Fellowships for Reporting on Human Rights and Media Freedoms in Africa

Fellowships for Reporting on Human Rights and Media Freedoms in Africa

CHARM Media Fellowship - Reporting on Human Rights and Media Freedoms in Africa.

Are you a journalist covering issues/events on civil society, media, gender, labour, LGBTQI+ or environmental and Indigenous rights? Would you welcome additional funding to help tell important, untold human rights related stories from across Africa? If yes, then apply for CHARM Media Fellowship.

The Consortium to Promote Human Rights, Civic Freedoms and Media Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (CHARM-AFRICA) is inviting journalists, media professionals and producers to apply for the Media Fellowship, which runs from September - February.

The fellowships are part of CHARM-Africa’s ongoing work to protect and expand the space for civil society organisations and human rights defenders, as well as nurture and enhance the effectiveness of independent media and journalism in the region.

This fellowship will support selected candidates to report on key issues that explore restrictions on civic freedoms, including the freedoms of expression, assembly and association, as well as human rights – with a specific focus on women, labour, LGBTQI+, environmental and Indigenous rights, and the rights of journalists and activists.

Benefits This fellowship award includes: