The ethical guidelines are being implemented with assistance from a working group named 'Hurmat' (which, in Urdu, means 'respect') and has five city chapters across Pakistan with Rozan as its secretariat and training organization.

Objectives

1. Increase endorsement of the code by private and public institutions that offer support to female survivors through building capacity and awareness
2. Act as a pressure group to challenge organizations that handle survivors unethically.

Hurmat Members

The Hurmat network presently consists of twenty-four endorsing organizations. These are:

• War Against Rape (WAR), Lahore
• Struggle for Change (SACH), Islamabad
• Rural Development Project, Haripur
• Dost Welfare Foundation, Peshawar
• Khwendo Kor, Peshawar
• Aurat Foundation, Islamabad
• Aurat Foundation, Peshawar
• Dastak, Lahore
• Save the Children Sweden , Peshawar
• International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), Islamabad
• Government Crisis Center , Islamabad
• Rozan, Islamabad
• Amal, Islamabad
• Save the Children USA , Islamabad
• Cavish Development Foundation, Islamabad
• DHQ Hospital , Rawalpindi
• Lawyers for Human Rights & Legal Aid (LHRLA), Karachi
• Aahung, Karachi
• Village Shad Abad Welfare Organization, Sindh
• Pirbhat, Sindh
• Oasis Foundation, Quetta
• Society for Empowering Human Resources (SEHER), Quetta
• Mera Ghar, Peshawar
• Panah Shelter Home, Karachi

Endorsing the guidelines

Organizations and professionals working with survivors can endorse the guidelines through the endorsement form.

• Click here to download the ethics endorsement form (11kB PDF file).

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