Mobilizing the Media to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

This project aims to combat the impact of COVID-19 on human rights particularly those of women and girls. Project activities include: (1) providing training to journalists to report on the status of human rights and women’s rights as affected by COVID -19 (for example access to health-care/social services etc); (2) providing training to journalists to identify mis/disinformation on COVID-19 to debunk dangerous myths in social media; (3) providing training to journalists to only report scientifically valid information to the public; (4) educating targeted communities on how to both identify mis/disinformation in the media and to source sourcing credible information regarding COVID-19; and (5) and providing training to communities to recognize when their human rights are not being observed due to COVID-19. This project is being implemented in Gambia Ghana Iraq Liberia Mali Mauritania Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Tunisia Uganda and Yemen.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved media coverage of COVID-19 and its gender impacts in targeted countries; and (2) improved public understanding on the impact of COVID-19 on human rights in particular the rights of women and girls in targeted countries.