Impact

Author: Julien Kos

  • From Radio Show to Green Initiatives – Journalists Pioneering Environmental Awareness

    Last year, JHR supported The Green Economy radio show on Radio Nawa. Through engaging forums, we delved into vital topics concerning environmental rights and the profound impact of climate change on the country. These topics encompass water security, food security, desertification, pollution, and agricultural challenges. This significant endeavor was an integral part of JHR’s activities

  • Empowering Exiled Journalists for Human Rights Reporting

    Last week, JHR’s field office staff in Turkey organized the inaugural training sessions for one of our newest projects, the Connected Protection Journey. This project is funded by Open Society Foundations and aims to empower exiled Syrian and Afghan journalists. More than 28 trainees participated in two impactful days of training focussed on human rights

  • JHR drives youth empowerment in Mali with landmark representation law

    The Transitional Government of Mali has taken a landmark step by adopting the National Youth Policy and its 2023-2027 action plan, culminating in the Youth Representation Law. This law promotes the inclusion of young people in public governance and sustainable development, ensuring their voices shape the nation’s future. This milestone was directly influenced by a

  • JHR media partner Actuel Media’s report on political exclusion of women with disabilities sparks action from NGO

    Burkina Faso-based civil society organization Association Les Albinos d’Emmanuel is taking a big step towards increasing inclusivity in West Africa. Following JHR media partner Actuel Media’s powerful online report on the political exclusion of women living with disabilities in Mali, the association decided to broaden the focus of their latest social inclusion project in Mali

  • KENYA: JHR works to engage men as allies in fight against FGM

    The anti-FGM elder engagement forum underway Seventy-six-year-old Joel Kalya is a happy elder. He has seen his daughters through school successfully in a region where female genital mutilation (FGM) is a mandatory rite of passage for girls, pushing them into early marriages. Joel hails from Chepkokogh location in Lomut Ward in West Pokot County, Kenya,

  • URGENT APPEAL: Afghan journalists in Pakistan need your help!

    Help JHR raise $100,000 through the summer and deliver emergency support to Afghan journalists still stuck in Pakistan. When the Taliban took over Kabul on August 15, 2021, we saw one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters unfold in Afghanistan overnight. Every critic of the Taliban – journalists, educators, and advocates of human rights – suddenly