State or Province:
Rwenzori sub regioncountry:
Ugandawhat are your gifts and talents?:
community mobilizing and organizing, collaborative solutions and advocacywhy do you want to join abcd in action?:
I am social justice Journalist passionate about community-centered approach in realization of democracy and inclusive developmentRe-awakening media practitioners in the region to stand up and jointly defend their freedoms
Journalists on duty everyday face extreme danger, including kidnapping, hostage-taking, offline and online harassment, intimidation, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention , torture and at the extreme being murdered.
In Uganda, the Press Freedom Index Report of 2021 by the Human Rights Network for Journalists -HRNJ, recorded at least 131 cases of abuse or violations of rights of journalists.
For such reasons, Umbrella for Journalists in Kasese-UJK working with its partner Freedom House through the support of USAID are implementing “the protect and promote press freedom project” in the four district of-Kasese, Bunyangabu, Kabarole and Bundibugyo in the Rwenzori sub region.
Cardinal to this project is to enhance the media freedoms and safety of journalists by providing emergency support to affected media practitioners in the Rwenzori sub region and strengthening peer support networks for collective promotion and protection of media freedoms.
https://ujk-ug.org/promoting-and-protecting-media-freedoms-every-journalists-responsibility/