PCSW Annual Report 2016

The Government of Punjab has taken multiple administrative, legislative and policy measures through
Women Empowerment Packages 2012, 2014 and 2016. These measures have reinforced the Government’s
commitment to securing women’s political, social and economic rights in Punjab. Key legal
amendments and laws passed in Punjab since devolution include Punjab Land Revenue (Amendment) Act
and Rules 2012, Punjab Partition of Immovable Property Act 2012, Protection Against Harassment of
Women at the Workplace Act 2012; Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Act 2014; and Punjab
Protection of Women against Violence Act, 2016.