Official Proclamation on Domestic Violence Law

Brief Description

In November 2016, Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) issued a Prakas (official proclamation) assigning MoWA and Provincial Departments of Women's Affairs (PDWA) officials as Judicial Police Officers (JPOs) with the authority and legal competency over the administrative area of the Domestic Violence (DV) Law of 2005. MoWA trained the JPOs on legal procedures and multi-sectoral reconciliation processes to legally protect women’s rights and continued disseminating the DV Law, reaching 2,899 people (1,970 female).