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JDHR, being part of South Asia and Asia level networks of media and civil society, has been undertaking networking activities, policy advocacy work on human trafficking, migration and HIV/AIDS. It also focuses on women and children rights. It sees globalization in socio-economic perspective. JDHR professes that without a just and democratic governance, the goal of pro people development and upholding of human rights can not be achieved in our societies.
JDHR has strategic networking partnerships across South Asia and Asia and is engaged with them on peace, security, tolerance, human trafficking/migration, trade, development, human rights and other areas of common interest. Among them are South Asia Watch on Trade, Economic and Environment (SAWTEE) and Alliance against trafficking and sexual exploitation of children (ATSEC) and Asia Media Forum (AMF). JDHR has worked as a research partner in Pakistan of the Department of Geography, Zurich University, Switzerland in its NCCR-North South Research project for more than five years.
At national level networking, JDHR has worked with National Commission on Child Welfare and Development (NCCWD), the Ministry of Women Development and came up with a code of conduct for media on covering child issues. This code was adopted by the government as a document and was presented at the United Nations as a step towards protecting child rights in Pakistan. JDHR has also worked with UNICEF, FES Germany, Save the Children UK and Actionaid on rights issues. Other national levels partners included: Aurat Foundation, Sungi Foundation, Pattan, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Sustainable Agriculture Action Group (SAAG).
The JDHR provides policy briefs, position papers, handbooks on media subjects, background information on human rights and sustainable human development to media professionals for their onward flow to the general masses. The JDHR imparts training to journalists thus building their capacity and professional skills and understanding on democracy and human rights in a plural society like Pakistan.
The JDHR believes that the extremism, now gradually being contained, has badly affected the level of tolerance in Pakistani society and thus marred the dignity of human beings. Poverty has doubled the miseries of these vulnerable sections of society.
The JDHR has conducted a research study on “Trafficking in Women and Children in Pakistan” in collaboration with Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has supported this study. The JDHR’s small-scale study on “Child Pornography in Pakistan” provided a baseline for a larger study and conceptual ideas for National Plan of Action (NPA) on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. This study was shared with NCCWD, UNICEF Pakistan, NGOs, media and other stakeholders. It also contributed to a study on “Devolution of Power to gross-roots level (particularly analyzed the sectarian divide and the recently held local bodies elections) in Pakistan”. This study was conducted by Pattan Development Foundation and was published with the support of Department For International Development (DFID), UK. The JDHR conducted a research study based on fieldwork on “Child Birth Registration” for UNICEF, Pakistan.
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