war against rape

WAR advocates for best practices to prevent & respond to GBV

WAR Introduction

War Against Rape (WAR) is registered since 1989 under the Societies Registration Act,1860. WAR is  certified by The i-Care Foundation USA. WAR has assisted in the successful prosecution of crimes of sexual violence in a hostile climate and provided assistance to survivors of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) and their families. WAR has also advocated for the rights of survivors (women and minors), fair and impartial trials, access to health-care services (including reproductive health rights), and trauma counseling. WAR has a robust advocacy, capacity-building and awareness-raising component through which it reaches out to communities across Karachi for dialogue to improve local responses to prevent sexual violence including harassment, conducts technical and sensitization trainings for police officials, medico-legal staff, judiciary, relevant government departments’ staff, NGOs/CBOs, media, secondary care-givers, and works towards legal and procedural reforms in the relevant sectors.