HUJRA is a not-for-profit, non- political, non-ethnic and development oriented local organization working in North West Frontier Province and FATA of Pakistan. HUJRA was established in 1997 and registered in 1998 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. The main thematic areas of HUJRA are eradication of poverty; gender mainstreaming, education, health, livilhood, disaster managment and conservation of natural resources. The word “Hujra” means a traditional common space of a Pukhtoon Society, which is an important traditional social institution for collective decision making, conflict resolution, information sharing and social development.