About DASTAK Foundation
DASTAK Women Rights and Awareness Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation working towards feminist movement building, feminist climate justice and sexuality, gender, health and rights. Rooted in Pakistan and guided by decolonial principles, we aim to build a grassroots movement to strengthen sexual and gender-based violence prevention, advance sexual and reproductive health and rights and integrate indigenous wisdom into global movement towards gender and climate justice. We work across Pakistan and curate safe and brave spaces to make the local global. We are focusing in SDG 5, 13 and 16.
DASTAK'S GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
2024 has been the year of making the local global. DASTAK Foundation was able to take the experiences and lived realities of grassroots communities to global platforms and conferences. We were at the COP29, Sexual Violence Research Initiative, AWID Forum and other such spaces to connect, heal and rise, together. Here is to feminist movement building!
DASTAK'S FOOTPRINT IN PAKISTAN
From the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan to the coasts of Sindh, from the vibrant cities of Punjab to the resilient communities of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, DASTAK Foundation's work reached every corner of the country. Through our core thematic areas we are resisting against oppression/injustice, holding ourselves/society accountable, driving meaningful change, building brave spaces, and fostering feminist futures across Pakistan's diverse landscape.
DASTAK Foundation's work on feminist climate justice initiated with the unprecedented 2022 floods. The Dignity Campaign and For You Maa campaign supported 20,000 menstruating individuals and 500 pregnant women. DASTAK Foundation is working with core stakeholders in the gender and climate fraternity.
DASTAK Foundation's work on Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights expands across various districts and communities. We are working on Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights through an intersectional lens in order to break the silos of conversation around comprehensive sexuality education and menstrual health and hygiene in Pakistan.
DASTAK Foundation's Amplify Feminism initiative is building a feminist justice movement in the country. The program works with survivors of sexual and gender-based violence to lead the feminist movement in the country through an intersectional lens. We are healing and building the community, one step at a time.