Pehchaan was set up as a Rozan program in late 1999 "to promote the creation of a gender sensitive society, where the rights of men, women, youth and children are respected."

Objectives

• To enhance the capacity of organizations and individuals to work towards gender justice at the personal, professional, and national levels through awareness raising, human resource development, and research.
• To develop and strengthen Rozan into a resource center that provides training, research, awareness raising, and advocacy on gender issues.
• To provide a forum for gender-aware organizations and individuals to facilitate the sharing of experiences and the developing of linkages.

Currently Pehchaan is not active as a program. However, Rozan continues performing Pehchaan's activities because gender is a cross-cutting theme and an integral part of all Rozan's programs.

1. Gender sensitizing workshops are offered on request of various organizations.
2. Rozan also produced a " Checklist to Facilitate Gender Sensitivity of Relief and Reconstruction Efforts for Survivors of the Earthquake in Pakistan " in collaboration with UNFPA to facilitate gender mainstreaming in various relief operations during the emergency phase.

Pehchaan Activities 1999-2005

The following is a summary of activities carried out by Pehchaan when it was an active program:

• Gender awareness & analysis trainings and workshops for organizations, communities, and individuals.
• Training of Trainers (TOT) for new and existing gender trainers (based on needs identified) that incorporated issues of violence against women and self-growth.
• Orientations and self-growth workshops for students.
• A quarterly newsletter for gender activists and trainers that provides informative and insightful articles on gender and related issues.
• A resource centre that contained material on gender for internal and external use for various organizations.
• Links to a national and regional network of gender activists and trainers.
• Action research