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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP A FOUR YEAR (2024-2027) GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION (GESI) STRATEGY FOR THE CONSORTIUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND MEDIA IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (CHARM)).
Job Post:Request for proposals/bids for consultancy to develop a four-year (2024-2027) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (gesi) Strategy for the Consortium for Human Rights and Media in Sub-saharan Africa (CHARM). Submit to:Head of ProcurementDefendDefendersLotis Towers, Plot 16 Mackinnon Road, NakaseroP.O.BOX 70356 Kampala Uganda Email: procurement@defenddefenders.org, CC in MariaK@defenddefenders.org Deadline: 5:00PM (Ugandan local time) on Friday, […]
South Sudan: As elections loom, extend vital Human Rights Commission mandate
Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 55th session (HRC55, 26 February-5 April 2024), over 90 NGOs call on the Council to extend the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS). The CHRSS remains the only mechanism tasked with collecting and preserving evidence of violations of international law with a view to […]
The state of artist human rights defenders in Africa
Artists have a unique power of bringing people together, promoting change and raising awareness on social issues. Considering their ability to create visual interest and to promote solidarity and awareness, artists play a pivotal role in society by promoting human rights, especially in the modern age, where people rely heavily on technology and media. Furthermore, […]
Digital Security Training for Online Activists
DefendDefenders/AfricanDefenders and Meta Digital Security Training Program We are excited to announce our partnership with Meta and to offer comprehensive digital security training and resources. This initiative aims to empower human rights defenders, activists, bloggers, journalists, lawyers, and freelancers who actively engage with online platforms for their critical work. Training Focus: Our program will cover […]
Updates from January 2024
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to 2024! I hope you are all up and running already! All around us, human rights crises continue unabated as in 2023 – the conflict in Sudan rages on, so does the suffering in Palestine and the invasion in Ukraine, and all their attendant and cumulative human suffering. The challenge is for […]
Human Rights Defender of the month: Pamela Angwench Judith
For most of her life, Pamela Angwech’s existence has always been a defiant and simultaneous act of survival and resistance. In 1976 when she was born, the anti-Amin movement was gathering pace, and her family was one of the earliest victims of the then dictatorship’s reprisals in Northern Uganda. Her father, a passionate educationist in Kitgum district was one of the most vocal critics of the dictatorship’s human rights excesses, which made him an obvious target of the state’s marauding vigilantes.
Call for Learners for the Infuse Pilot
Are you a digital protector (digital security trainer, auditor, technologist, etc.) who is interested in gaining specialized skills to better protect at-risk organizations and individuals in your community? Internews, in partnership with DefendDefenders and a wider network of global protectors, is building Infuse, a framework which aims to assist Learners in their efforts to upskill […]
Updates from December 2023
Dear Colleagues, The last 31 days of 2023 were very active ones for us at DefendDefenders. We were able to launch our signature research for 2023 – Looking Back; The Impact of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights(UDHR) and the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) at a colorful gala commemorating 75 years of […]
Human Rights Defender of the month: Joseph Oleshangay
As a human rights lawyer and advocate with the High Court of the United Republic of Tanzania, Joseph Moses Oleshangay spends most of his time crossing from one court to another, litigating human rights cases, some with life-altering implications for ordinary people. It is a monumental responsibility, one he never envisaged growing up. As a young boy born into a Maasai household in northern Tanzania, his entire childhood revolved around cattle: “Our entire livelihood revolved around cattle. As a child, the main preoccupation was to tend to cows, and my formative years were spent grazing cattle around Endulen. It a simple lifestyle,” he says.
END OF YEAR MESSAGE 2023
As we wind up 2023 at DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders, it is my traditional honor to invite our valued partners in a common endeavor to ensure a safer and better working environment for Africa’s Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), to join me as we take stock and reflect on our year’s work. This year is a bittersweet […]