International Development Grant

Ghanaian Human Rights Governance and Media

Project Number: CA-3-S064093001

Status: Closed

Country/Region:

Ghana 90.00%
Canada 10.00%

Maximum Contribution: $191,554.00

Start Date: September 06, 2007

End Date: September 26, 2008

Duration: 1.1 years

Project 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.

Key Information

Executing Agency:
JHR - Journalists for Human Rights

Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada

Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025

Development Classifications

DAC Sector:

Democratic participation and civil society 20%
Media and free flow of information 50%
Human rights 20%
Promotion of development awareness 10%

Aid Type: Project-type interventions

Collaboration: Bilateral

Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation

Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP

Policy Markers
Level 1 Gender equality
Level 1 Participatory development and good governance
Budget Breakdown
2007-04-01 to 2008-03-31 $191,554 CAD
Geographic Information
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Reference ID: 866