We held a fascinating online event from 1-3pm on Saturday 20th November entitled ‘Women. Education and Pakistan: a conversation with Qaisra Shahraz followed by a conversation with Khwendo Kor staff’. Almost 40 people attended from around the world. We will be including a report on it in our next newsletter. Thanks to all who took part!
We’re pleased to welcome a new Trustee, Dr Sundus Yahya. Read about her on the FROK Trustees page.
OUT NOW! Read our latest Newsletter on the Publications page.
The FROK AGM took place on 27th June. The 2020-2021 Annual Report is also now available on the Publications page.
We recently held two very successful events as part of York International Women’s Week 2021. We have now launched the film that we made jointly with Khwendo Kor – FILM AND FOOD WITH ‘FROK’ – SHARING WOMEN’S PANDEMIC EXPERIENCES FROM YORK AND NW PAKISTAN.
It is publicly available on you-tube at https://youtu.be/wGWw_8Y9mBw
Don’t forget to turn on subtitles in the icon at the bottom of the screen
FROK is delighted to announce that Khwendo Kor has now been granted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Economic Affairs Division of the Government of Pakistan. This is a huge achievement. Congratulations to KK for all their hard work and perseverance!
FROK’s online autumn talk: ‘Human Writes: Pakistani Women’s Writing’ took place from 2-3pm (GMT) Saturday 14th Nov. For a report on it, please see our latest Newsletter (No 2 2020) under Publications.
Our 2019-20 Annual Report and our latest Newsletter are available on our Publications Page
Our COVID-19 Appeal is now closed having raised £5,088. Every penny goes straight to KK to support their humanitarian efforts. Thank you for all who donated.
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