The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) is developing a gender tracker system to monitor cases of online harassment and the unauthorised use of images and videos of women.
A dedicated portal and digital dashboard for gender-based violence cases have already been developed and are expected to be launched soon.
The initiative was outlined during a briefing to a parliamentary committee chaired by Nafisa Shah, where NCSW Acting Chairperson Noreen Bano detailed reforms aimed at making the NCSW complaint system more accessible to women nationwide.
Baseline surveys are underway in all four provinces to reform the grievance redressal mechanism of the commission, Bano told the committee.
A key part of this effort involves rebuilding the complaint system to operate in Urdu, Sindhi, Pashto and Balochi, addressing barriers faced by women who are more comfortable filing complaints in regional languages.
The commission has also proposed deploying women lawyers in each province to assist complainants. Central to the reforms is a National Gender Dashboard that will consolidate data on the status of gender equality using 115 indicators.
This is being paired with plans for Women Facilitation Centres, one-stop facilities offering NADRA registration, passport services, healthcare, counselling and court support, with completion targeted for 2027.
On accountability, Bano said the NCSW has requested data from all provincial police chiefs to ensure timely and complete reporting on crimes against women. She added that the commission is compiling a National Gender Equality Report to accompany the dashboard once finalised.
