IRC organises interactive theatre
January 18, 2008
LAHORE
INTERACTIVE Resource Centre (IRC) organized interactive theatre and documentary screening activity of students trained under youth empowerment programme in which Forman Christian College University; Lahore College for Women University, Kinnaird Academy (KA) and Pakistan College of Law (PCL) participated.
These theatre and media groups were trained by IRC under the project “Human Rights Advocacy Using Video and Interactive Theatre” in collaboration with National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The theatre performances highlighted critical issues faced by youth such as child labor, discrimination towards girl children and imposition of decisions by elders on young children and its resulting consequences.
Pakistan College of Law students developed documentaries on Lawyers’ Movement against Emergency, Drugs among the Students and Old Age Homes in Pakistan. Kinnaird Academy students captured the issue of Traffic Police and Gaming CafÈ in Lahore in their documentaries. The students of Mass Communication Department of Lahore College developed documentaries on Kidney Selling, Problems Faced by Working Women and Boltay Haath (Palmistry) while FC College University students discussed role of Female Guard, Life of a Gardener and situation in Mental Hospital in their documentaries.
The students and teachers also discussed various strategies to engage youth more actively in promoting peaceful practices to eliminate social problems. The participants discussed Pakistani youth’s needs to be linked up with international community using innovative methods such as video conferencing and internet TV.
Similarly, educational institutions need to strengthen theatre amongst their students as an advocacy and awareness tools.
There should be more theatre clubs stirring critical thinking amongst youth so that they can play an active role in social and political development. IRC also gave orientation on IRC-Net. TV web-link developed to promote work of talented youth of Pakistan.
INTERACTIVE Resource Centre (IRC) organized interactive theatre and documentary screening activity of students trained under youth empowerment programme in which Forman Christian College University; Lahore College for Women University, Kinnaird Academy (KA) and Pakistan College of Law (PCL) participated.
These theatre and media groups were trained by IRC under the project “Human Rights Advocacy Using Video and Interactive Theatre” in collaboration with National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The theatre performances highlighted critical issues faced by youth such as child labor, discrimination towards girl children and imposition of decisions by elders on young children and its resulting consequences.
Pakistan College of Law students developed documentaries on Lawyers’ Movement against Emergency, Drugs among the Students and Old Age Homes in Pakistan. Kinnaird Academy students captured the issue of Traffic Police and Gaming CafÈ in Lahore in their documentaries. The students of Mass Communication Department of Lahore College developed documentaries on Kidney Selling, Problems Faced by Working Women and Boltay Haath (Palmistry) while FC College University students discussed role of Female Guard, Life of a Gardener and situation in Mental Hospital in their documentaries.
The students and teachers also discussed various strategies to engage youth more actively in promoting peaceful practices to eliminate social problems. The participants discussed Pakistani youth’s needs to be linked up with international community using innovative methods such as video conferencing and internet TV.
Similarly, educational institutions need to strengthen theatre amongst their students as an advocacy and awareness tools.
There should be more theatre clubs stirring critical thinking amongst youth so that they can play an active role in social and political development. IRC also gave orientation on IRC-Net. TV web-link developed to promote work of talented youth of Pakistan.
