PAKISTAN | ASIA
Women Complaint Centers (Sindh)
Type of Measure
Services > Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence;
Other harmful practices;
Sexual violence
Year
2017
Brief Description
The Government of Sindh has established Women Complaint Centres (WCC) and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Centre for Women through which, during last two years, more than five hundred victims ranging from victims of domestic violence and honour killing rape, acid throwing to child custody and dissolution of marriage have been given legal aid and sociopsychological counselling. They have also provided 154 women with Psychosocial counselling in cases of VAW, 150 women received psycho-therapeutic counselling, 64 received legal counselling and 27 received free legal aid. Besides Seven complaint cells also respond to victims of gender-based violence. In addition, Safe homes and protection centres have also been established at district level under the supervision of the Deputy Commissioners of the districts, to provide shelter and relief to women victims of violence.
Source of Information
Pakistan's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.19 and p.45
For more information: Women and Child Protection Cell
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