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Interns 2007

HRCP LAHORE OFFICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME 2007

INTERNATIONAL INTERNS produced research reports as well as assisted with our office research work. Their work is listed below.

• Thane Rehn – Columbia University, New York, USA

Fighting to Eliminate Child Labour in Pakistan: An Overview of the Issue and Lessons Learned

• William Fyfe – McGill University, Montreal, Canada

The Failure of Judicial Independence in Pakistan: Evaluating the 2007 Judicial Crisis and the Undermining of Pakistan’s Courts

• Zenobia Azeem – McGill University, Canada

“Engaging Men” – The Role of Men in Gender-Empowerment

• Aleyha Ahmed, London, England

General trend analysis; Suicide trend analysis; report writing; report editing for website; etc.

LOCAL INTERNS assisted with office work, database understanding and enteries, as well as researching information for our publications. The students worked on a variety of projects some of which were:

• Maira Hayat – LUMS, Lahore. The Economics of Violence against Women: The Impact of Micro finance on Violence against Women
• Sana Illahe – LUMS, Lahore. Healthcare
• Sania Akbar and Saira Javed – Dep’t Women’s Studies Punjab University, Lahore.
• Hina Dar and Khola Javed – Lahore College for Women, Lahore. Gender discrimination at workplaces – model: hospitals

 Other local interns:

5. M. Uzair Aftab – A’ Levels, Aitchison College, Lahore,
6. Elaine Alam – Lahore Grammar School
7. Arooj Khanum – Punjab University
8. Hassaan Malik – Resource Academia, Lahore
9. Suleman, Assisting with LUMS and McGill interns in fieldwork
10. Zarmina Tirmizi
11. Hassan Ghani
12. Hyder Ali Bokhari