History

In 1996, Tahir Khilji was working on a women's health mapping project in Lahore, when he realized that there was a sizable community of zenanas in the city. Zenanas identify themselves with women, although they can be physically classified as men. Zenanas consitute a marginalized community. As such, they often do not have access to basic health information.

Vision stepped in to fill this gap.

In 1997, Vision was registered with the Government of Pakistan as a non-profit organization, working in areas of Public Health and Human rights.

Goals and objectives

Our goals and objectives reflect our Vision:

• Create awareness regarding the dangers of child abuse and molestation.
• Generate action, based on community initiative, where parents and teachers take charge to prevent abuse and molestation of children in their care
• Initiate community-based projects geared towards health awareness in Zenana communities
• Generate awareness and action to combat human trafficking
• Encourage networking amongst organizations working on similar issues, thereby making it easier for them to share information and resources
• Assisting the capacity-building efforts of organizations in South Asia.