DG Salman Sufi of Chief Minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit is inaugurating the first Violence Against Women Centre (VAWC) of South Asia in Multan on the 25th of March 2017 along with official ambassadors Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Rubina Shaheen.
Meekal Hassan Band is officially on board with SRU and will be performing live at the VAWC inauguration; the performance will pay reverence to all the women who have suffered and are victims of acts of violence. The band is collaborating with the Strategic Reforms Unit to create a platform for women, whereby providing them a space to display their musical talent, and raise their voice against all acts of violence.
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The Violence Against Women Centres are the implementation arm of the Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Bill 2016, drafted and initiated by the Chief Minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit/Special Monitoring Unit. The VAWC presents a unified platform for all justice delivery measures required by victims of violence to put an end to all forms of Violence Against Women in the province.
