Human Rights

Call for Applications for 2012 Media Policy Fellowships

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Ten fully-funded fellowships to participate in the 14th annual Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute are available for qualified applicants from the developing world. Read more »

Speak Up, Speak Out: A Toolkit for Journalists Reporting on Gender and Human Rights Issues

Friday, March 2, 2012
Cover: Speak Up, Speak Out: Human Rights Reporting Toolkit

Respect for the rights of women and girls worldwide continues to lag behind that for the rights of men. Domestic and sexual violence, exploitation in the workforce, human trafficking and many other human rights abuses disproportionately affect women and girls. Although 187 nations have acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), many have stipulated that they do not consider themselves bound by certain provisions. Read more »

Speak Up, Speak Out (Section 4)

Friday, February 17, 2012

This toolkit is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a fair, accurate, and sensitive way.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Speak Up, Speak Out (Section 3)

Friday, February 17, 2012

This toolkit is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a fair, accurate, and sensitive way.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Speak Up, Speak Out (Section 2)

Friday, February 17, 2012

This toolkit is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a fair, accurate, and sensitive way.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Speak Up, Speak Out (Section 1)

Friday, February 17, 2012

This toolkit is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a fair, accurate, and sensitive way.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Speak Up, Speak Out (Intro & TOC)

Friday, February 17, 2012

This toolkit is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a fair, accurate, and sensitive way. This document contains the:

  • Introduction
  • Table of Contents

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Speak Up, Speak Out (Full version)

Friday, February 17, 2012

This toolkit is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a fair, accurate, and sensitive way.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Regions in Transition: Protecting Human Rights

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The IHRFG conference will take place in San Francisco, CA January 24-25

About IHRFG Conferences

IHRFG’s conferences are an opportunity for participating grantmakers to hear and engage with leading human rights practitioners, policy makers, scholars, and peers on timely human rights issues. These events serve as learning and networking forums that promote the exchange of information and collaboration among grantmakers. Read more »

More information about the conference

Practicioners Focus on Media Law in the Middle East

Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Participants in the media law meeting

(July 5, 2011) Internews’ Global Human Rights Program and the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, brought together Egyptian, Jordanian, and Tunisian media professionals and legal experts to the Center for Media and Communication Studies, Central European University, in Budapest, Hungary to discuss the future of media institutions and the current state of media law and policy and regulatory frameworks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Read more »

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