KHYBER: Miss Rubab Mehdi regional commissioner for protection of women against harassment at workplace, Peshawar said that \u201cviolence against women is not acceptable, nor excusable and neither tolerable anywhere in any community \u201cwhile addressing a national seminar on 16 days activism campaign to end violence against women and girls held Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Auditorium, department of Archeology, university of Peshawar last day themed \u201cRole of Media in eradication of Gender Balance Violence\u201d(GBV). She said that it is the responsibility of the media not only to report the harassment of GBV cases but also to talk about the solution as well to the survivors. Our Correspondent
\nThe Ombudsperson office, the national commission on the status of women and the Provincial commission on the status of women are the institutions where they can seek remedy and will be facilitated by her.
\nThe seminar was organized by the Aurat foundation with the collaboration of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the status of women.
\nMr. Ishfaq Ahmad Deputy Secretary, Social Welfare, Usher & zakat, special Education and women Empowerment, Miss Shabina Ayaz Resident Director Aurat Foundation,Doctor Riffat sardar chairperson KPCSW , Mr. Faiz Ullah khan Chairman of the department of Mass Communication, university of Peshawar, Miss Riffat Shah spokesperson Peshawar Institute of Cardiology, Professor Doctor Kaneez Fatima Haider member of KPCSW, Mr. Ali Imran and Doctor Irfan also spoke on the occasion and said that gender based violence cannot be tolerated at any level and in any form.
\nSum up the whole discussion in the seminar, \u201ca collaborative approach, that combines sensitive reporting together with advocacy, sensitization, and support for media personnel would contribute a lot in public awareness regarding women rights, the relevant laws, which ultimately helpful in elimination of gender-based violence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KHYBER: Miss Rubab Mehdi regional commissioner for protection of women against harassment at workplace, Peshawar said that \u201cviolence against women is not acceptable, nor excusable and neither tolerable anywhere in any community \u201cwhile addressing a national seminar on 16 days activism campaign to end violence against women and girls held Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Auditorium, department […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n