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LAHORE: Women Ombudsperson Punjab Nabila Hakim Khan heard cases of harassment of women at work places in her office and served notices on those responsible for harassment in the relevant institutions. In a press release issued Tuesday by the Women ...

Annual report of the office of the Federal Ombudsperson Secretariat for Protection against Harassment (FOSPAH) launched a few days ago shows a massive increase in workplace harassment cases. Although billed as annual report, it covers a four-year period. As few ...

President Arif Alvi has called for economic and financial empowerment, property rights, health and nutrition, coupled with quality education and skills and a harassment-free workplace to motivate the women who make up almost 50 per cent of the population to ...

Historically, women have been disadvantaged financially and in access to education. This affects their ability to manage risks and harms. Improving how risk and safety issues are communicated to women and sharing ways in which their other counterparts have taken ...

The amended Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act is now a law. The widely welcomed bill was initiated and drafted by the Federal Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) led by Minister Shireen Mazari, with consultation and input ...