Human and Democratic Rights Programme

Other Objectives: Developing and introducing a more focused and integrated Rights Based Development Programme that help communities;

• Sensitizing on essential HR and political issues
• Enabling towards informed decision making on civic and human rights
• Assisting and developing alternate leadership in
• the perspective of national/international scenario
• Building the capacities to understand, analyze and then formulate a plan of action
• Enhancing potential to respond though collective actions, reach out to the decision making forum and influence power structures
• Developing linkages/networks in a more composed and regular manner with local, international and national rights based initiatives, forums and institutions
• Developing rights based theatre and radio programme
• Develop rights based research agenda which could complement and link Sungi SM and development to national level rights oriented advocacy campaign

Themes of the programme: The following themes identified for the programme:

1. Rights
Under this theme HDR ensure that partners’ communities are attentive to their human, democratic and legal rights. Following awareness raising and capacity building activities are being carried out in the field to support the theme;

1. Civic and Political Rights (CPR)
2. Labor and Livelihood Rights (LLR)
3. Social and Cultural Rights (SCR)

Through the above mentioned training modules, HDR try to ensure that peoples are sensitive to their basic rights and the obligations, their Labour and livelihood rights and high quality interaction are provided at the local level.

2. Governance
Under this theme HDR try harnessing opportunity for all concerned to make local govt; system an effective means of alleviating poverty and promoting good governance at local level and upward. Following awareness raising and capacity building activities are being carried out in the field to support the theme;

• Enhance linkages and networking with local government and GLAs
• Enhanced capacities of local government elected representatives
• Organize ‘gender and governance’ training for LG department
• Organize capacity building prog: for political parties at the district level
• Live talk sessions of UC Nazim, ERRA and DCO
• Facilitate participation of activists in UCA/TCA and DCA session
• Assessing & empowering effectiveness and functionality of LG committees

3. Training and Field Research
In order to build the capacity of the community activist HDR facilitate a number of capacity building sessions, seminars, training and theatre programme. A series of sessions delivered to VC/ACC activists to make them aware about;

• Civic & Political Rights (CPR)
• Labor and Livelihood Rights (LLR)
• Social and Cultural Rights (SCR)
• Gender equity/eliminating violence against women
• Life skills sessions at school level
• HDR orientation sessions for journalist
• Entitlement rights w.r.t earthquake damages
• Capacity building of LG elected representatives
• Awareness raising session on spheres standards

A series of need based training are given to the peoples on the themes;

• CPR primary training
• National training on Rights Based Development
• Volunteers forum training
• Volunteer conference at district level

A series of seminars to make the peoples aware about key issues of the day;

• A seminar on peace tolerance and harmony
• Seminars on the rights of basic health, edu; and sanitation
• A seminar on International Women Day
• Awareness raising seminar on building codes and models
• Theatre training
• Annual partners assembly
• Gender & Governance trg for LG department

Field Research: The goal of HDR research is to educate partners through dissemination of relevant pamphlet, brochures, booklet and other written, material. The themes chosen reflect the pressing needs of the partners’ and pertinent to specific….. national level concern of the time. Issue specific research to make the peoples aware and key player in the solution of their problems on;
• Field issues identified through VDP
• Effectiveness and functionality of LG committees
• Informative booklets on Police department
• Informative booklets on land acquisition law
• Informative booklets on land revenue procedure

4. Education Theatre
Addressing thin-skinned issues HDR capacitates community volunteers in education theatre on numerous thematic issues like;

• Political rights of women
• Rights of marginalized & destitute
• Food security
• Voter education

5. Using Media
Developing rights based radio programme, HDR arrange issue specific talk shows to make the peoples aware about the government policy. Following series of programme broadcasted after quake 2005;

• Nai Zindagi and Taloh-e Shara