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August 15, 2011 · 0 comments
jhr trainer and broadcast journalist Bonnie Allen produces a documentary film about sexual violence In 2009, jhr (Journalists for Human Rights) partnered with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to deliver training to journalism students in Liberia on sensitive reporting of gender-based violence issues. The NRC then sponsored Another War – a powerful documentary produced [...]
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February 24, 2011 · 0 comments
In mid-October 2010, The Heritage reporter Eugene Myers and jhr trainer Aaron Leaf produced an article about vigilante groups that play a role helping out the Liberian police force in rural areas. Leaf and Myers’ research into the Liberian penal code’s laws against kidnapping and false imprisonment found that many actions of the police-sanctioned citizen [...]
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August 18, 2010 · 3 comments
In August 2010 the president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited jhr’s partner radio station LWDR (Liberia Women Democracy Radio), Liberia’s first radio station for women. jhr trainer Tamasin Ford has been working with local journalists for several months to create a radio station that empowers women and tackles gender issues. “You don’t hear much [...]
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In April 2009, as part of the Human Rights Reporting Network, jhr and a group of Liberian journalists initiated The Liberian Journalists for Human Rights and Good Governance (LJHRGG). One year later, the LJHRGG is entirely in the care of 300 Liberian journalists and affiliates. Sam Zota Jr., the LJHRGG coordinator explained to jhr that [...]
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July 29, 2010 · 0 comments
jhr-trained journalist, Moses Wenyou reported a story in December 2008 that had a significant impact on the lives of a group of Liberian people. A group of squatters under the collapsed Vai Town Bridge were awaiting resettlement compensation. Over 130 people were sleeping under the construction zone and washing their clothes over the collapsed area [...]
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June 16, 2010 · 0 comments
When jhr-trained journalist Garmonyou Wilson saw the treacherous conditions of a mission school in Gbarpolu, he was moved act. He knew the rights of children were being violated; the safety hazard s of a crumbling infrastructure meant that many children were turned away and left with no alternative school to attend for hours in each [...]
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