Fellowship: Reporting on Human Rights and Media Freedoms in Africa

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Association

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Area

Maghreb

Host Country

Tunisia

Deadline

28 Aug 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

Scholarships

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

Applications call for Fellowship: Reporting on Human Rights and Media Freedoms in Africa

Are you a journalist covering issues/events on civil society, media, gender, labor, LGBTQI+ or environmental and Indigenous rights? Would you welcome additional funding to help tell important, untold human rights-related stories from across Africa?

Summary

The Consortium to Promote Human Rights, Civic Freedoms, and Media Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (CHARM-AFRICA) is inviting journalists, media professionals, and producers to apply for the 2020 Media Fellowship, which runs from September 2020- February 2021. The fellowships are part of CHARM-Africas ongoing work to protect and expand the space for civil society organizations and human rights defenders, as well as nurture and enhance the effectiveness of independent media and journalism in the region.

This fellowship will support selected candidates to report on key issues that explore restrictions on civic freedoms, including the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association, as well as human rights with a specific focus on women, labor, LGBTQI+, environmental and Indigenous rights, and the rights of journalists and activists.