Who We Are
SPARC was registered in December 1992 as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860. Using international standards as a yardstick, SPARC works to promote and protect the rights of children through awareness-raising, advocacy supported by research, service delivery and human and institutional development.Over the years SPARC has increased its outreached in three provinces. Punjab , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh.
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Man Accused of Molesting Schoolgirls
Imran, the husband of a teacher at a non-formal education school in Gujranwala, Pakistan, was arrested for sexually abusing multiple young female students over several years. He used his position running a canteen at the school to exploit the victims aged 11-14.
KP's Climate Vulnerable Children
The province has borne the brunt of climate change over the past decade, and it has proven devastating for children who are often missed by those making policies and those taking action for disaster risk reduction
‘Monsoon brides’: Extreme weather fuels child marriages in Sindh
As monsoon rains were about to break over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money, a decision their parents made to help the family survive the threat of floods.
Protecting children
Undoubtedly, the time to identify and plug the many glitches in social protection policies, such as the easy provision of birth certificates for newborns, is now. Without a basic databank of children, all measures by the state are doomed to fail.
Committee formed to review foreign funding received by NGOs
The federal cabinet has notified the formation of a committee to review foreign funding received by both international and domestic nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), it emerged on Wednesday.