The Women Development Department (WDD) is set to commemorate International Women's Day on 8th March, 2024 with a theme "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress." We are honored to have Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif as our chief guest for the event. Ms. Sumaira Samad, Secretary, WDD emphasized the importance of recognizing and appreciating women's invaluable contributions to society and reiterated the department's dedication to fostering gender equality through various initiatives
Women Development Department (WDD) organized a consultative session on the topic titled to “Address the Issues Related to Women in Prison” on January 30th, 2024, under the chair of Secretary WDD where various Government departments, civil society organizations and people from academia participated. The purpose of the session was to analyze current situation of women in prisons in Punjab, identification of their key challanges, review of existing policies/rules and recommendations for developing a mechanism for addressing their issues.