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CA-3-P005366001 2026-05-07T06:32:57 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 Turkey. 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/mentoring to women’s human rights organizations on media relations, engagement and collaboration. The project expects to target 1,720 journalists, journalism students, and media managers (of which 50% women), and 320 civil society representatives (of which 50% are women). The project’s media partners also expect to reach a targeted audience of 1.5 million people. Operational 2019-10-11T00:00:00 2026-12-31T00:00:00 Congo, Democratic Republic 29.00% Kenya 22.00% Tunisia 23.00% JHR - Journalists for Human Rights Teacher training 4.00% Democratic participation and civil society 15.00% Media and free flow of information 50.00% Human rights 16.00% Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions 15.00% 12214838.00 The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened media sectors delivering improved coverage of women’s and girls’ rights; (2) increased access by women, girls, men and boys to information, including on decision making process, related to the rights of women; and (3) improved participation of media and civil society in public life, in particular by women in media and women’s rights organizations. Results achieved as of March 2025 include: (1) trained 1,669 journalists, journalism students, and media professionals (65% women) on gender-sensitive reporting; (2) trained 542 media managers (289 women) on best practices to foster gender-equitable environments within media organizations; (3) 80 women journalists participated in training of trainers sessions on human rights journalism through workshops and mentorship; (4) trained 482 media outlets and civil society organization representatives on collecting, sorting, and disseminating data on human rights; and (5) reached 43.1 million people on the rights of women and girls through media platforms on human rights. Project-type interventions Bilateral Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Global Affairs Canada YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br Unsolicited Proposal Participatory development and good governance Gender equality Children's issues Middle East, regional 1466210.00 3491210.00 3491210.00 3466208.00 300000.00 1.000000 38.000000 -2.500000 23.500000 31.000000 36.000000 2019200453 JHR - Journalists for Human Rights 12214838.00 664798.00 756335.00 524584.00 435069.00 584071.00 637641.00 718268.04 41940.96 706380.00 543036.00 730305.91 600000.13 371097.86 608441.00 623157.10 878947.00 203427.00 114651.00 283978.00 15108.00 285600.00 279783.00 85256.00 525933.00