Human Rights & Governance

Capacity Building for Citizen Journalist in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

CEHRD trained citizen journalists under the Independent Community Media Advocacy Project (ICMAP) in Rivers State, funded by National Endowment for Democracy, NED. The project is aimed at teaching local communities how to create their own media content and use that content in community based advocacy and awareness campaigns.

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ICMAP Community Town Hall Meetings

The CEHRD team working on the Independent Community Media Project facilitated two (2) community town hall meetings in Wakirike Waterfront, Egede Waterfront, 2 waterfront slum communities located in Port Harcourt Local Government Area, Rivers State. The discussions with the community members focused on key social issues like irregularities surrounding the continued threat of forced eviction

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Inclusive Participation in Governance Outreach in University of Port Harcourt

CEHRD organised an outreach for Inclusive Participation in Governance in partnership with Independent Community Media Advocacy Project (ICMAP) and the Endowment for Democracy, NED. Participants for the outreach were drawn from waterfront communities in Port Harcourt. The outreach focused on how communities could actively participate in governance and decision making processes to enable them effect

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ICMAP Advocacy Visits to Relevant Stakeholders

Advocacy visits to government agencies were facilitated and implemented by CEHRD in collaboration with the citizen journalists, Justice Empowerment Initiative, and the Nigerian Slum Federation. The visits were geared towards facilitating inclusive dialogue between the government and the waterfront communities with a view to developing partnerships aimed at addressing these identified challenges holistically. Key stakeholders

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CEHRD Set Up an Independent Community Media Hub in Port Harcourt

An Independent Community Media Hub was set up by CEHRD. This community hub is providing ICMAP citizens journalist the independent space to develop their own content, policy focus strategies, and target groups for inclusive development under the ICMAP project. The independent media hub has also continued the mentoring of trained ICMAP participants on content development

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CEHRD led Citizen Journalists during the Radio talk-shows at Nigerian Info 92.3FM, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

CEHRD led Citizen Journalists during the Radio talk-shows at Nigerian Info 92.3FM, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. At the moment the citizen journalists under the Nigeria Slum and Informal Settlement Federation have started receiving calls from the general public, who are willing to either be part of the advocacy process or provide key witnesses to the

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CORDAID Lobby & Advocacy Capacity Assessment of CEHRD

CORDAID Lobby & Advocacy Capacity Assessment of Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) as part of the requirements of the Strategic Partnership Lobby & Advocacy (L&A) and planning for 2018. The meeting held on Thursday. October 12th, 2017 from 8:30 am to 12 noon in the Ken Saro Wiwa hall of fame, Legacy

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CEHRD trained citizen journalists attended the slum dwellers international West African summit held in Lagos, Nigeria

In October 2017, CEHRD trained citizen journalists attended the slum dwellers international West African summit held in Lagos, Nigeria. The summit brought together people living in slum communities across Seven (7) countries in West Africa. At the summit, the trainees screened two (2) independent community videos to the participants of the summit, showing the challenges

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CEHRD trained citizen journalists attended the slum dwellers international West African summit held in Lagos, Nigeria

In October 2017, CEHRD trained citizen journalists attended the slum dwellers international West African summit held in Lagos, Nigeria. The summit brought together people living in slum communities across Seven (7) countries in West Africa. At the summit, the trainees screened two (2) independent community videos to the participants of the summit, showing the challenges

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