Grant Award View - GA321278

Fund Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network's (NIMJN) project...

Contact Details

Human Rights Section

Email Address:
humanrights@dfat.gov.au

GA ID:

GA321278

Agency:

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Approval Date:

16-Jun-2023

Publish Date:

10-Jul-2023

Category:

Overseas Advocacy

Grant Term:

1-Sep-2023 to 31-Aug-2024

Value (AUD):

$50,000.00 (GST inclusive where applicable)

One-off/Ad hoc:

Aggregate Grant Award:

PBS Program Name:

DFAT 22/23 Program 1.1: Foreign Affairs and Trade Operations

Grant Program:

Human Rights Advocacy Grant Program

Grant Activity:

Fund Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network's (NIMJN) project Empowering Journalists on Reporting Human Trafficking and Human Rights Issues.

Purpose:

The purpose is to train 120 journalists in 6 different provinces (20 in each province) on human trafficking and human rights issues in Nepal. The two-and-a-half-day-long training would help journalists understand the complexities of human trafficking networks in Nepal.

Nepal’s existing laws, legal loopholes, ineffective law enforcement, etc. NIMJN will give mentorship and editing support to 12 journalists (2 from each province) selected from the workshops based on their story ideas to investigate human trafficking stories.

Stories will be published on NIMJN’s official website. NIMJN's aims to help expose all the modus operand! of these trafficking rackets and migration scams, human rights violations and bring out unreported/under-reported stories of victims and raise public awareness, thus ultimately prompting the government and stakeholders for action and accountability for a just society.

GO ID:

GO5640

GO Title:

Human Rights Advocacy Grant Program

Internal Reference ID:

HRAGP002

Selection Process:

Closed Non-Competitive

Confidentiality - Contract:

Confidentiality - Outputs:

Grant Recipient Details

Recipient Name:

Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network

Recipient ABN:

Exempt

Grant Recipient Location

Suburb:

Anamnagar

Town/City:

Bagmati

Postcode:

44600

State/Territory:

Overseas

Country:

NEPAL

Grant Delivery Location