Panah plays a pivotal role in providing an option for women who want to escape violence and lead a life with dignity. Panah accommodates women who are under duress as a result of exercising their choice in marriage or divorce, forced marriages, victims of domestic violence. As well as sexual abuse, assault, exploitation, and under threat of honour killing or women seeking temporary refuge from other social injustices.

Violence against women in Pakistan remains a very common occurrence. Often resulting from forced and child marriages, this abuse is detrimental for the mental and physical health of the victim. With low levels of education and awareness prevailing, women subjected to such human rights violations and gender inequality are often helpless and forced to remain with their abusers.

Panah maintains an open door policy for all women victims /survivors of violence, i.e. they can approach Panah personally, through the police system, court orders, NGOs or via referrals.