{"id":69871,"date":"2026-10-22T05:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=69871"},"modified":"2026-10-22T05:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:02:23","slug":"jica-strengthening-legal-support-for-women-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/jica-strengthening-legal-support-for-women-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"JICA Strengthening Legal Support for Women in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69872\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JICA-Pakistan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JICA-Pakistan.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JICA-Pakistan-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Rawalpindi : Women Protection Center (WPC) District Rawalpindi under the ASHA Project, a JICA Project for Promoting Protection, rehabilitation and Economic Empowerment of Gender-Based Violence survivors, organized a one-day lawyers\u2019 training &amp; roundtable discussion on \u201cStrengthening the Capacity of WPC Lawyers on the Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act, 2016 (as amended in 2022).\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The event brought together panel lawyers from WPC District Rawalpindi and legal practitioners to exchange experiences and discuss ways to improve legal protection for women.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Participants highlighted key challenges in implementing the Act, including:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 Limited public awareness of available protection services<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 Social pressure faced by survivors<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 Difficulties in pursuing legal proceedings after returning to their communities<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The discussion generated several practical recommendations:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 Expand awareness-raising activities on the Act and available services<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 Establish legal support offices at the tehsil level, particularly in rural areas<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 Provide safe accommodation for women attending court hearings<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 Promote proper documentation of case proceedings, ensuring that cases are formally recorded and women\u2019s voices are not lost.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Through continued collaboration with legal professionals and government stakeholders, JICA remains committed to improving women\u2019s access to justice and reinforcing safeguarding frameworks designed to protect survivors of gender-based violence throughout Punjab.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi : Women Protection Center (WPC) District Rawalpindi under the ASHA Project, a JICA Project for Promoting Protection, rehabilitation and Economic Empowerment of Gender-Based Violence survivors, organized a one-day lawyers\u2019 training &amp; roundtable discussion on \u201cStrengthening the Capacity of WPC Lawyers on the Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act, 2016 (as amended in 2022).\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[4567,8958,2016,560,614,129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69874,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69871\/revisions\/69874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}