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Stakeholder Consultation on Combating Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls – Exploring Legal and Intuitional Strategies 24 June 2025

This consultation was convened under the project Exploring Legal and Social Strategies to Combat Trafficking of Women and Girls, supported by the Resilience Fund. The project seeks to identify and address the structural and operational challenges in the prevention and prosecution of human trafficking, particularly in cases involving women and girls.

Trainings of Trainers and Trickle-Down Trainings of the Punjab District Women Protection Officers (DWPOs) in Lahore and Multan on SOPs for Women Protection Centers, Key Women Protection Laws and Essential Legal Procedures May -July 2025

Dastak in collaboration with Punjab Women Protecting Authority and with the technical support of UNFPA organized a series of two-day workshops for DWPOs in Punjab on 22-23 May, 21-22 July 2025 and and 28-29 July 2025. The initiative comprised three sets of workshops. In the first workshop, 18 DWPOs were trained as trainers, who then facilitated the subsequent workshops held in Lahore and Multan, reaching the remaining DWPOs across Punjab.

16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence Campaign – 25 November to 10 December 2024

Sixteen days every year, beginning from 25 November to 10 December, are globally recognized and dedicated to raising awareness on Gender Based Violence. While Dastak works all year with the vision and mandate to respond to GBV, its team undertakes a few programs to join the annual campaign.

International Women’s Day 2024 at Dastak

Dastak organized a series of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day in 2024. Each year Dastak marks this day with thoughtfully designed and planned events that are collaborative and in line with the theme and spirit of IWD.

Dastak featured in the 2024 winter edition of Legal Women UK magazine.

Dastak featured in the 2024 winter edition of Legal Women UK magazine. Legal Women is a UK publication for all women working in law or planning to do so. It addresses equality, diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and practical initiatives…

Strengthening Ties with the Police: Meeting with Inspector General of Punjab Police – 29 December 2023

Dastak's senior representatives including Hina Jilani, Saba Shaikh and Sabahat Riaz held a meeting with the Inspector General Punjab police Usman Anwar to address certain pertinent matters related to women protection, security given to private and public emergency shelters and rights of political prisoners.
Dastak x LUMS x Punjab Women Protection Authority - Legal Experts Consultation on the Implementation of the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act 2016 June 2023Dastak x LUMS x Punjab Women Protection Authority - Legal Experts Consultation on the Implementation of the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act 2016 June 2023

Dastak x LUMS x Punjab Women Protection Authority – Legal Experts Consultation on the Implementation of the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act 2016 June 2023

Dastak in Collaboration with Punjab Women Protection Authority, Social Welfare Department and Lahore University of Management Sciences organised a two-day legal experts consultation on the implementation of the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act 2016 on 5-6 June 2023. The consultation took place at LUMS and was attended by nearly 30 legal experts from Punjab and Sindh.

Dastak x JICA II: Workshop on Communication, Mediation, Negotiation and Reconciliation for Staff of Punjab Darul Amans, HRCs and VAWCs – January 2023

January 23-25, Lahore: In a second round of collaboration with JICA, Dastak conducted a training workshop for staff of Darul Amans in Punjab, Human Rights Centres and Violence against Women Centre. The participants included the Superintendents,…

JICA x Dastak: Capacity Building Workshops for Staff of Government Darul Amans – Sep 2022

In September 2022, Dastak was engaged by JICA to carry out training workshops for staff of Darul Amans across Punjab. The workshops focused on gender sensitization, GBV Legislation and case management in Lahore, Vehari and Faisalabad. Each…

16 Days of Activism Campaign 2022 – 25 Nov to 10 Dec

Dastak carried out a series of activities as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence Campaign 2022. It carried out art workshops for women from Dastak shelter, Lahore Darul Aman and Darul-Falah as well organised a meetup…

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