Project profile — Ghanaian Human Rights, Governance and Media



Overview 

CA-3-S064093001
$191,554
JHR - Journalists for Human Rights (CA-CRA_ACR-3860372853)
2007-09-06 - 2008-09-26
Closed
Global Affairs Canada
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Country / region 

• Ghana (90.00%)
• Canada (10.00%)

Sector 

• Democratic participation and civil society:
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (20.00%)
Media and free flow of information (15153) (50.00%)
Human rights (15160) (20.00%)
• Unallocated/ Unspecified: Promotion of development awareness (99820) (10.00%)

Policy marker 

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

Description 

Through this project, expected project activities include: 300 Ghanaian journalists attend 48 informal workshops, 9 formal workshops and/or work individually with Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) trainers; 150 journalism students attend eight lectures on human rights reporting and/or attend the workshop and award series for students; 400 Ghanaian journalists become members of the Human Rights Reporters Network (HRRN). JHR trainers work one-on-one with Ghanaian journalists, assisting in the production of 192 human rights stories; JHR and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) reward one media institution for excellence in human rights reporting; ten Ghanaians are trained to facilitate human rights reporting training activities; Ghanaian journalists work in partnership with JHR trainers to investigate gender issues, producing, at minimum, 28 gender-based stories; JHR develop one photo exhibit using 30 photos taken by JHR trainers and Ghanaian journalists. The exhibit tours eight Canadian universities, accompanied by one JHR trainer; JHR trainers post 256 stories and journal entries on JHR's Foreign Correspondence website; and JHR overseas participants freelance 16 stories to the Canadian media.

Expected results 

N/A

Results achieved 

N/A

Budget and spending 


Original budget $20,866
Planned disbursement $0
Transactions
Transaction Date Type Value
26-09-2008 Disbursement $8,934
Country percentages by sector
Type of finance Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Collaboration type Bilateral
Type of aid Project-type interventions
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