Training & Workshops
ICRC Pakistan and Humanitarian Reporting Initiative invite journalists across the country to join our free, intensive two-day training workshops designed to build the skills, ethics and tools that define credible humanitarian reporting. Workshops are held in cities across Pakistan throughout the year. All sessions are free. Places are limited to 30 per session.
121
Total Trained Journalists
Free
Cost to Attend
2-Day
Intensive Format
30
Places Per Session
What you will learn
Each workshop covers six core areas, combining theory with hands-on exercises and real Pakistani case studies.
Source protection, trauma-informed interviewing, and safe access to conflict and disaster zones.
IHL, the Geneva Conventions, and the core principles of humanity, neutrality, and independence.
Hostile environment assessment, digital security, and psychological first aid for journalists.
Open-source tools to geolocate images, verify claims, and fact-check sources in the field.
How to portray survivors, IDPs, and children with dignity, consent, and editorial accuracy.
Align your reporting with IHL and ICRC principles and understand your rights as a journalist in the field.
Sessions delivered in Urdu and English. Journalists associated with regional-language news organisations are encouraged to apply.
Participants who complete a workshop receive a jointly issued certificate from ICRC Pakistan and Humanitarian Reporting Initiative. Completing a training also makes you eligible to submit work for the annual MU-ICRC Humanitarian Reporting Awards.