Dastak organised a workshop in Lahore for prosecutors, lawyers and police officers from Lahore and Multan on methods to guarantee dispensation of justice for survivors of gender based violence. The workshop, led by Human Rights Watch Country Representative Saroop Ijaz, outlined the lacunae in laws related to GBV as well as institutional weaknesses and societal […]

Dastak celebrated International women’s Day with the residents this year on March 08, 2021 in a very unique way. The residents were given the opportunity to visit a bakery in Lahore that goes by the name of Go Flour. Go Flour, run by Ms. Asma Shah is a social enterprise that trains local women from […]

The Child Rights Unit at Dastak recently conducted training workshops for legal practitioners under its current project, titled: Juvenile Justice – Reformative Education and Monitoring of Prisons (Punjab). 24 advocates engaged in the criminal legal system, hailing from Punjab’s districts of Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur were trained on the rights of the juveniles under […]