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“Mindful Strokes” campaign- Ttaala June 2024
Watch how Artist Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) created an online campaign, “Mindful Strokes,” which sheds light on alternative, creative mental health practices for human rights
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To build the capacity of human rights defenders (HRDs) in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region is a vital part of DefendDefenders work.
We aim to equip individual HRDs, EHAHRD-Net, and national HRD coalitions in the sub-region in the areas of HRD protection mechanisms and security management, Advocacy tools and strategies for HRDs, HRD Coalition building, Networking. In order to achieve this goal, DefendDefenders organises trainings, conferences, and workshops, as well as action-based learning and mentoring to HRDs.
Every year, DefendDefenders organises our annual flagship event Claiming Spaces: Tactical tools for HRDs – a week-long capacity building event for HRDs. The event is organised in different countries every year, and welcomes about 100 HRDs to enhance their skills in a various set of topics.
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Watch how Artist Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) created an online campaign, “Mindful Strokes,” which sheds light on alternative, creative mental health practices for human rights
The UN Human Rights Council’s (HRC) 56th session (HRC56) was marked by division. Against a backdrop of attacks on multilateralism and accusations/counter-accusations of “double standards,”
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