# Interactive Resource Centre (IRC)

> Non-Profit Info Media Organization


## Posts

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## Pages

- [Sustainable Capacity-Building for Countering Violent Extremism](https://irc-org.com/sustainable-capacity-building-for-countering-violent-extremism/): Home Sustainable Capacity-Building for Countering Violent Extremism: Documenting and Promoting Local Narratives of Tolerance and Inclusion in Central and South Punjab funded by US Embassy (2021-2023) This project, funded by the U.S. Embassy, was implemented in collaboration with Company E and the Smithsonian Institution. The project aimed to foster cross-cultural dialogue and creative expression by bringing together diverse Pakistani communities through the medium of cultural storytelling and performing arts. At its core, the project introduces innovative methods of dance, theatre, and visual storytelling as tools for dialogue, drawing on the rich expertise of Company E and the Smithsonian in intercultural […]
- [Projects](https://irc-org.com/projects/): Home Sustainable Capacity Building Digital Storytelling by UNODC IRC – Human Rights Advocacy Satire Festival Vasakh Documentary Film Festival Interactive Theatre Festival
- [IRC - Human Rights Advocacy through Media and Theater Funded by NED](https://irc-org.com/irc-human-rights-advocacy-through-media-and-theater-funded-by-ned/): Home The Interactive Resource Centre (IRC), in collaboration with NED, has been training youth and civil society activists in community-based documentary filmmaking, citizen journalism, the use of visual arts for advocacy of fundamental Human Rights and Equal Citizenship. IRC seeks to raise public awareness about the values of human rights and democracy. Project Objectives: Building the capacity of youth opinion leaders in storytelling and advocacy tools for the promotion of fundamental human rights and equal citizenship. Cultivating community spaces that foster right based critical thinking, tolerant attitudes. Facilitating the creation of narratives in support of human rights, democracy, and tolerance […]
- [Voices of Peace: Promoting Peaceful Coexistence through Digital Storytelling Funded by European Union through UNODC and NACTA](https://irc-org.com/digital-storytelling-funded-by-european-union/): Home Project dates: 1st October 2024 – 31st July 2025 “Voices of Peace” is an initiative designed to promote peaceful coexistence by empowering local communities in Lahore and Multan. At its core, this project leverages the transformative power of citizen journalism, digital storytelling, intercultural dialogue, and inclusive peacebuilding. Through this project, IRC has been training community members on creating digital short films on the topics of resilience, empathy and peaceful coexistence within their communities. The project has included members from religious minorities and women for an inclusive, positive impact. The project also emphasizes intercultural dialogues through podcasts and community events. […]
- [Community Support Programs](https://irc-org.com/community-support-programs/): Home Trocaire/NED- Bonded Labor Campaign- 2012 This project was initiated in collaboration with Trocaire which aimed at the eradication of bonded labour in brick kilns and the agricultural sector in Punjab and Sindh. Awareness methods such as theatre, documentaries, video testimonies e.t.c were applied to propagate the very message. In 2012 this campaign also focused on the implementation of the bonded labor abolition act. The orientation of lawyers regarding this law with the assistance of Dr Ali Qazalbash was also an integral part of this campaign.A total of 34 video documentaries were produced by maati.tv. In order to further effectively […]
- [Gender - Sexual harassment](https://irc-org.com/gender-sexual-harassment-ow/): Home Gender Sensitive Police Training- Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs- 2016 IRC in collaboration with Europe International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs organised a 6 day “gender sensitive” police training to sensitise police personnel on 7 pro-women laws through the use of interactive/forum theatre and video testimonies. Umeed Jawan- Documentaries on 7 pro women laws and radio shows – 2015 In 2015, IRC partnered with USAID and creative for a project aimed at creating a counter-narrative against violent extremism within the Youth of Southern Punjab through the promotion of peace, tolerance, culture, and heritage. 200 students from […]
- [Peace building & Human Rights](https://irc-org.com/peace-building/): Home Digital CVE storytelling in Karachi’s Universities 2022 IRC and Maati tv trained 80 students from Karachi university, Benazir Bhutto shaheed university and NED university. They were given virtual workshops and training on peacebuilding and digital storytelling by the directors of interactive resource centre and Maati tv. The students deconstructed the definition of peace and expressed it in their own unique ways in the scripts. The students produced 16 films on interfaith harmony, peacebuilding and tolerance under the Karachi storytelling network with the help and guidance of IRC and Maati tv. For the production of films, the participants were provided […]
- [Equal Citizenship](https://irc-org.com/equal-citizenship/): Home Documenting and Promoting Local Narratives of Tolerance and Inclusion in Central and South Punjab with company E – (September 2022 – August 2024) IRC conducted 6 civic education and peacebuilding workshops with 150 participants from Lahore and Multan. 60 participants from these workshops were then selected for the 3 additional, week-long intensive workshops on advanced filmmaking, security knowledge, ethnographic understanding, and other tangible skills to build individual and community capacity. These 60 selected participants created 18 documentary films to showcase Sufi shrines and the vitality of Sufi culture as an active deterrent to extremist ideologies. Films were reflective of […]
- [Our Themes](https://irc-org.com/our-themes/): Home Equal Citizenship Peace Building & Human Rights Community Support Programs Gender Sexual Harassment
- [Satire](https://irc-org.com/satire/): Home Satire Festival Started in 2019, the Satire Fest is our newest addition to the different festivals IRC organizes annually. The concept behind Satire Fest is to bring together Pakistan’s most preeminent editorial cartoonists and artists from traditional and novel art branches. The themes of the festival revolve around concepts such as the role of art as a medium of transformation, adapting to the new age of digital media, the often forgotten yet significant role of the artist in a society and devising ways of survival for an artist in a rapidly changing country. The festival also provides a platform […]
- [Vasakh](https://irc-org.com/vasakh/): Home Vasakh Documentary Film Festival Vasakh Documentary Film Festival is a platform that uses the didactic tool of documentary filmmaking to engage and interact with the youth on issues prominent in our modern society, as well as present an alternative outlook of Pakistan that the mass media is unable to represent. Vasakh Film Festival showcases local and foreign documentary films on themes including but not limited to themes such as human rights, equal citizenship, gender equality and religious tolerance. It also provides an opportunity to the aspiring documentary filmmakers to exclusively showcase their work, and network with their contemporary filmmakers […]
- [Festivals](https://irc-org.com/festivals/): Home Interactive Theatre Festival Interactive Theatre Festival is an annual event organized by Interactive Resource Centre since the year 2000. It is a multi-day event which encompasses various community theatre performances on themes of interfaith harmony, fundamental human rights, civic engagement, democracy, bonded labor, gender based violence, countering violent extremism, safe drinking water amongst others. View Details Vasakh Documentary Film Festival Vasakh Documentary Film Festival is a platform that uses the didactic tool of documentary filmmaking to engage and interact with the youth on issues prominent in our modern society, as well as present an alternative outlook of Pakistan that […]
- [Empowering Diverse Digital Journalists](https://irc-org.com/empowering-diverse-digital-journalists/): Home Strengthening women and minority journalist in Digital Media This is a digital tool kit specifically designed for women and religious minority journalists in Pakistan with the aim of strengthening their capacity to safely and impactfully report within their communities. However, any aspiring journalist interested in creating impactful stories within their community can find this resource helpful. It endeavors to enhance community media and media diversity in digital spaces by augmenting the capabilities of female and minority journalists in Pakistan. It aims to address the linguistic divide present in cyberspace by producing and distributing local community media, and by translating […]
- [Timeline](https://irc-org.com/timeline/): Home 2000IRC is born2000 – 2002Democratic Rights and Citizen’s Education Program (Phase I-II)2005AASHA- Sexual Harassment at Workplace2007Trocaire- Advocacy Campaign20081st Vasakh Film Festival2008NDTV- Screening of 4 Films- 20082010Participatory Video Training with University Students2012Maati TV launched2012Intro to Citizen Journalism (Capacity Building of Flood Victims)2012CWS- Interfaith Harmony Campaign2012Trocaire/NED- Bonded Labor Campaign- 2012 (p9- 10-12)2012Advocacy to fight Terrorism through Citizen Journalism in Swat Valley2014Umeed Jawan- Doc on 7 pro women laws and radio shows2015Political Play through Musical Chairs2016Maati TV relaunched20191st Satire Fest2019Virtual Trainings/Workshop through Green Screen Technology for Distant Learning during the Pandemic.
- [Contact Us](https://irc-org.com/contact-us/): Home Find Us Get in Touch Lahore Office 102B, Nawab Town, Raiwind Road, Lahore, Pakistan +924235313038-39 Multan Office 1 km Qadir Pur Raan Road Peeray Wala Mor Multan +92-345-7222252 Follow Us Icon-facebook Instagram X-twitter Tiktok
- [Workshop on Visual Arts and Mural Painting by Sabir Nazir](https://irc-org.com/workshop-on-visual-arts-and-mural-painting-by-sabir-nazir/): Home Interactive Resource Centre has continued its commitment to explore the capacity of images to transcend language barriers and create a powerful vision of a democratic Pakistan with Pakistan’s preeminent political cartoonist and former Reagan-Fascell fellow Sabir Nazir as a part of IRC Team. IRC has organized a workshop for visual arts students and local artists. IRC conducted an initial 3-day online workshop focused on creating images that convey democratic ideas and values. IRC selected 7 of the participants to develop a democracy and human rights-themed mural or art installation that will be displayed in a government building and then […]
- [Documentary Films](https://irc-org.com/documentary-films-tns/): Home IRC has produced several documentary films on human rights, minority rights, women’s issues and peace that have received international recognition. Some of the films include “Mera Pakistan”, “Burning Paradise”, “Victims of Faith”, “Two women and a Camera” and “Shaheedo tum kahan ho.” IRC video documentation of social issues is kept in New York University’s South Asian Movies Department. Our films are uploaded on BBC Urdu Service, Dawn.com and Telecasted on ND TV India.
- [Citizen Journalism/Digital Content Creation](https://irc-org.com/citizen-journalism-digital-content-creation-tns/): Home Citizen Journalism Workshops have become a signature method of IRC to engage youth and train them in citizen journalism through mobile filmmaking while also sensitising them on the themes of democracy, civic education, interfaith harmony, gender equality and peaceful coexistence. IRC and Maati tv have developed modules for online, on ground and hybrid systems for conducting workshops on peace building and filmmaking. Many of our participants of citizen journalism through filmmaking workshops become video correspondents for our web platform Maati TV.
- [Our Tools](https://irc-org.com/our-tools/): Home Interactive Theatre IRC is a pioneer of interactive theatre in Pakistan, a form of community theatre originally developed by Augusto Boal and internationally recognized as “Theatre of the Oppressed.” IRC has adapted this model to fit the cultural and socio-economic situation in Pakistan. In this form of theatre, the audience is encouraged to participate in the play by taking the place of a character and offering an alternative solution to address a social or political error. This interactive approach fosters critical thinking and encourages behaviour change within the community. IRC has formed and trained more than 250 theatre groups, […]
- [About Us](https://irc-org.com/about-us/): Home About IRC Introduction Interactive Resource Centre (IRC) is a non-profit info media organisation striving to create self-empowerment opportunities for the marginalised members of the community through art-based development techniques. Formed in 2000, IRC employs a variety of interactive community tools such as interactive/forum theatre, documentary films, citizen journalism, radio broadcasting, and digital storytelling to create awareness and advocacy opportunities. In addition to utilising these various tools, IRC has also developed unique platforms to further its objectives such as our annual Interactive Theatre Festival, Vasakh International Film Festival, Satire Fest Festival, and it has also created a web-based interactive video […]
- [Home](https://irc-org.com/): Interactive Theater Human Rights Advocacy through Media and Theater Read More Digital Content (Maati TV) Pakistan’s first web-based interactive video platform Read More Visual Arts Inspiring change through visual expression. Read More Advocacy Campaigns communication approach that involves collaborating with multiple stakeholders Read More About Us Formed in 2000, IRC employs a variety of interactive community tools such as interactive/forum theatre, documentary films, citizen journalism, radio broadcasting, and digital storytelling to create awareness and advocacy opportunities. In addition to utilising these various tools, IRC has also developed unique platforms to further its objectives such as our annual Interactive Theatre Festival, […]


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