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Legal and political education through television media |
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Work with Geo TV to create Pakistan’s first-ever documentary series focused on rule of law, human rights, and legal education. |
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Improve legal and political reporting |
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Train journalists in legal and political reporting to improve journalistic coverage and public knowledge on political and legal issues, with a focus on coverage of elections, courts, and the legislative process; |
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Improve news capacity in North West Frontier Province and Tribal Areas |
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Train journalists and journalism students from the North West Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to produce radio news programs |
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Promote rights debate at grassroots level through FM radio |
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Train journalists at nongovernmental radio stations in human rights, rule of law issues, investigative journalism, and supporting local programming on those topics; |
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Improve election reporting |
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Improve journalists’ understanding of election laws; ability to focus on party manifestoes rather than personalities; educate election officials on communication strategies and data sharing with media; educate the media cells of political parties in effective communications with media. |
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Raise the profile of women in media |
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Raise the profile of women in Pakistani media by supporting production of Meri Awaz Suno (Hear My Voice) in Urdu language and Hawa Aur Doonya [Women and the World] in Pashto language – women’s syndicated radio programs designed to promote dialogue on women’s issues in the media. |
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Strengthen freedom of expression |
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Monitor the media on media defense issues such as chronology of media violations; progress on media-related court cases and legislation; etc to support freedom of expression. |
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Build an online Media Legal Resource Center |
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Support efforts to defend freedom of expression and rule of law reporting with expertise and small grants; and provide expertise on media rights and media development. |
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