Participatory One-Day National Sensitization and Capacity Building Workshop

The participatory one-day national sensitization and capacity building workshop on the use of mobile phones and web 2.0 technologies for civil society campaigns and advocacy held on Thursday, 12 November 2009 at the Lagoon Hall of Mainland Hotel, Lagos.

Forty participants drawn from human rights organisations as well as the Media participated in the workshop

The folowing papers were presented aat the workshop

1. Web 2.0 Technologies for Civil Society and Media Organisations
2. Planning a Mobile Campaign
3. The Human Rights Hub

Funding

This project has been made possible by generous funding from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Dakar, Senegal.

Resource Persons

Charles Osazuwa, Officer in-Charge, United Nations Information Centre, Lagos

Sokari Ekine            Author of the blog,  Black Looks

Ore Somolu, Director, Women's Technology Empowerment Centre, Lagos



Charles-Iyoha Christiana, Director, Centre for Policy and Development


Grace Avuaiara, Program Manager, ICTs, Centre for Policy and Development

Victims Speak

Victims of human rights violations are beginning to take advantage of the dedicated mobile line and short code to report violations. PolDeC  on its part is doing the linking up and following up on the cases reported. We will update you with follow-up reports on the cases and share identity of victims with permission

Dedicated Mobile Line

This mobile number, 07051149326 is dedicated  to:

1. Connecting victims of human rights violations to public agencies that redress human rights violation
2. Connecting victims of human rights violations to non-governmental organizaions involved in human rights advocacy
3. Connecting victims of human rights violations with organisations and individuals that provide free legal services
4. Providing and receiving information on human rights
5. Connecting human rights advoactes

Confirmed Participants

Name                                             Organisation

Abraka

Norah Alakpodia:         African Women ICT4D Network

Wilson Ochonogor:      Rethinking Niger Delta


Abuja

Terfa Hemen      Centre for Democracy and Development

Jerry Omoruyi    Eden Couple Foundation

Ogbeide Ehimen  Centre for Transparency in Nigeria



Mimidoo Achakpa  Women's Right to Education Project


Enugu

Damian Ugwu Social Justice Advocacy Initiative

Friday Ubani Ndubuisi Civil Liberties Organisation
 
 
Ilesa
 
Olusola Bamidele FRCN Gold FM




Jos

Kevin Nnandi:                      International Centre for Accelerated Development



Shamakin Gad Peter :           League for Human Rights


Kano

Umar Farouq Centre for Information Technology Development

Oma Cobham Nsa Save Nature Foundation



Lagos

Ada Agina-Ude:            Gender and Development Action

Emeka Nwanevu:         Network on Police Reform in Nigeria

Tunji Buhari:                 Environmental Rights Action

Itoro Eze-Anaba           Partnerships for Social Justice

Adamoh Mustapha       Prisoners Rehabilitation And Welfare Action (PRAWA)
Abimbolu Onakoya



Pat Anthony                  African Women Development Cooperative
Mba Charles:                 Human Rights Information Network

Prince Goodluck Obi    United Nations of Youths Network

Victor Gotevbe:             Nigeria Mobile Active Network


Edem Dorothy Andah:  Access to Justice


Toyin Gbadegesin:        Social Economic Rights Action Network

Kunle Idowu                     Nigeria Network of Non-governmental organisations

Femi Aderibigbe                Africa Citizens Development Foundation

Vickie Onyekuru:          Child Health Organisation

Ronke Eseka:               Peculiar People Foundation

Chibuzor Okpata         Prison Welfare

Ruth Austin                   Human Security Armed Conflict Initiative
 
Onayemi Bamidele:      Business Eye Magazine



Eric Ikhilae:                   The Nation Newspapers


Paul Edafe:                    The Sun Newspapers

 
Sokoto
 
Cecilia Eseme        Centre for People's Health, Peace and Progress
 
Umuahia

Margaret Oji-Okoro:  Women Environment Project
 
Yenogoa
 
Pere Tiemo Development Rights Initiative

Mobile Activism Training

Date: 12 November 2009

Time: 8.ooa.m prompt

Venue: Mainland Hotel, 2/4 Murtala Mohammed Way, Lagos



Agenda

Welcome/Introductions

2. Keynote Address

3. Overview and backgrounding on ‘Use of Mobiles and Web 2.O technologies in Civil Society Campaigns / Advocacy and Human Rights Monitoring

4. Iterative share and learn session

5. Demo Sessions

6. Mobile/Web 2.0 lab sessions

7. Commitments to the human rights reporting hub

Mobiles and Human Rights Reporting

The ubiquity of mobile phones in Nigeria coupled with the ready and economic access has made this telecommunication device available to close to 45 million Nigerians, if not more considering the number of mediated access points through the "umbrella people", shared phones in families and community phones in very deep rural communities.

In view of the lack of awareness concerning where and how victims of human rights violations can access justice from public agencies, Centre for Policy and Development (PolDeC) with a very generous support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is embarking on human rights education as well as linking victims of human rights violations to public agencies that assist victims of human rights violations. In addition, other human rights campaigners as well as non governmental organisations involved in human rights campaigns will also be linked to both public agencies as well as victims.

To jumpstart the process, PolDeC, utilizing the generous support from OSIWA will train the leadership of forty human rights organisations in the use of mobile phones fand Web 2.0 technologies for campaigns and advocacy.