2013 Intellectual Property and Human Rights Reporting Fellowships
The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) invites journalists to apply for the 2013 intellectual property (IP) and human rights reporting fellowships. The fellowship is a one-year mentoring and capacity-building programme for Ugandan journalists to report on issues cutting across intellectual property and human rights. The CEHURD IP and Human Rights Media Fellowship Program is designed to enhance the capacity of journalists in the mainstream media to appreciate the links between IP protection and social welfare, and the implications of the ongoing developments in the protection of IP rights at the different levels, and their implications for public health, access to educational materials, the right to food, and other human rights.
The fellowship programme will focus on:
- ongoing commercial law reform processes in Uganda and the East African region;
- ongoing dialogue around a possible extension to the transition period granted to least developed countries to comply with the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement; and
- alternative models for balancing the rights of IP owners and users, taking the case of the Creative Commons licenses and how it works for journalists and other information users.
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Interested applicants should be journalists working with or attached to mainstream mass media in Uganda, including national (or East Africa level) newspapers, radio, or television, who can commit to be available for the training, field trips, and other follow-up activities between February 2013-December 2013. Journalists reporting on policy issues (e.g. covering Parliament), and those with editing roles will have added advantage.
Applications should be accompanied by the following:
- a personal CV clearly showing qualifications, expertise, and experience; brief information on the institution that they are attached to; and their employment status and position;
- any work they have done themselves related to trade, health, education, or agriculture
- confirmation that they are available for both the training workshop and the follow-up work; and
- endorsement by the immediate supervisor/editor.
Interested candidates should express their interest in writing to CEHURD by email to [email protected] with a copy to Primah on [email protected]
Center for Health, Human Rights and Development website on February 14 2013.