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jhr's Speak Magazine (2009 Edition)
Each year jhr's university chapter program publishes Speak, a magazine that showcases human rights reporting by Canadian university students. What makes this publication unique is every element of its creation is carried out by students. The content comes from chapter members from across Canada and each year one school takes on the responsibility of editing, laying out and producing the magazine.

This years Speak was put together by the University of British Columbia jhr chapter and is themed around the issue of Child Rights. With a wide variety of articles covering everything from drug addiction among youth in Nicaragua, to youth working in the sex trade in Vancouver this years Speak magazine tackles important and wide spread rights abuses.
Election Reporting in Sierra Leone
A case study on jhr’s efforts to build the capacity of local journalists to cover elections.
jhr | Train the Trainer Program Toolkit.
jhr has developed a Train the Trainer Program that provides certification to all participants who attend the workshop and then successfully move on to deliver their own workshop. There are three tiers to this program in order to help jhr reach the goal of increasing the overall awareness of human rights in Canada. Each level of workshops, starting with Train the Trainer, will educate and empower more Canadians on human rights issues.
Media Development, Radio and Women's Rights
In 1992 Ghana was brought back to civilian rule after a 12-year military regime. The country's constitution was established and the rights and freedoms of Ghanaians became protected under Chapter Five of the Constitution, which closely follow the rights and freedoms found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...
Human Rights Reporting Through Radio in Northern Ghana: Innovations in Media Governance Case Study
The year was 1992. Ghana was brought back to civilian rule after 12 years under a military regime and the country's current Constitution was established. The rights and freedoms of Ghanaians became protected under Chapter Five of the Constitution, which closely follows the rights and freedoms found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...
Evaluating Capacity Development
Evaluating Capacity Development remains a challenge for evaluators and for program planners who design capacity development interventions. In understanding and describing the complex relationships surrounding the changes in the capacities of individuals, organizations and societies in development contexts program evaluators continue to struggle...
Prisoners' Rights in Ghana
We, Edudzi Ofori and Chelsea Paradis, are two Canadian law students from the University of Ottawa who undertook an internship with an international non-governmental organization called Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), in Accra, Ghana for a period of three months (May 22 to August 11 2006), through an organization called Canadian Lawyers Abroad (CLA)...
TUNING IN: An Inventory of Rural FM Radio in Ghana
This study is an exploratory analysis of rural FM radio in sub-Saharan Africa with Ghana as the single case study. It seeks to describe the current situation of rural radio in the county including levels of rural development programming and community participation. Analysis focuses on the three main sectors of rural radio – community, commercial and GBC...
In Their Hands: The Impact of Human Rights Training on Ghanaian Journalists
Almost 60 years have passed since The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. A landmark document, the declaration set forth the human rights and fundamental freedoms to which all people, everywhere in the world, are entitled without discrimination...
 
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jhr Attended Global Development Conference in Sweden
On October 22nd -24th, jhr’s Director of International Programs, Nikki Whaites, attended the 2009 European Development Days in Stockholm, Sweden. EDD is an annual forum that brings together figures and organizations from the development community around the world. It aims to create global coalitions and improve development aid. This year’s forum hosted numerous heads of states, representatives from the UN, WHO, IMF, the World Bank and the Red Cross. It also included members of the EU parliament and Foreign Affairs representatives from over 20 countries. jhr is one of the few Canadian organizations that attended and represented Canadian grassroots media organizations on the world scale. For more information, click here

CBC TV Show to Feature jhr's Ben Peterson
A CBC camera crew recently took over our head office to interview Ben Peterson for Breakout! – a new documentary series aimed at engaging Canadian youth in issues that matter. Click here to learn how jhr got started and how people like you have helped jhr improve human rights around the world..

jhrs University intern returns to Canada after spending 3 months in Ghana:
University of Kings College Student and jhr overseas intern David Kumagai recently returned from his three month internship in Kumasi, Ghana. In addition to interning at Kapital Radio, David made appearances on local television and was able to cover President Obama's visit for Canadian newspapers.Click here to read the article published in the Hamilton Spectator.

FEATURED JOURNALIST
Sarah Bomkapre Kamara
Works for:
Cotton Tree News, Freetown
Country: Sierra Leone
Trained by: Marie-Jo Proulx

Sarah is a radio reporter, producer, and presenter with Cotton Tree News, a project of Fondation Hirondelle, housed in the mass communication department at Fourah Bay College. She is also a regular contributor to the school's Radio Mount Aureol. As part of the jhr fellowship program, she produced a series on the difficulties disabled persons face when trying to access higher education. After she graduates, Sarah would like to work in electronic media as a human rights investigative journalist.
FEATURED jhr CHAPTER
jhr Denison High School
City: Newmarket, Ontario
Started: September 2008
President: Evan Hoyle
Vice President: Gemerdine Maravilla
Recent Event(s): Speak Silence

On November 26 jhr Denison High School participated in Speak Silence, taking a vow of silence from 7am to 4:30pm to raise awareness about those in the world who do not have a voice. The event was a huge success, raising over $650! For more information about the jhr high school program email highschools@jhr.ca.