Harassment issues: G-B lawyers undergo training

The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in collaboration with Mehergarh:

A Center for Learning conducted a two-day training programme on “Protection against harassment of women at the workplace act 2010” that started on January 28, said a press release issued on Saturday.

Participants mainly included lawyers from Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). The programme was also attended by the presidents of the Gilgit and Skardu bar associations. Amna Ansari, opposition leader in the legislative assembly of G-B, also attended the programme. The participants found the training very informative and expressed their commitment to work for implementation of anti-sexual harassment laws in G-B.

A day after the completion of the programme, a meeting was organised with the Anti-Harassment Committee of the National Database and Registration Authority to learn from their experience of handling sexual harassment cases. The committee provided valuable suggestions to the group of lawyers for conducting inquiries into such cases. 

Published in The Express Tribune, February 1^st, 2015.