Silvana Lesuuda from Samburu County – Nominee 4 of 5 of the Upcoming Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Category
Silvana Lesuuda is a social justice activist leading Network Empowering Samburu Transformation ( NEST), a women-led organization based in Samburu County, located in Kenya’s ASAL areas and is home to pastoralists and indigenous persons characterised with largely patriarchal social and political setups. Human Rights Issues Engaged in In Lesuuda’s community, women’s voices continue to be […]
Social Justice Traveling Theatre from Nairobi County – Nominee 3 of 5 of the Upcoming Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Category
Social Justice Centers Travelling Theatre (SJCTT) is a collective of Artivist from the Social Justice Movement who use Theatre as a means of transforming society to a social just Society. The Social Justice Centers Travelling Theatre’s (SJCTT) advocacy is shaped by its surrounding; since most of the members are from the informal settlement area, […]
Ekale Epakan from Turkana County – Nominee 2 of 5 of the Upcoming Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Cetegory
Peter Epakan Lokaale Peter Epakan Lokaale is a climate justice activist from Turkana, the largest county in Kenya in landmass and one that has been on the receiving end of the impact of climate change which has manifested through unpredictable rainfall or extreme rainfall, frequent and prolonged dry spells and increased daytime temperatures. About the […]
Dahabo Abagaro from Marsabit County – Nominee 1 of 5 of the Upcoming Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Cetegory
Dahabo Abagaro Bagajo is a Kenyan registered nurse from a pastoralist nomadic community in Marsabit County, the second largest county in Kenya by size. Human rights issue they are tackling. Dahabo uses her professional skills in pre- and post-natal care to promote access to maternal healthcare for the mothers and children in her village, […]
Human Rights Defenders Awards 2023 ceremony to be held on December 8
THE STAGE FOR CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES IN 2023 IS SET! The Defenders Coalition and the Working Group on Human Rights Defenders in Kenya invites you to the awarding ceremony of the #HRDAwardKE 2023, where winners of the various Human Rights Defenders Award categories will be publicly recognized for their work of promoting and protecting their […]
Call for nominations for the 2023 Human Rights Defenders Awards is out, nominate someone now!
Click here for Online nomination Click here for nomination in Swahili Click here for offline Offline nomination ABOUT THE AWARD Civic space in Kenya continues to be under pressure as a range of actions is being directed against the work of Human Rights Defenders […]
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARDS 2022 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Download the statement here HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARDS 2022 WINNERS ANNOUNCED 2 November 2022, Nairobi, Kenya On behalf of the Working Group on Human Rights Defenders, Defenders Coalition and the Embassy of Sweden in Kenya congratulates the winners of the 2022 Human Rights Defenders Awards after a feting ceremony held on 2 December 2022 in […]
MEET NOMINEE 7 OF 7 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR AWARD CATEGORY – NOOR BASHIR
MEET NOMINEE 7 OF 7 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR AWARD CATEGORY – NOOR BASHIR Noor Bashir Shuria is a 30 years old human rights defender. He started his human rights works due to the terror incidents in Ijara and Hulugho Sub counties. The towns had faced violent retaliation and collective punishment […]
MEET NOMINEE 6 OF 7 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR AWARD CATEGORY – JOHN ALLAN NAMU
MEET NOMINEE 6 OF 7 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR AWARD CATEGORY – JOHN ALLAN NAMU John-Allan is a Kenyan investigative journalist and the co-founder of Africa Uncensored. He has been a journalist for 17 years and has spent considerable time focusing on numerous social justice issues. Notable among these is his […]
MEET NOMINEE 5 OF 7 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR AWARD CATEGORY – FATUMA YUSSUF ABDULLAHI
MEET NOMINEE 3 OF 7 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR AWARD CATEGORY – FATUMA YUSSUF ABDULLAHI Fatuma Yussuf Abdullahi is a Person With Disability (PWD), Woman Human Rights Defender and a business owner in Wajir County. She is the current Chairperson of Wajir County Civil Society Consortium, an umbrella of 21 CBOs. […]
