Impact

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  • JHR co-launches a new database of women experts to encourage gender-balanced journalism in Africa

    by Mercy Njoroge & Joy Adigwe Recent research about east African media shows that women’s voices are significantly underrepresented. Furthermore, media coverage of women is often sensationalized and strips them of agency.  Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) has partnered with Africa Women in Media (AWiM), a pan-African, women-led media development agency, to address this imbalance.

  • Growing Indigenous Storytellers Fellowship: Meet the first cohort

    JHR is excited to announce the first three fellows in the Growing Indigenous Storytellers Fellowship, a new initiative launched in partnership with the Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) and APTN News, with support from the Google News Initiative. The program helps create more channels for Indigenous people to pursue careers in journalism in what is currently

  • JHR calls for stronger media collaboration in the fight against FGM

    Kenya has made significant progress in reducing the prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), with rates dropping from 21% in 2014 to 15% in 2022, according to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. However, young women and girls, especially in marginalized communities, remain at high risk. Ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for

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    Syrians share hopes for a free press in their homeland’s future

    Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria on December 8, 2024, JHR’s team in Gaziantep conducted street interviews with Syrians, asking about their expectations for the media in a dictator-free Syria. They called for a press that reports the truth, reflects the people’s real experiences, and fosters mutual respect among Syria’s diverse communities.

  • “I didn’t know how to verify online content, but today I’ve learned so much”: How JHR is fighting misinformation through media literacy

    “Have you ever published or shared false news with your loved ones?” This is the question Alexis Kalambry, a journalist, JHR-Mali trainer, publication director, and President of Forum de la Presse, an association of press publishers in Mali, posed to about forty girls and women. These members of the Yeleen Association — whose name means

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    A new day in Syria

    By Rachel Pulfer President, Journalists for Human Rights It’s midday in Toronto, December 2024. I’m watching the footage of a river of cars. Thousands of Syrians are making their way back to Syria from Turkey. For most, it is the first time in years. These are the moments that so many across the Syrian diaspora