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Joanita Warry Ssenfuka
Freedom and Roam-Uganda & 2019 Advocate Featured in Photograph at Photoville NYC
Thursday, September 19, 2019

Led by 2019 Advocate Joanita Warry Ssenfuka, Freedom and Roam-Uganda (FARUG) is featured in a photograph by GSAPP alumnus and documentary photographer Daniella Zalcman at this year’s Photoville in NYC. Daniella has documented Uganda’s LGBTQ population multiple times since 2011 to explore the roots of homophobia and anti-gay legislation in East Africa. FARUG is a lesbian, bisexual, and queer diverse persons’ organization that advocates for the respect, protection, and fulfillment of their rights and reinforces feminist culture and narrative.

Chiora Taktakishvili
Reflections on HRAP internship
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Chiora Taktakishvili, a Fulbright Graduate Student Program fellow from Georgia, supported HRAP this summer through the Edmund S. Muskie Internship program.

HRAP 30th Anniversary Handbook
Monday, July 22, 2019
2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP). Since its inception in 1989, 319 advocates from 90 countries have attended the program. In honor of the 30th Anniversary, 25 advocates have written articles about best practices from their work over the years.
 
To view the HRAP 30th Anniversary report, click here. 
HRAP Alumni Present Report to UN
Thursday, July 18, 2019

On July 18, 2019 in Mexico City, 2003 Advocate Lydia Alpizar of IM-Defensoras (left) and 2005 Advocate Alejandra Ancheita of ProDESC (right) presented a report on the situation facing women human rights defenders prepared for the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mr. Michel Forst. 

Introducing the 2019 Human Rights Advocates!
Thursday, July 11, 2019
ISHR presents the participants in the 2019 Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP). HRAP is ISHR's flagship capacity building program. Since its inception in 1989, HRAP has build the capacity of 328 advocates from 90 countries through its intensive-semester-long program of graduate-level coursework, networking, skill-based workshops and faculty mentoring.  
 

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