Empowering Adolescent Girls Through BISP’s SOPRAN Project: A National Initiative for Improved Nutrition
The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) held its first National Steering Committee meeting on the Adolescent Girls' Nutrition project at BISP Headquarters in Islamabad. The meeting, presided over by Mr. Naveed Akbar, Director General BISP (NSER/CCT), was organized to discuss the SOPRAN project, which leverages social protection initiatives to improve adolescent girls' nutrition and empowers them as change agents in their communities.
Key stakeholders present included representatives from GIZ, Nutrition International, CERP, provincial Departments of Education, Health, and Food Authorities, along with other national and international partners.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Naveed Akbar emphasized the critical importance of addressing the widespread malnutrition among adolescent girls i...