The 10-month project aims to enhance civic space, particularly media freedoms that are critical for the promotion and protection of the rights of vulnerable populations across all 536 tehsils/sub-districts in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
ISLAMABAD, April 9, 2021: Federal and provincial governments need to expand the pandemic relief programs and improve their accessibility by easing down the eligibility criteria to mitigate the immediate risks for women and prevent exacerbation of the existing gender gaps during ongoing COVID-19 wave, recommends a survey report by Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability and Free and Fair Election Network (TDEA-FAFEN).
ISLAMABAD, March 09, 2021: Women Workers Alliance (WWA), a group of women workers from 14 industrial districts highlighted gender gaps and inconsistencies in labour laws in a press conference held in Islamabad on Tuesday calling upon the federation to provide legislatures a set of bare minimum standards on labour legislation. Calling these standards ‘federal framework…
TDEA organizes a five-day workshop for health journalists ISLAMABAD, February 1, 2021: The Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA) organized a five-day workshop for health journalists in collaboration with the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination at Bhurban with an aim to enhance the quality of health journalism in Pakistan. A total of…
ISLAMABAD, July 29, 2020: Experts at a virtual conference on ensuring peaceful and tolerant campuses in Pakistan suggested adopting a top-down approach instead of only focusing on students. The speakers pointed out that intolerance was tackled incorrectly, especially in Pakistan, and said that the university management and faculties should themselves display tolerance to reinforce positive…
ISLAMABAD, January 29, 2021: A rigorous monitoring regime, socially-conscious brick buying, and strict enforcement of labor laws are crucial for promotion of decent work principles at the brick kilns in Pakistan. These views were expressed by speakers at the screening event of a documentary titled The Distant Dream, which focuses on the plight of brick kiln workers.…