The Human Rights Journalists Network is holding a one-day online capacity building workshop for media professionals with the theme “Watching, Investigating, and Reporting Human Rights in Nigeria” on August 15th, 2020.
The training session which is supported by BONews Service, an online development news platform, will be facilitated by Dr. Babatunde Olugboji, Deputy program Director at Human Rights Watch, a global Human Rights organization.
In a press statement signed by the coordinator of the network, Kehinde Adegboyega, he disclosed that the training is part of the community’s mission to build capacity for members and collaborations with Human Rights organizations.
He said, “as a means of achieving our mission, we intend to also build the capacity of journalists in the network on human rights laws, advocacy, and issues so they can be better equipped to address and report human rights issues in the country.”
Adegboyega noted that the group works with human rights organizations across the country and continues to seek areas of partnership and collaboration.
According to him, since the inception of the group last year it has organized, collaborated and mobilized for different virtual capacity development training for members.
“These trainings have featured experts from Nigeria Health Watch, Citizens Gavel, CEE-HOPE Nigeria and Amnesty International, Nigeria.”
Interested participants in the August 15 programme are expected to register via – https://rb.gy/ag33v0
Human Rights Journalists Network is a community of Nigerian Human Rights journalists spread over the country with the aim and mission to build collaboration and advance human rights in Nigeria.
