Ladies Forum Pakistan publishes the Women Year Book of Pakistan & gives the Women of the Year Award to recognize the achievements of Pakistani women.
Ladies Forum, being a social organisation in the NGO sector, was set up by Farzana Rehman under her presidentship in 1983. Forum is a duly registered institution, having its headquarters, located in Karachi. Ladies Forum annually publishes the "WOMEN YEAR BOOK OF PAKISTAN" (since 1985) to recognize & publish the efforts & achievements of Pakistani women from all fields of work. This journal is the
compendium of personalized information, collected from the ladies, who have struggled hard to achieve their ambitions and successes in their lives. Discipline-wise listing of their curriculum vitae, has been purposely planned to facilitate referencing , by those yearning to learn from their experiences, as role models, worthly of emulating their examples in their lives. The Forum has also established an annual "WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARD"(since 1986), which is conferred on the distinguished ladies, who have accomplished exceptional & unparalleled success in their particular field of work. The recipients of this award have been Benazir Bhutto, Bilquees Edhi & Major General Dr Shahida Malik in addition to various others. BOOK COLLECTION DRIVE & DONATIONS:
Ladies Forum has also initiated drive to assist girl students to receive course books, donated by philanthropists in response to its appeal. Similarly miscellaneous articles like sewing machines and woolen clothes have been collected for distribution among the indigent girls, especially those, inhabiting medical treatment within their meager resources. QUIZ COMPETITIONS:
To provide morale boosters to the poor students living in the squalor areas, quiz competitions have been held where the winning students were awarded prizes consisting of small cash amounts & gifts in the presence of their parents.The events proved successful beyond expectations & enabled theparticipants to realize that they are not an outcast entity in the society. Above all, the most heartening view was the glowing smile on the children's faces and the pride in the eyes of their parents. EVENTS & FUNCTIONS:
Women related functions are organised to highlight the achievements of the ladies who have attained high stations in their lives and made success of their chosen careers, by the dint of their sheer hard work & intelligence.The Forum has organized a number of gatherings in the past, where visiting foreign dignitaries of exulted eminence were invited to address the audience & their their experiences.Notable among them could be cited as ISMAT CHUGTAI of INDIA & NAZAAN SACHAI of TURKEY. In addition, several group discussions are held for the benefit of women, living in the squalors settlements of the city. Functions such as Spring festivals, Basant celebrations & Milad functions are also held through out the year.
