PCSW For Self-defense Courses For Girls

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th May, 2017 ) : Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) has suggested to institute self-defense courses for girls at senior school and college levels with the aim to groom their capacity for self-defence in harrassment situations.

In this regard,a letter has been sent to Ministry of Sports to initiate such a programme geared for safety of girls and to increase their participation in sports, a spokesman of PCSW said on Tuesday.

Chairperson PCSW Fauzia Viqar stated that apart from the physical fitness benefits of these courses,adding its a necessary skill for women "to be able to inhabit public places safely".

She further said with such training in martial arts and self-defense girls would be able to tackle harassment in public transport, at workplaces or secluded neighbourhoods.

"It would be useful for empowering women, reduce school dropout, curtail lifelong psychological distress and sufferings of women and lessen violence and harassment".