Gender Based Violence
Thursday, 4 April 2019
Lahore School of Economics Placement Office in
collaboration with the Punjab Government Chief Minister’s Office team arranged a session on 22 March 2019 to
educate the students regarding gender based violence. It was part of the Punjab
Government’s awareness campaign. The session started off with explaining the
different types of violence and the gender inequality that prevails in our
society.
Ms Nida Ch talked about the definition of violence; and what
comes under this definition. She talked about general everyday life examples
where women rights are violated and they are subject to harassment and how to
deal with it effectively. She also talked about acid victims and forced
marriages. It is a common practice in our society that women rights are
violated without even recognizing that it is violence. The society as a whole
needs to work towards providing a safe environment for women for economic
growth and development of Pakistan.
Ms Fatima Khalid briefed the students about the initiatives taken
by the Government of Punjab to improve justice delivery services for survivors
of gender based violence and showed important helplines where any such issues
can be reported.
Labels: awareness campaign, chief minister office, Gender based violence
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