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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,…

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…

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…

A campaign by Dastak اپنے ساتھ اپنا مستقبل بھی سنواریں ۔

In 2022, Dastak launched a campaign among beauticians and small beauty parlor workers in Lahore to raise awareness about the women's rights related to marriage as well as existing Prevention, Protection, Response (PPR) services in Punjab. During…

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…

Mutual Learning and Training Workshops on Improving Outcomes of Criminal Litigation in Gender Based Violence Cases – 11th and 12th August 2021

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…

Workshop on Education for Children in Punjab Prisons – 22nd to 24th June 2021

The Child Rights Unit at Dastak conducted refresher training workshops for Punjab Prisons psychologists under its initiative, ‘Education for Children in Prisons (Punjab)’ for the Juvenile Justice program, running since 2019. 10 psychologists…

International Women’s Day Celebration – 8th March 2021

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.…

Training Workshop on Juvenile Justice for Legal Practitioners – 26th February to 5th March 2021

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…

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