Directory of Service Providers for Women and Children.
This is a handbook for the citizens of Pakistan particularly women and girls to get reference
of laws related to the rights and protection of women and children as well as information
about service providers in the hour of need. The booklet presents particular sections of
laws from Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) 1908, Criminal Procedure Code 1898 (CrPC), Civil
Procedure Code (CPC) and Family Laws supporting the protection of women and their
rights. Thus they are referred to as pro women law. Moreover specific sections of laws
related to Human Trafficking, Bonded Labour, Smuggling of Migrants and
Electronic/Cybercrimes and other national laws related to the rights of women and children
are also included in this document.
The second section of the booklet contains information about various government
departments, civil society organizations and private service providers serving the needs of
women and children in distress. Care has been taken to include only those pieces of
information about departments/organizations which are already public unless consent has
been received from the relevant organizations. The broad categories of service providers
include Police Offices in major cities, Shelter Homes for Women and Children, Legal Aid
Providers, Psychological Counselors, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) working to
support women and children and private Legal Aid Providers.
The idea of this document was conceived by International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
(INL) and developed by Rozan with INL’s financial support. We extend our deepest gratitude
to all the organizations and individuals who supported us in developing this document. We
acknowledge the devoted efforts by Syed Ali Salman, (Senior Manager – Rozan) for
leading the overall process to develop this document as well as Ms. Fozia Mohmand,
(Program Officer – Rozan) for her hard work to compile the information in this booklet.