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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 ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Ministry of Human Rights announced on Friday the amended Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act has officially become a law. Hundreds of cases of harassment and crimes against women are reported in Pakistan every ...

LAHORE – Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Information a Hasaan Khawar has said that Punjab government had enacted legislation against gender-based violence and harassment to end prevailing sense of insecurity among women folk. Punjab Government Spokesperson Hasaan Khawar ...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights on Monday approved the Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace (Amendment) Bill 2021, suggesting stricter punishments to the offenders, including more premises in the definition of a workplace and binding courts ...