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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, Wardens, Law Officers and Psychologists from these institutions. The workshop consisted of 11 technical sessions spread over three days […]

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 with government representatives from the Punjab Assembly and Chief Ministers Office to give an opportunity to […]

Dastak signed an MOU with the Anti-Harassment Gender Crime Cell and Victims Support Centre, Punjab Police – 12 August 2022 – Lahore

Qila Gujjar Sindh police Station, Lahore:   Dastak Charitable Trust entered into an MOU with the Anti-Harassment Gender Crime Cell and Victims Support Centre, Punjab Police created under the Capital City Police, Investigation Wing to strengthen the rule of law and legal protection in sexual, domestic and GBV cases. The objective of the collaboration was to mutually assist each […]

Community Paralegal Training Manual

Monitoring and Protecting the Legal Rights of Women and Girls and Improving their Access to Justice. PREFACE Paralegals have proved to be a valuable support for women’s access to justice and provide not only an important source of information and awareness on processes for relief, but also empower communities and enhance their self-sufficiency. In its […]

Annual Report on Children in Punjab Prisons 2021

10 June 2022 – CIPP Report is a statistical and observational analysis of the child population that enters the prison system every year in the Punjab. The purpose of this report is to present a comprehensive picture of the condition of children in prison. The statistics on which this report is based are received from the Home […]

Community Paralegals Training Program 2021

Dastak designed a module on Muslim family laws related to divorce, maintenance of wife and children, khula and divorce, custody of children etc. Using community contacts, social activists were selected from Lahore and Multan to undergo a rigorous three day training on the module. The training equipped them with relevant knowledge related to local laws […]

Bunyadi Qanooni Rehnumai

A pamphlet on basic legal awareness, designed as part of Dastak’s campaign ‘Tashadad se Tahafaz Tak’. It provides a step-by step guide to seeking legal assistance in case of gender-based violence. [pdf-embedder url=”https://dastak.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bunyadi-Qanooni-Rehnumai.pdf”]

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