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Article: (Consultation meeting of proposed bill on sexual harassment held).
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
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- October 19, 2008
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Islamabad, October 18 (PPI): Federal Minister for Women Development Ms Sherry Rehman chaired a stakeholders consultation meeting here Saturday to discuss the draft legislation on sexual harassment titled Protection for Women from Harassment Act. The consultative session was attended by the secretaries of the Women Development Ministry, the Law Ministry and the Ministry for Labour and Manpower, along with representatives of leading civil society organisations for women. The proposed Bill is drafted by the Women Development Ministry along with the AASHA, a network of CSOs working against sexual harassment. Todays meeting was a part of our commitment to screen and analyse ...