Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas

Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas (SAWERA) is human rights organisation, NGO in KPK and Tribal Regions, Pakistan. It works for the welfare of women and children. It was founded in 2004 and formally registered in 2008 by Women human rights defender, Fareeda Afridi and some other like minded women and men, among the men counterparts a well known Human Rights Defender Lal Jan Afridi is one of the founding member of this women right struggle . In July 2012, Farida was killed by motorcycle borne gunmen.[1][2][3][4]

SAWERA received the 2014 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.[5]

Notes
  1. Positive Pakistanis: Sister act
  2. Militancy: A progressive voice for tribal women silenced in targeted attack
  3. Women’s Rights Activists Under Attack in Pakistan
  4. Women's rights become a fight to the death in Pakistan
  5. "2014 SAWERA winner of the Tenth Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk". Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-10.


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