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January was a busy month for activities in Karachi! As part of the ‘Strengthening Union Communications and Digital Advocacy’ project under the IFJ-National Endowment for Democracy‘s ‘Promoting Labour Rights and Gender Equality in Pakistan’s Media’ initiative, the\u00a0Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ)\u00a0launched several awareness campaigns. 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