Salma is from Cameroon. She is a journalist and blogger. She has a Master II in Media Management from the French School of Journalism. She has worked for many youth awareness projects. Over time, she received training in Blogging, Community management, interpersonal communication, peer education and online hate speech detection. She works as Communication Associate […]
Eleanor is a trained teacher with two years experience in the education sector. She is currently finishing a Master of Arts degree in Diplomacy and International Relations at Kenyatta University. Her interests are in communications, policy, and conflict management strategies. Email: [email protected]
Judyannet is a community development advocate, researcher, writer, and editor. She has worked with non-profits in different capacities for the last 10 years. Judyannet’s work sits at the intersection of gender, youth, digital media and development. Her doctoral research explores the influence of safe/r spaces on young women’s civic participation in Kenya. Judyannet does creative […]
Arok holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies from Makerere University in Kampala. He is the former President of Makerere University South Sudanese Students’ Association. He is passionate about leadership,and hopes to use his skills to empower the community and alleviate poverty. Email:[email protected]
Deng holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Administration and Management from Daystar University. He is also an artistic person with interests in creative writing, film production, music production and fashion design. He hopes to be an integral part of the socio-economic development of South Sudan and Africa at large. Email: [email protected]
Defy Hate Now in partnership with the UNESCO Office in Juba and Justice Africa held a two-day fact-checking training with journalists and content creators on the 15th and 16th of October, 2019. This was the first of Defy Hate Now-led series of trainings on fact-checking, which will take place in the next couple of months. […]
Associé(e) de projet : #defyhatenow Cameroun Read English version here #defyhatenow est une initiative qui vise à développer des solutions communautaires et axées sur des données afin de résoudre le problème du discours haineux et de la désinformation au Soudan du Sud et dans beaucoup d’autres pays d’Afrique. Notre travail vise à créer un cadre […]
#defyhatenow Project Associate – Cameroon Read French version here #defyhatenow is an initiative that works on providing community based and data-driven solutions to the problem of hate speech, disinformation and misinformation in South Sudan and now in numerous locations in Africa. Our work focuses on creating a framework for increasing trust between stakeholders through mobilizing […]
#FactsMatter237 is an initiative which is meant to create a sustainable and robust Facts Checking Database nationwide that will harness the social media ecosystem in Cameroon. In the long run this will lead to the creation of Facts checking platforms that would be supported by these fellows. This will not only lead to the dissemination of […]
Comes in as a response to the need for sustained hate speech mitigation and local peacebuilding activities that aim at building trust among local actors and mitigating hate speech through youth-led local initiatives that have the ability to impact the local communities in Cameroon. The program is aimed at impacting youth who will partner with […]
Defy Hate Now is an organization that works on providing data-driven solutions to the problem of hate speech, disinformation, and misinformation in South Sudan and now around Africa. Our work focuses on creating a framework for increasing trust between stakeholders through mobilizing civic action against all forms of hate speech and incitement to violence. We […]