Tag: Gender based violence
Digital Rights Foundation launches legal portal ‘Ab Aur Nahin’
LAHORE: The Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has launched a pro bono online portal for women seeking legal representation and psychological counselling in cases of harassment...
Human Rights Day jointly celebrated by Ministry of Human Rights, UN...
-Steadfastness of survivors termed as inspiration for drive against gender-based violence
ISLAMABAD: Rich tributes were paid to the brave survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) for...
Gender-based violence court awards life sentence to child rapist
A gender-based violence court has handed life imprisonment and a fine to the tune of Rs500,000 to a man convicted of raping a minor...
HR activists, lawyers urged to curb gender-based violence
HARIPUR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council Chairman Malik Khaliqdad Advocate said that there is need of a close relationship between lawyers and human rights activists...
Aurat Foundation Launch of 16 Day Activism Campaign
LAHORE: USAID Consul General Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau said that there’s no doubt that we all live under the threat of violence, including the men and...
Women in Pakistan relying on social media to fight gender-based violence
Last month, Sarah Gill – a 27-year-old Pakistani trans activist who is about to become Pakistan’s first transgender doctor – sent out a distress...
Govt to provide housing to victims of gender violence
LAHORE: Punjab Commission on Status of Women (PCSW), Social Welfare Department (SWD) and Bait-ul- Maal Department signed MoU to set up Transitional Housing for...
