Working Women Hostels
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| Where can I find Working Women Hostels? |
| Working Women hostels can be found in Lahore (Model Town, Gulshan-e-Ravi, Township and Lawrence Road), Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Multan, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad, Khana Road), Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Vehari, Rahim Yar Khan. |
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| Who can stay in Working Women Hostels? |
| The women who intend to get residency in Working Women Hostel must be a Working lady working in Government or Private sector. Working Women having domicile of same district are not entertained. Local working ladies are not preferred. |
Punjab Day Care Fund Society
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| Which organization can apply for opening a Day Care Center? |
| All public sector organization, and not for forfeit organization in Punjab are eligible. |
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| How to establish a Day Care Center? |
- Application from along with complete check list to be submitted to PDCF Society
- Approval from EC and BoG of PDCF Society
- Disbursement of 1st Installment according to the approved category of DCC
- Remaining installment to be released after the satisfactory report
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| What are the check list for opening a Day Care Center? |
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Public Sector
- Provide organization details
- Bank account details
- Proposed map for DCC
- Size of DCC (in sq.ft)
- Building reading certificate
- Singed proposal by competent authority
Private Sector
- Provide organization details
- Updated registration certificate
- Bank account details
- National Tax Number (NTN)
- Permission of DCC owned / rented by organization
- Proposed map for DCC
- Size of DCC (in sq.ft)
- Required financial demand of establishment of DCC
- Quotations of items for DCC
- Signed proposal by competent authority
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Functions and Services
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| What are functions of Women Development Department? |
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Our functions under the Punjab Government Rules of Business, 2011:
- Legislation, policy formulation and sectoral planning for women development.
- Transformation of the Government into an organization that actively practices and promotes gender equality and women empowerment
- Implementation of administrative and institutional reforms and departmental restructuring for promoting gender equality
- Mainstreaming gender equality perspective across public policies, laws, programs, and projects by departments and agencies of the Government with a focus on women empowerment
- Promotion, co-ordination and monitoring of execution of national and provincial policies and commitments on gender reforms and women development
- Provision of technical support and expertise for gender mainstreaming in all departments of the Government and its agencies
- Expansion of investment in women’s socio-political and economic development to achieve the goal of gender equity
- Collection of quantitative and qualitative data and conducting of research on the status of women in the Punjab to highlight issues at appropriate fora
- Building of partnership with line departments, non-governmental and civil society organizations to deliver on the rights and entitlement of women
- Pursuance of means and measures to increase participation of women in political process and encouragement of effective representation of women in political and administrative spheres
- Collaboration with legal, judicial, law enforcement and other relevant governmental and non-government agencies to facilitate women’s access to formal legal and justice system
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| What are services provided by Women Development Department? |
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Women Development department is providing following services:
- Women Helpline 1043 for women related issues
- Creating awareness at grass root level regarding initiatives taken by government for women Empowerment
- Providing safe and secure residency to Working Women of Govt and private sector in Working Women Hostels established in 12 Districts
- Facilitating Working Women having Children by providing Day Care Services throughout Punjab
- Tanning workshop and Seminar related to gender issues
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