GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEPAKISTANMEASURESSHAHEED BENAZIR BHUTTO CENTERS FOR WOMEN
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Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Centers for Women
Type of Measure
Services > Social services > Shelter Safe accommodation
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual violence
Year
2009
Brief Description

As at September 2009, the Ministry of Women Development had established 25 Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Centers for Women in order to provide relief/support to women victims of violence. These centers provide services including free legal advice to women victims of violence. The centers are open 24hrs a day and there is a universal access number available to victims of violence in order to obtain prompt access to the shelters. The centers provide shelter for up to 24hrs after which victims are referred to "Darul Aman" (Centers for women victims of violence established under the Provincial Women Development Departments).

Source of Information
Response of the Government of Pakistan to the questionnaire on violence against women, September 2009
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