KAMWE Project - WHRDs

Supporting Women Human Rights Defenders and Their Grassroots Organizations to Document and Prevent Extrajudicial Executions in the Republic of Kenya

[KAMWE Project - WHRDs @KamweP]

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"It is only through the pursuit of practical and effective efforts to promote human rights that we show our real commitment to the welfare of individuals and society."

ALEXANDER DOWNER

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

PIA representative participated in a regional conference by @freepressunltd , focusing on the incredible work and challenges faced by journalists and the organizations supporting them. #Pressfreedom

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

#DidYouKnow
🟠Some human rights defenders have turned to #art and cultural expression as a way to promote #HumanRights and raise #Awareness about social issues.
#advocacy #StayWithDefenders #HRDs

[Pema Kenya @pemakenya]

1/3: Elections lie at the heart of democracy and remain the primary means through which individuals exercise their right to participate in public affairs. More elections are held than ever before throughout the world.
#HRDAwardKE

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

Most of the time #HRDs don't even recognize that are. They are the usual people around us; teachers, journalists, health workers, lawyers, pastors etc.
#HRDAwardKE
#StayWithDefenders

[Center for Justice GEA @CJGEA]

6th Annual Workshop For Land and Environmental Defenders currently happening in an effort towards strengthening commitments to protect LEDs who face great risks and threats in line of their work.
#UNOHCHR
#ProtectingLEDs
#Plasticisaproblem
#UNEP

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

The 6th Annual Land and Environmental defenders workshop aimed at Strengthening commitments to protect land, ocean and environmental human rights defenders.
#ENVIRONMENTALRIGHTSNOW
#StayWithDefenders

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

"L'éducation des enfants n'a pas de manuel, vous le faites bien de la façon dont vous le faites !".

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

For the 2022 #MothersDay, we celebrate mothers that go out of their way to defend human rights. We sought to know what it is like to do both from two phenomenal mothers.
#staywithdefenders #HumanRights #HumanRightsDefenders

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

"Parenting has no manual, you are doing it right the way you are doing it!"

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

🟠3rd May,#WorldPressFreedom
Without journalists, there is no press. Without press, there is no news. Journalists are human rights defenders. They deserve to work in a protective environment.
Let's protect them!
#StayWithDefenders

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“I never thought I’d be talking about police brutality and standing up for human rights. You never know what people are going through until it happens to you.” 

MONICAH NJOROGE
#staywithdefenders
#HumanRights
#HumanRightsDefenders
#freedom

[FIDA-Kenya @fidakenya]

Thanks to all our board and members for joining us for our #FIDAKenyaAGM2022.

Thanks our development partners & employees for their huge contribution during the past year. Indeed, we would not be where we are today without your consistent, dedication, and unequaled support.

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

@cghrdkenya @EUinKenya @ProtectionInt @MothersVictims @DeltonNdegwa

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

As the Women's Month comes to an end, we celebrate all girls' and women's contribution in the fight against all forms of discrimination and inequality by promoting the realization of human rights for all people.
#staywithdefenders
#BreakTheBias
#WomensHistoryMonth
#IWD2022

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
THEME: 'ACHIEVING SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH FORMAL EMPLOYMENT'
#StayWithDefenders
#WorldDayOfSocialJustice
#Worlddayofsocialjustice2022

[Protection International @ProtectionInt]

#WorldDayOfSocialJustice⚖️ To achieve social justice, we need governments to protect #HRDs and the right to defend human rights (#RDHR). To learn more about RDHR -> https://t.co/jRrT2wytr1

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

BECAUSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE:
#Kenya enjoys a robust civic space that has largely been secured by the social justice movement.
@MathareSJustice in partnership with @PI_AfricaHub have been documenting cases of extra judicial executions and enforced disappearances
#SocialJusticeDay

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

BECAUSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE:
#SOUTHAFRICA : Steve Biko promoted a philosophy of Black Consciousness, which encouraged Black people to free themselves from the chains of oppression, take responsibility for their lives, and take pride in being Black.
#SocialJusticeDay

[Protection International - Africa @PI_AfricaHub]

BECAUSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE:
NIGERIA: #EndSARS
#Nigeria
#WorldDayofSocialJustice2022
#staywithdefenders
#SocialJusticeDay