TURKEY: Uniting Voices: JHR’s Media Mobilization Session
In Turkey, JHR conducted a media mobilization session that brought together local journalists and representatives of civil society organizations. The primary objective of the session was to assess and monitor the editorial performance of [...]
TURKEY: 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 [...]
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 [...]
KENYA: JHR trainee highlights blind students’ struggle to access education
By Kayla Hounsell CBC National Reporter & JHR Trainer for the Canada World Program I’ll never forget the day Sheillah Nyamwaya came to pitch a story. She was an intern at the Kenya Broadcasting [...]
KENYA: How climate change is driving FGM and early marriages
By Sylvia Thomson CBC News producer & JHR trainer for the Canada World program Margaret Nayeyo, 19, comes from a Maasai community in southern Kenya that was dramatically hit by the drought. All of [...]
MALI: JHR-trained journalists and CSOs recognized by the National Office of Reproductive Health in Mali
Dr Ben Moulaye, Director General of the National Office of Reproductive Health in Mali, presents an award to a JHR-Mali trained journalist at a ceremony in Bamako. In Bamako, the National Office of Reproductive Health [...]
Kenya – JHR works with partners to amplify African climate actions
Mercy Njoroge, JHR’s Gender Media Trainer; Teresa Abla Sintinyi, the founder of Wang'an Women Initiative in Marsabit; Kennedy Mugochi, East Africa Regional Director for Hivos and Tebby Otieno, reporter at the Daily Nation (L-R) [...]
Mali: Aminata Agaly YATTARA and other female journalists succeed at Mali Média Awards 2023 for their excellent journalism.
Aminata Agaly YATTARA, a journalist affiliated with the Mali Tribune, has been recognized as the top winner in the Printed Press category of the 7th Mali Média Awards. JDH/JHR provided support and training for [...]
Turkey: JHR’s Impactful Efforts in Securing Temporary Travel Permissions and Housing Rights for Displaced Syrians
A woman sits in front of a large pile of debris in the city center of Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, [Courtesy of Yomiuri Shimbun] On February 6, 2023, a powerful earthquake devastated vast areas of [...]
Lebanon: Empowering Journalists in the Arab Region through Interactive Data Visualization
JHR recently conducted two training sessions, focusing on data management and its presentation through interactive visual designs on websites and social media. The attendees of these sessions were journalists from Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq, and [...]
Kenya: Telling Climate Change Stories: A Journalists Perspective
By: Mercy Njoroge A little over a decade ago, a substantial global story broke. Wangari Maathai, the woman of trees, is dead. This sad incident happened precisely two years into my journalism career. The [...]
DRC: Recent Legislative Advancements to Combat Gender-Based Violence
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite the alarming increase in cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), there has been no specific law to combat this issue in the country. This has [...]
NEWSLETTER: November 7 – 18 more vulnerable Afghans evacuated amidst mounting dangers in Afghanistan
November 7, 2021 This week's highlights 18 more vulnerable Afghans evacuated amidst mounting dangers in Afghanistan NIGHT FOR RIGHTS: Hear from Afghan-Canadian human rights advocate Roya Shams Genders officers in Kenya get essential media [...]
NEWSLETTER: September 11 – Progress and challenges in Afghanistan
September 11, 2021 This week's highlights: Progress and challenges in Afghanistan Webinar: Meet the Indigenous Solutions Collaborative! We're hiring: Junior Curriculum Research And Development Associate There’s still time to reserve your seats at Night [...]
EMAIL UPDATE: September 3 – The way forward for Afghanistan
September 3, 2021 The allied NATO forces have now left Kabul, and Journalists for Human Rights is working on the ground with a coalition of concerned Canadian journalists all over the world and several media, [...]
NEWSLETTER: October 30 – 200 out from Afghanistan, 70 in Canada, 250 to go
October 30th, 2021 This week's highlights: 200 out from Afghanistan, 70 in Canada, 250 to go NIGHT FOR RIGHTS 2021: Watch Lyse Doucet's remarks on Afghanistan MALI: JHR supports amendment of outdated press laws [...]
NEWSLETTER: October 16 – Another journalist family safely out of Kabul
October 16th, 2021 This week's highlights: Afghanistan update: Another journalist family safely out of Kabul What to expect at NIGHT FOR RIGHTS 2021 We’re hiring: Research Consultant (Indigenous Reporters Program) & Regional Trainer (Solutions [...]
NEWSLETTER: October 9 – Congratulating Maria Ressa, winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2021
October 9th, 2021 This week's highlights: Congratulating Maria Ressa, winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2021 NIGHT FOR RIGHTS 2021 Meet the Speakers: Patrick Egwu Take the survey: Online threats and harassment against media professionals [...]