1.     Source of funding

Members

2.     Mission and objectives

To establish, maintain and develop a powerful and effective national organization consisting of free and democratic trade unions, independent of any external domination and pledged to the task of promoting the interests of working people throughout Pakistan and enhancing the dignity of labour. For additional aims and objectives see: http://www.pwf.org.pk/about_pwf.htm

3.     Areas of work relating to youth employment

Social dialogue

4.     Partners and areas of partnership

International Labour Organization

5.     Potential or existing partnership with the ILO

The ILO provides technical assistant to the PWF.

6.     Successful youth employment interventions

Youth Committee: One of the PWF's nine committees is focused on youth and carries out its activities to create employment opportunities for young men and women as well as to create awareness about the role of trade unions among the youth of Pakistan. The ILO office provides technical assistance to organize dialogue within PWF for looking at ways and means to promote trade unions among youth. In 2011, one dialogue, “Changing Scenario of Youth in South Asia – Issues and the way forward”, was organized with national and regional office bearers of PWF in which the ILO’s Technical Expert on Trade Unions shared sub-regional experiences on different ways to engage youth in trade union related activities

PWF also participates in emergency response activities by implementing cash for work programmes through the unemployed unskilled and semi-skilled young men and women. The ILO has provided financial support to PWF to implement cash for work activities after the 2005 and 2008 earthquakes respectively in the northern and southern parts of the country. The ILO also supported the PWF cash for work programmes after the 2010 floods across the country. In all these crises situations, PWF utilized the services of the affected young workers to provide them with emergency employment opportunities.