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Australia is assisting Pakistan to eliminate violence against women and girls
Australian High Commissioner H.E.Margaret Adamson
Government of Punjab Established first Violence against Women Centre in Multan
Australian High
Commissioner, Margaret Adamson joined Canadian High Commissioner, Heather
Cruden, the Netherlands Deputy Head of Mission, Renate Pors and members of the
Punjab Government at a ground breaking ceremony last week in Multan to
establish the Government of Punjab’s first Violence Against Women
Centre.
Ms Adamson commended the Government of Punjab on establishing the
centre which will pilot a ‘one stop shop’ model to provide safe support to
women and girls who are survivors of violence. The centre will pilot the
provision of services such as first aid, police reporting, medical examination,
collection of forensic and other evidence, psychologist evaluation, prosecution
as well as post-trauma rehabilitation all at the one location.
“It is
crucial for women and girls who have been traumatised to be able to access
services under one roof from a female-run facility 24 hours a day. Violence
against women and girls is – in all its forms – unacceptable and cannot be
tolerated, in Australia, in Pakistan, or anywhere else. That is why the
empowerment of women is a key foreign policy priority for Australia," Ms
Adamson said.
Australia is assisting Pakistan to eliminate violence
against women and girls through an AUD7.5 million program in partnership with
Trocaire in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The program provides support for
thousands of women and children affected by domestic violence. It also engages
men and community leaders to challenge discriminatory ideas about women.
Building of Violence against Women Centre in Multan (open 24 Hours)
