JHR - Journalists for Human Rights: federal grants and contributions

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JHR - Journalists for Human Rights: federal grants and contributions: 4 agreements; $32.3M value; 1 departments; 3 programs.

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4agreements
$32.3Mvalue
1departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Amplifying Voices of Women & Girls$16.0Mvalue2025start2029end

This project aims to enhance participation in inclusive governance, in particular by women and girls in Mali, the DRC, Somali Diaspora in Kenya, Kenya, South Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Iraq, Syrian Diaspora in Turkey, and the Philippines. Project activities include: (1) Journalists and content-creators trained on inclusive governance principles, countering gendered- information manipulation, gender-transformative reporting, and on digital, physical, and psycho-social security strategies; (2) Journalists and content-creators trained on content monetization strategies, grant writing, dig

Canada World: Voice for Women and Girls$11.8Mvalue2019start2024end

This project works to enhance the human rights of women and girls through media development in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tunisia, and the Syrian diaspora in the Middle East. Project activities include: (1) providing training/mentoring to journalists, journalism students and media professionals (women and men) on gender sensitive reporting, through human rights journalism; (2) providing training/mentoring to managers (women and men) on best practices to achieve/manage gender balanced newsrooms, which support human rights reporting and gender equality; and (3) providing training/m

Strengthening Independent Media for Inclusive Governance in Tunisia$2.3Mvalue2025start2029end

The project aims to enhance the role of national media in raising public awareness and shaping the national agenda on sexual and reproductive rights, and in ending gender-based violence against women in remote rural areas. It would facilitate collaboration among social and health workers, community radio, community leaders and youth to combat social stigmas related to sexual and reproductive rights and gender-based violence. The project would also increase the participation of women’s rights organisations and women leaders in the development of public policies on sexual and reproductive rights

Mobilizing the Media to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19)$2.2Mvalue2020start2023end

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

Departments

Global Affairs Canada4agreements$32.3Mvalue3programs
  • Contributions-Partnership Programming
  • International Development Assistance Program
  • Contributions - Bilateral Programming

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Years

20252agreements$18.3Mvalue2programs
  • Contributions-Partnership Programming
  • Contributions - Bilateral Programming
20201agreements$2.2Mvalue1programs
  • International Development Assistance Program
20191agreements$11.8Mvalue1programs
  • International Development Assistance Program

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.