Punjab Commission on the Status of Women

[2] PCSW engages in research, advocacy, redressal, accountability, rehabilitation, awareness, capacity building, and monitoring to achieve the objectives of women's empowerment and preventing gender based violence.

It mainly works and lobbies with lawmakers, parliamentarians and other decision-makers for promotion of laws and regulations aimed at empowering women in the social, economic and political spheres.

[3] In this regard, an employment facilitation centre was set up that helped to train women job-seekers in job search, CV writing, and protection against harassment at workplace.

PCSW provides analysis and insight into gender disparity existing in government institutions with the help of data collected from provincial departments and district offices.

[20] PCSW in collaboration with the Urban Unit developed a web-based Gender Management Information System (GMIS) on the status of women in Punjab province, which is an online database of sex-disaggregated data on 274 indicators across six thematic areas, including, Demographics, Governance, Health, Education, Justice, Economic Participation & Opportunities.

PCSW in collaboration with the Social Welfare and Baitul Maal Department (SWD) signed an MoU to provide a transitional housing facility to the victims of domestic violence.

It also provides training on different topics like pro-women laws, entrepreneurship, mental health, and confidence-building, and organizes individual psycho-social and group therapy sessions.