MWDO is established in September 1994 and registered in 1995 is a non- profit, non-government humanitarian organization. Dr. Parveen Ashraf and Ms. Yasmeen Karim initiated, later on many intellectuals who are the founding members formed the group. It is an organization of professionals from various parts of Pakistan working in different sectors of development who believe in human dignity and equal rights of all fractions of the society regardless to their, sex, faith, racial, ethnic, class, political affiliations. International advisers extend their voluntary expertise from time to time. With a corps of volunteers and limited number of staff MWDO undertakes its different activities to develop and strength human rights norms, and track social, political, economic discriminations and its influences, and link the information to influence policy. MWDO supports social change to construct a more equitable and just society.