Ramping up gender responsive policing to support the shadow pandemic of GBV in Pakistan.

Islamabad -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)joins hands with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Women to launch series of webinars on Gender and Shadow Pandemic as part of a joint Virtual Advocacy Campaign (VAC) on COVID-19 mitigation measures.

The first webinar of the series was curated on 18 June 2020 with support from the stakeholders of the Criminal Justice Institutions through a virtual exchange on 'Reporting and Underreporting of Sexual and Gender Based Violence: Gender Responsive Policing'in collaboration with the provincial Police Departments.

Inaugurating the webinar, Jeremy Milsom, Country Representative, UNODC Pakistan emphasized on the ominous nature of the 'shadow pandemic' that intensifies gender-based violence and said 'UNODC is committed to support, strengthen and implement gender responsive policing reforms to address the magnified nature of Gender Based Violence in Pakistan.'Ms. Lina Mousa, Country Representative, UNFPA Pakistan remarked 'Pre-existing vulnerabilities that subject women and girls to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence are further exacerbated during a pandemic. In this regard, UNFPA has been actively supporting the government departments and the NDMA, with a specific...