JHR’s Statement on The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists – Nov 2
Journalists for Human Rights works to promote human rights awareness, better governance and transparency and stronger and more inclusive democratic outcomes. We do this through strengthening media worldwide. This includes working with government and civil [...]
Increasing Attacks on Journalists in Kenya Should Concern Us
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2020 Judie Kaberia is a multi-award-winning journalist who in her over ten years of experience focused primarily on legal issues, health care, gender equality and human rights. [...]
International Day of the Girl – Changing Policy to Keep Girls in School
Juba Monitor reporter Jale Richard’s effort to raise concerns about problems in the distribution of a cash transfer meant to keep girls in school resulted in direct policy change – months after the first story [...]
DemocracyXChange Annual Summit
Featuring Rachel Pulfer, Siyabulela Mandela and Karyn Pugliese On Wednesday, October 14, from 10 am to 11:40 am, JHR regional coordinator and youth leader Siyabulela Mandela and Ryerson professor, Nieman Scholar and former head of [...]
Clearance and Discharge Documents: Instructions without Legal Basis Undermine Egyptian Workers’ Rights
Photo credit: Zainab Abu Sitta. Reporter: Farah Radi Al-Darawi. August 9, 2020 Egyptian Abu Alaa* (40s) was unable to obtain a new permit for his current work, after the original employer who had brought him [...]
Malicious Absconding Reports Deprive Egyptian Workers from Rights
Photo credit: Zainab Abu Sitta. Reporter: Zainab Al Faqeer July 27th, 2020 In February 2018, Egyptian worker Fuad* went to Jordan to seek a livelihood, and his brothers Alaa and Salim accompanied him on this [...]
We need YOU to join JHR as we #CelebrateTheDisruptors.
THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us Celebrate the Disruptors this holiday season! We are so grateful to each of you for the incredible amount of generosity you have shown since we launched our campaign on [...]
HALF THE STORY IS NEVER ENOUGH: Threats Facing Women Journalists
The Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO), World Press Freedom Canada and Journalists for Human Rights are proud to bring you a unique series of papers from women journalists from across the globe. The papers [...]
IRP Trainee Publishes ‘Blood, sweat and tears’ in Kenora Newspaper
Will Landon from Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation in Treaty #3 territory has begun publishing a regular column in the local Kenora newspaper, the Miner & News. The first piece he produced as a trainee with [...]
4 Years in South Sudan Leads to Safer Environment for Journalists
Beginning in February of 2016, JHR implemented the project “Strengthening Media in South Sudan” funded by Global Affairs Canada. The project aimed to enhance public accountability in South Sudan on human rights and good governance [...]
Grassy Narrows community newsroom holds politicians to account
By Elizabeth McSheffrey On Monday, a team of local reporters in Grassy Narrows published four news stories within two hours, using shared laptops in a classroom with intermittent Internet access. I phrase it this way [...]
JHR’s Indigenous Reporters Program wins Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2018 Toronto – Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is proud to receive a 2017 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation. The Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards, administered [...]
Feb 27 2021: America at a Crossroads
This week's highlights Rachel Pulfer writes in Open Canada on America’s Fork in the Road Apply Now! The Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship at Massey College 2021/2022 Apply Now ! Media Girlfriends Scholarships for High [...]
Feb 20 2021: Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth by Centering Black Leadership at JHR
This week's highlights Prince Murhula, JHR’s DRCongo Project Manager, Recognized as the winner of the « Patriote en Or » Award in DRCongo #BlackHistoryMonth: Profiling Winnie Syombua #BlackHistoryMonth: Profiling Jima Francis Wani Abrama #BlackHistoryMonth Webinar: [...]
Feb 13 2021: Hearing from JHR Gender and Team leaders Judie Kaberia, Prince Murhula and Moro Siaka Diallo this International Development Week
This week's highlights Hearing from JHR gender and team leaders Judie Kaberia, Prince Murhula and Moro Siaka Diallo this International Development Week #HoldTheLine coalition sounds alarm over escalating legal harassment of Maria Ressa #BlackHistoryMonth: Celebrating [...]
Feb 6 2021: #BlackHistoryMonth: Where do Black Indigenous people fit in?
This week's highlights #BlackHistoryMonth: Where do Black Indigenous people fit in? APTN shares profiles of JHR trained employees: this week Brittany Hobson JHR Gender Media Trainer Featured in Local Kenyan Press Indian Police Arrest Journalist [...]
Jan 30 2021: JHR trainees find jobs at APTN
This week's highlights APTN shares profiles of JHR trained employees: this week Jesse Andrushko The men in Kenya helping to combat Female Genital Mutilation We’re hiring an Assistant Finance Manager! Indigenous Journalists! Apply Here for [...]
Jan 16 2021: Aleppo TV Connects People with Mental Health Services
This week's highlights JHR Partners with Aleppo TV to Broadcast a Series of Human Rights Stories Launching Press Forward - The future of Canadian Journalism THANK YOU for helping us Celebrate the Disruptors this Holiday [...]
