Awareness & Clinical Education
PLUS takes a comprehensive stance in safeguarding and promoting the fundamental rights of all individuals, alongside fostering awareness and understanding of these rights. This dual focus is achieved through a series of awareness clinics and sessions organized by PLUS, aimed at legally educating marginalized communities. These initiatives directly tackle the primary challenges encountered by these groups, offering guidance on their legal rights and remedies as prescribed by the law.
CAPACITY BUILDING TRAININGS ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OF POLICE OFFICIALS
The Pakistan Legal United Society (PLUS), is a partner organization with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD), from 2024 PLUS successfully organizing “Legal Capacity Building Training on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.” The sensitization trainings specifically designed for numerous stakeholders including Police in Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Karachi. With the objective of enhancing their understanding of the Sindh Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2018 (SEPDA) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). As a series of capacity-building sessions, PLUS conducted training sessions at police training institutions across Sindh between October and November 2025, including Shahdadpur, Saidabad, and Larkana Training Centers respectively. In total, seven sessions were held, reaching 900 police personnel. Of these participants, 867 were male and 33 were female, reflecting growing engagement across different training centers. These sessions’ strengthened awareness and understanding among police officers about the rights of PWDs and SEPDA Act 2018, while ensuring broad outreach within the law enforcement community.
