Peshawar
\nAawaz II programme in collaboration with the KP Commission on Status of Women marked the global campaign on 16 Days of Activism against GBV by organizing a Provincial Consultation on GBV Referral Pathways on Tuesday 6th December in Peshawar.
\nIt brought together about 60 activists from Swabi, Haripur, Swat, Battagram, Mansehra, Mardan, Charsadda, Kohat and Peshawar. Senor representatives of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Department, the KP Child Protection & Welfare Commission and the KP Ombudsperson for Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace attended the event.
\nIn her opening remarks Dr. Riffat Sardar, Chair KP Commission on Status of Women & Aawaz Provincial Forum in KP said: \u201cMapping services is essential for improving access to them.\u201d She also reaffirmed the commitment of the KP Government in reducing gender-based violence, and cited the passage of the Domestic Violence law as an example of this commitment. Mr. Ijaz Khan, Deputy Chief of KP Child Protection & Welfare Commission said that Child Protection Units are staff and functional in 12 districts.
\nMoreover, a Zumangkor for girls has also been established. He requested communities to use the Commission\u2019s helpline 1121 to report child protection cases. Ms. Warda Latif, Deputy Secretary, Social Welfare & Women\u2019s Empowerment said that the Bolo helpline is operational in five districts and efforts are afoot to extend it across the province. Ms. Nuzhat Taskeen, Senior Legal Officer, KP Ombudsperson said that they have the mandate to focus on two areas: sexual harassment of women at the workplace and property matters.
\nAn activist from Swabi shared a case of domestic violence in which the survivor was not aware of the procedure to file an FIR. Through the assistance of Aawaz II an FIR was filed and the perpetrator arrested.
\nA short video on the prevention of early age marriage in Mansehra due to Aawaz II efforts was also shown. From Charsadda a community activist shared that the FIA did not respond to their complaint about online harassment of a young girl. Many participants emphasized the need for behaviour change to ensure zero tolerance on gender-based violence.
\nDr. Yasmin Zaidi, Team Lead Aawaz II \u2013 British Council said that prevention, protection and prosecution are the three P\u2019s of GBV. Ms Maariya Rehman, Deputy Country Director British Council, Pakistan said that, \u201cwith the platform of Aawaz II, we are encouraging everyone to get involved: to amplify voices to reduce and prevent violence against women and girls and protect women\u2019s rights.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peshawar Aawaz II programme in collaboration with the KP Commission on Status of Women marked the global campaign on 16 Days of Activism against GBV by organizing a Provincial Consultation on GBV Referral Pathways on Tuesday 6th December in Peshawar. It brought together about 60 activists from Swabi, Haripur, Swat, Battagram, Mansehra, Mardan, Charsadda, Kohat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-299963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n