President's Message Dr. A. Q. Khan (NI & Bar, HI) SACHET will be completing two years of its life in May 2001. During this brief period it has made significant inroads into the CSOs family in Islamabad and the adjoining areas. It is a matter of pride that SACHET initiated and is now running thirty-five projects for community welfare, vocational training, health care, and poverty alleviation. Its Tele-series Gender Watch alone made an impact on people's thinking regarding gender differences, wherever the PTV and PTV signals reached. Many of the episodes were picked up by various organizations for use in their activities. The SACHET Newsletter is meant to facilitate cross-fertilization of ideas, exchange of information, promote learning and elicit feedback from clients and peers. I consider it an important step towards the growth of SACHET and its various programs. I will watch its progress with great interest and extend my best wishes to this venture. AGEHI AGEHI Resource Center,established by Dr. Rakhshinda Perveen, the founder Executive Director, SACHET. AGEHI is an acronym standing for Advocates of Gender, Education and Health Information. AGEHI itself is an Urdu word bearing meanings like Knowledge, Awareness, Perception and Insight. The objective of AGEHI is to advocate for gender sensitization, education and health promotion by disseminating information. AGEHI aims to achieve its broad objective through IEC, networking and research. The intended beneficiaries are the students from remote areas of Pakistan, young professionals and researchers, media personnel and program managers working in the areas of gender, education and health. SACHET Society for the Advancement of Community, Health, Education and Training (SACHET) established by the renowned scientist Dr. A. Q. Khan ( NI & Bar, HI) in Islamabad in May 1999, is striving to promote human development in Pakistan with an innovative and immaculate approach. SACHET's mandated objectives are as follows: To promote gender awareness and sensitivity in Pakistan To narrow gender gaps in health, education and economic participation To promote economic empowerment of the underprivileged To promote awareness and sensitivity about sexual and reproductive health rights, information education, and service

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