MANSEHRA: District Committee on the Status of Women, which also has representation of the deputy commissioner and district social welfare officer, on Monday decided to ensure the establishment of the female-only desk at all police stations.
“We would make it possible that a female-only desk is set up at every police station where women would never hesitate to come and freely lodge their complaints with staff of their own gender,” Shakeela Rabbani, the chairperson of the committee, told reporters after its inaugural meeting held at the district social welfare secretariat here.
The meeting, attended by the district social welfare officer, Sabir Shah, and committee members, including Nasira Bibi, Uzma Bibi, Amatul Wadood Nazli, Tabinda Umer, Chand Kanwal, Saima Ambreen, and others, decided to curb workplace harassment in public-sector departments.
The chairperson said that although the Police Department has already posted female Muharars at some police stations, this should be ensured at all facilities immediately.She said that DCSW, in its pioneer meeting, set targets to achieve and end gender disparity.
“We would ensure that anti-harassment committees are constituted in every department to check such cases at the workplace, and we would extend all sorts of support in this regard,” Shakeela said.
She said that a number of decisions which were taken in the meeting would shortly be enforced with the help of the police, health and education departments. Shakeela said that obstetric units of the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital, Rural Health Centres, and Basic Health Units would be equipped with adequate services to attract women for births.
