Western Himalaya Research and Development Organization will play its role in the following broad areas:
Promotion of Rights Based Approaches to Programming in:
- Research
- Advocacy
- Human Rights
- Education
- Health Sector
- Water Supply and Sanitation Sector
- Poverty and Livelihoods
- Good Governance
- Gender and Development
- Sustainable Development
- Environment
- Disaster Management
- Globalization and Development
- Human Resource Development
- Formation of Network of Development Professionals (NDP)
To achieve the above mentioned Western Himalaya Research and Development Organization will undertake projects in the areas of:
- Development of Epidemiologic Research Network
- Communication and Awareness Raising Campaigns through advocacy
- Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development through Right to Development
- Institutional Capacity Building in rights based approaches;
- Gender Sensitive Project Planning and Implementation;
- Rights based approaches to access to safe water and sanitation
- Protection and empowerment of vulnerable communities through easy access to justice etc
- Rights based environmental planning, and monitoring
- Development communication for Knowledge Management
- Protect fundamental and basic human rights
- Achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Device and Implement strategies to cater with the issues related with Disaster Management
- Study the impact of Globalization on the economies, culture, politics and to help in devising responsive right based solutions
- Carry out research and publish material in all cross cutting developmental themes
- Form NDP as learning alliance and broadening the canvas of the efforts made by cross sectoral development specialist/practitioners and students