The training course was aimed to enable the trainees to give first-aid to an injured in case of emergency. The proper use of the first-aid kit was also included in the training course, moderated by Dur-e-Shahwar, FOE Coordinator of PPF. The module of the training was prepared with the assistance of InterNews. In hour-long training, all participants took active part.

The training is scheduled to be held twice a week, i.e., on every Tuesday and Thursday till the end of the course.

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As per the signed MoU, scope of intervention of both parties includes creating public awareness, involving in research and media development, capacity building and community mobilisation and policy reforms related to press freedom and right to information.

Both parties decided to support and strengthen each other’s on-going initiatives and intend to jointly develop new interventions seeking support through multi-lateral and bi-lateral organisations. PCP and WEG will also form a working group to review progress on quarterly basis and explore new areas of intervention.

CEO WEG Omer Aftab said he was hopeful about this collaboration with PCP, which would further help in spreading the cause to the masses. Chairman PCP Raja Shafqat Abbasi ensured his support in promoting media ethics on human rights and particularly women rights. WEG is a Pakistani-based non-governmental organisation working with the goal to emancipate and empower women since 1999. The organisation works on creating awareness among women about their rights, advocate their participation in mainstream politics, mobilise them from all strata of society to participate in socio-development of the country.

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