Mumkin Alliance

Year of establishment and Registered Act:

MUMKIN Alliance-Punjab was established in 2009 by the collective efforts of 15 provincial, national and international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that were working to combat violence against women for many years in Punjab. With the passage of time, many other Women Rights Organizations (WROs), Individuals, Lawyers, Media, Academia, and Individuals joined the
Alliance. At present 20 WROs are parts of the alliance apart from individualsMUMKIN Alliance is not a registered alliance but a volunteer network that keeps on rotating every 2 years or so on.

Geographical Location & Networks

MUMKIN Alliance is a Provincial Network (In Punjab) and at present, its Secretariat is based in District Lahore. Alliance has close working relationships with other organizations & networks like Home Net Pakistan, P & J Network, and JAC etc. Apart from having affiliates from Lahore, Alliance has close working relationships and outreach to other Districts like Kasur, Sialkot, Multan, and Bahawalpur and organizations named Ittihad Foundation, BaidarieSialkot, PRWSO-Bahawalpur, and Roshni Welfare Organization Multan.

Thematic Areas

Since the inception of MUMKIN Alliance in the year 2009, its core precedence and concentration was Gender-Based Violence (GBV) i.e. Domestic Violence. With the passage of time, Alliance emerged as a strong and resilient network of CSOs, media, academia, government departments, and others to combat GBV from all domains and opted for horizontal to vertical strategies.

At present, Alliance is focusing on four thematic areas:

• Combating Gender Based Violence (GBV) & VAW(ThePunjabProtection of Women Against Violence Act 2016)
  Preventing Child Marriages (Punjab Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Act, 2015)
• Ensure women representation in Local Government System (Punjab Local Government Act 2021)
• Protection of Women Home based Workers (Punjab Home Based Workers’ (HBWs’) Bill 2015)

Advocacy and Partnership Strengths:

Keeping in view the alarming situation of VAW and a visible increase of crimes against women, Alliance aims to join hands to raise women’s voices vehemently and prominently for a deeper impact. Alliance also intends to work as referral cooperation between government and civil society organizations to mediate for public-private partnership in order to provide support and facilitation to access medical, legal, psychosocial services. Alliance has adversely advocated for having effective legislation & policies and its implementation in the areas of GBV, political rights of women mainly under the premise of local & national governance, child marriages, and HBWs.

• Below are some of the strategies those Alliance choses as:-Awareness raising & sensitization -Advocacy & campaigning-Organization and mobilization
  Media briefings & press conferences, press releases-Partnering with other networks and movements
• Coordination & associations with academia-Affiliating with concerned government departments & institutions
• Consultations & Conferences-Engendering researches and position papers -Visiting concerned governmental & private departments and institutions for knowledge sharing
• Originating or participating in demonstrations, protests, sit-ins, vigils etc.