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HURIA had the pleasure of attending the Kwale County Amani Clubs Youth Forum as a key stakeholder engaged in sensitizing and equipping students and teachers with skills in identifying and responding to early signs of radicalization and violent extremism. The one day event created a platform for students from various schools to give their insights on their roles in peace building and preventing violent extremism. HURIA pledged to continue its partnership with NCIC, Peace Clubs Association-Kwale and the Ministry of Education in promoting the appreciation of diversity, peace, tolerance and national unity amongst students.   Opening of the Amani Club Peace Garden in Kwale High School  Students Registering to Participate on the Forum "Shamra Shamra" skit  Students Role on CVE - Discussions  Yusuf Lule Mwatsefu - Executive Director (HURIA)  Prof. Doc. Halimu Shauri - Board Chair (HURIA)

Human Rights Lab was a training that focused on mentoring upcoming Human Rights Defenders for the Essence of equipping them with knowledge and skills on how they can respond to Human Rights dictates as well as document Human Rights Violations with a view of addressing them.  Human Rights Lab 2018 Team Yusuf Lule  Mwatsefu on a session   One on One Session with #TeamAliMazrui Group Photo #TeamWangareMathai  Emmanuel muinga from #TeamWangareMathai participating on the sessions  #HumanRightsLab2018 Quick Quiz  Agnes Mwambila  Chamosi and Team doing an Energizer  #TeamOleibon in a group discusission Gloria Auma doing a Recap #TeamAliMazrui - Group Photo #TeamMekatilili doing their presentation

While short films and videos have gained greater audience in recent past, HURIA in partnership with stakeholders intends to focus on creation of short (Max 10 minutes) videos on peace, security and conflict resolution. In   response to the increased insecurity within the coastal region, HURIA will through a Film Festival , target to reach out to both online and offline audiences on peace, security and stability massaging. HURIA hopes to do the film festival on 28 th April 2018, targeting at least 20 entries and 500 participants. The best videos will be awarded trophies and will be screened and showcased in Peace and Security film festival and other activities. The Videos/short films will be showcased and vetted during the festival and HURIA will pick and award the best (10) short films with a strong provocative educational massage. In sustaining the efforts on improving security, HURIA will use the best films in its social media campaign strategy on online...

The event brought together over 250 participants from all Counties highly impacted by VE in the Country. Representatives from all sectors that matter on CVE conversations attended the event. The Special Envoy for CVE in the Country, Amb. Martin Kimani and Mombasa Governor Hon. Ali Hassan Joho Hon Zuleikha Juma Hassan Hamadi Iddi Boga Heather Carlin Fabrikant, Anne Nyabera,High Court Judge Patrick Otieno amongst others graced the occasion. 50 diverse and experienced discussants and moderators engaged in 8 exciting and informative panel discussions for 2 days. The Colloquium has established the Stronger Counties Network that brings together counties highly impacted by VE to strengthen community resilience and efforts to deal with VE. # CVEColloquium2018

Welcome to the Second Annual Colloquium on Preventing and Countering of Violent Extremism (P/CVE). In 2016, HURIA organized the First County Colloquium on CVE at the Kenya School of Government in Matuga, Kwale County. The Colloquium was convened that time in response to the increasing threat of violent extremism that leads to terrorism and its impacts to the economy and livelihoods of the communities in Kwale County and the region at large. It provided an important space for the County’s political leadership and diverse local and regional experts and practitioners to openly converse on CVE. This particular Colloquium is what mooted the idea of developing the first County Action Plan on CVE for Kwale County that has now been emulated in four other Coastal Counties and other parts of the Country.   This year, HURIA with support from the UN Women and USAID is again organizing another colloquium on P/CVE that will invite participation beyond Kwale County for 2 days at the Prid...

Human Rights Agenda[HURIA] converged at Mkwakwani to Inter Alia Capture Human Rights Violation Cases for PWDs'. A resolution from this gathering was that for a long time, PWDs plight for access to equal opportunities has been misinterpreted for apathy, charity and or sympathy towards PWDs and hence the need to advocate for the rights to inherent dignity for PWDs. Amkeni Wakenya | UNDP United Nations Development Programme - UNDP Act

Yesterday Human Rights Agenda[HURIA] made another Community Consultative Meeting at Boyani - Rabai, more that we established was, there had been lack of Public Participation by design either willfully or negligently being occasioned by the E.I.A experts before The Third Engineering Bureau of China City Quarry was cleared for Licensing by National Environment Management Authority - Kenya . We inter alia found out ... that the said Third Engineering Bureau of China City had contravened Noise, water quality and waste management regulations stipulated under Environmental Management and Coordination Act, 1999. As an organization, we have made it our agenda to bring into account all persons, agents, servants of China City and by extension NEMA who are likely seem to have either willfully colluded with the proponent to violate the right to clean and healthy environment which is enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and other related Environmental Act of Parliament   ...