /ownership from the government(s) and institutions</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>Close policy dialogue in dedicated EU-Pakistan forums will be sustained with the authorities, at federal and provincial levels. With the support of implementing partner(s)'s networks and resources, partnership will be built with new governments and legislatures (federal and provincial).</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [92, 922, 252, 946], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [92, 960, 1147, 1069], "category": "Text", "text": "Various programmes on electoral reform and/or democratic participation have been/are supporting legislatures, political parties and ECP and providing capacity support to women representatives and watchdog institutions to play an effective role in strengthening women's participation in democratic processes. The action proposes to build on the lessons learnt and positive changes that have taken place to boost them further to achieve more impactful results."}, {"bbox": [92, 1079, 1147, 1161], "category": "Text", "text": "Notably, the action will create horizontal and vertical linkages amongst the most relevant stakeholders such as ECP, NADRA, Bureau of Statistics, political parties, public representatives, women specific machinery and CSOs around the theme of women's empowerment for leadership and participation in democratic processes and GEWE."}, {"bbox": [92, 1171, 1147, 1359], "category": "Text", "text": "The action also foresees the first extensive, long-term mentorship programme of the kind in Pakistan, targeting aspiring women leaders. The capacity support provided to women politicians and representatives in previous interventions had been through event-based, short training courses without refreshers or long-term handholding. Unlike previous mentorship initiatives, the action will also induct women leaders from local communities, social movements and professional association. In the 3 Provinces considered (Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh), local CSO alliances will be strengthened to mobilise women (potential) candidates, local leaders and activists to be mentored extensively over the period of implementation."}, {"bbox": [92, 1369, 1147, 1557], "category": "Text", "text": "Through the action, engagement with political parties will also be central – local level rights-holders will be supported to have a collective voice to generate demands for making political parties internally democratic and more inclusive so that it influences structural and cultural shifts and effective participation of women and marginalised groups. These efforts will be further consolidated by providing technical assistance to identify new generation of reforms and advocacy for pro-women legislation and parliamentary business and capacity development of (male and female) parliamentarians. Regulatory bodies such as ECP and CSWs will be strengthened to ensure an inclusive electoral process and compliance to human rights commitments."}, {"bbox": [1119, 1648, 1143, 1671], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "14"}]