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Human rights defenders operate in different, complex and diverse environments. How safe and insecure will be determined by a whole range of factors. A comprehensive security plan can be developed once there is sufficient information to conduct a risk assessment. Skills and knowledge on participatory action research and would be essential in providing information that can help understand the context of our working as well as that of our partners.
About this course
This course will look into the context that human rights defenders operate in and highlight the different risks, threats and vulnerabilities associated with the k and work they do and how to counter them.
What do I learn
At the end of this course, you will be able to identify the environment that you work in and develop tools that will help you plan your security and the different security interventions to put in place in the course of your work.
Ms. Gloria Madegwa is a lawyer by training, an advocate of the high court of Kenya and a Woman Human Rights Defender with qualifications by virtue of being a holder of a Bachelors of Laws degree.
Ms. Madegwa has been working in the Human Rights sector for the past eight years thus has built a deep understanding and experience in the sector, more specifically physical security and wellbeing issues.
She is currently head of Strategic Partnerships at the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders-Kenya(Defenders Coalition). Throughout the years, she has led the skills development component of Human Rights Defenders on security management (physical and digital), monitoring documentation and reporting as well as advocacy.
While at it, she helped conceptualize the training programme of the organization which has realized the capacity enhancement of over 6,000 Human Rights Defenders who now possess sufficient skills in the work defending and promoting human rights.
Her keen eye for details not only enables her to champion the rights of rights defenders but ensures that rights defenders take their security seriously using regular yet strategic training.
Digital security is an all-encompassing term which includes the tools you can use to secure your identity online
A security plan is a form of a guideline, standard operating procedure (SOPs) or policy for organizations/teams or group
To be a human rights defender, a person can act to address any human right (or rights) on behalf of individuals or group
