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.
