| Reporting Organization: | JHR - Journalists for Human Rights |
|---|---|
| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 979,856 |
| Timeframe: | July 14, 2020 - September 9, 2021 |
| Status: | Implementation |
| Contact Information: | Unspecified |
JHR - Journalists for Human Rights
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| Ghana - $ 82,307.90 (8.40%) | |
| South Africa - $ 82,307.90 (8.40%) | |
| Uganda - $ 82,307.90 (8.40%) | |
| Gambia - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Iraq - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Liberia - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Mali - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Mauritania - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Sierra Leone - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Tanzania, United Republic of - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Tunisia - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Yemen - $ 81,328.05 (8.30%) | |
| Health Promotion & Education (30.00 %) | |
| Human Rights, Advocacy & Public Engagement (60.00 %) | |
| Gender Equality (10.00 %) | |
This project aims to combat the impact of COVID-19 on human rights, particularly those of women and girls. Project activities include: (1) providing training to journalists to report on the status of human rights and women’s rights as affected by COVID -19 (for example, access to health-care/social services, etc); (2) providing training to journalists to identify mis/disinformation on COVID-19, to debunk dangerous myths in social media; (3) providing training to journalists to only report scientifically valid information to the public; (4) educating targeted communities on how to both identify mis/disinformation in the media and to source sourcing credible information regarding COVID-19; and (5) and providing training to communities to recognize when their human rights are not being observed due to COVID-19. This project works in Gambia, Ghana, Iraq, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Yemen.
| Gender and age: | Adult women Children, girls |
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| Total Direct Population: | Unspecified |
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Return to topThe expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved media coverage of COVID-19 and its gender impacts in targeted countries; and (2) improved public understanding on the impact of COVID-19 on human rights, in particular the rights of women and girls in targeted countries.
