Handouts|February 17, 2021|

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, PROTECTION AND PARTICIPATION DISCUSSED
PSCA’S WOMEN SAFETY APP A JEWL IN THE CROWN: COO
EFFORTS MADE BY PSCA FOR WOMEN RIGHTS ARE PHENOMENAL: PARTICIPANTS
PSCA WOMEN WORKFROCE UP TO 25%: COO PSCA

Civil Societies delegation under the leadership of United Nations Population Fund visited Punjab Safe Cities Authority Qurban Lines here on Wednesday. The 15-members’ delegation was received by COO PSCA Muhammad Kamran Khan who discussed agenda points such as women safety application, women empowerment, protection, workforce participation within and through PSCA as both an organization and a law enforcement cum security-provider body in the society. He also substantiated to the UNFPA delegation the promising fact of women participation being up to 25% of the authority’s total workforce. The representatives lauded PSCA’s initiatives of providing easily accessible security on the palm of women by PSCA’s comprehensively featured android app namely the Women Safety application.
On this occasion, COO Muhammad Kamran Khan briefed the delegation that the app is loaded with features such as secured route mapping, location sharing and one-touch SOS call for immediate security provision and deployment.
He added more, It’s not possible to educate women about the app without the support of civil society. The number of people installing apps designed to protect women is growing rapidly.
Expressing views on the occasion, the civil society delegation said, It’s a good initiative to create an app for the protection of women. Civil society is always ready to provide all possible support for the awareness of the Women Safety App.
The delegation was also briefed about various sections of IC3 for a real-time functional demonstration of the integrated security platform.