PEMA Kenya from Mombasa County – Nominee 5 of 6 of the Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Category
Pema is a human rights organization that works on advocating for Gender and Sexual Minorities in Kenya. Pema Kenya promotes inclusivity of Gender and Sexual Minorities (GSM) through advocacy and capacity building with a vision of a society that embraces justice and diversity. They deploy the use of biometrics and health data, community-led monitoring; Conduct […]
Shiko Kihiko from Nakuru County – Nominee 4 of 6 of the Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Category
Shikoh works to address the negative impact of ethnicity among Kenyan youth. Through Tribless Youth, Shikoh works on shifting the politics from ethnicity to one based on issues, thus promoting peaceful co-existence. The group utilizes artivism, social media engagement, and traditional communication methods. Tribeless Youth’s decentralized leadership and operational structure, broadly online, gives it an […]
NGLHRC from Nairobi County – Nominee 3 of 6 of the Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Category
Njeri is a Human Rights Lawyer and defender working for the National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission in Kenya. Njeri’s organization has been at the centers of a case that has highlighted the struggle for equality and human rights for all people with a bias towards sexual and gender minorities. Njeri, through her organization […]
Makambo Lotorobo from Turkana County – Nominee 2 of 6 of the Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Category
Makambo is a pastoralist land rights activist from Turkana County in North West Kenya. Makambo uses the Sarima Indigenous Peoples Land Forum (SIPLF), an organization he co-founded, to advocate for his community’s land rights in the face of large-scale infrastructures. The land is central to the pastoralists’ livelihood, and any annexation without due process disenfranchises […]
James Wakibia from Nairobi County – Nominee 1 of 6 of the Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Category
James is a human rights defender based in Nakuru who uses online media to highlight human violations in his community. His activism began when he was at school and he witnessed littering and authorities doing nothing about it thus violating the people’s fundamental human rights to a healthy environment. Since then, he knew that something […]
Dennis Orengo Juma From Nairobi County – Nominee 5 of 5 of the Upcoming Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Category
Dennis is a human rights defender working with a range of marginalized and vulnerable groups of the society. These include widows, Children, Refugees, Persons with Disabilities(PWDs) and victims of extrajudicial killings. Specifically, Dennis volunteers to do sign language interpretation in police stations and in courts of law whenever deaf persons are in conflict with the […]
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, […]
