WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTERS GHANA (HRRG)
Founded in 2019, Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) is a dynamic, influential frontline media and advocacy NGO committed to exposing critical human rights violations, promoting awareness, protecting vulnerable communities, and defending rights through education, legal support, and policy reform across Ghana, Africa, and beyond.
Comprising a passionate and multidisciplinary team of young journalists, lawyers, human rights activists, and social advocates, HRRG works tirelessly to defend and advance the rights of women, children, marginalized groups, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable populations.
Through fearless journalism, strategic advocacy, legal support, and public education, HRRG contributes to systemic change, strengthens democratic governance, and promotes a society where dignity, equality, and justice are accessible to all.
Make a Difference
HRRG employs a multifaceted, rights-based approach
to champion human rights and social justice:
Advocacy
Advocacy Raising public awareness and engaging decision-makers to influence policy reforms, institutional accountability, and protective legal frameworks, particularly for marginalized and at-risk populations.
Investigative Journalism
Exposing human rights abuses, corruption, and social injustice through in-depth, ethical, and impactful reporting, ensuring violations are brought into the public domain and acted upon.
Research & Documentation
Monitoring, documenting, and analysing human rights violations to generate credible evidence that drives advocacy, accountability, and policy action.
Access to Justice
Facilitating legal support, referrals, and justice pathways to ensure marginalized and vulnerable communities can seek and obtain redress for human rights violations.
Training & Capacity Building
Empowering journalists, activists, and community actors with the skills and tools needed to address human rights challenges and strengthen grassroots advocacy.
Community Engagement & Sensitization
Conducting community-based education and mobilization initiatives to promote human rights awareness, gender equality, social inclusion, and civic participation, with special focus on women, children, youth, and persons with disabilities.
🏆 NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITIONS
HRRG employs a multifaceted, rights-based approach
to champion human rights and social justice:
🌐 International & Continental Recognition
👉 Africans Rising Activism Award – Movement of the Year (2020) – 4th Place
👉 Finalist – African Human Rights Defenders Awards
👉 Africa Peace Advocate Award (2023)
👉 5th UN Global Entreps Award – Best International Practice on Sustainability for the KTT Project (Kidnapping, Teenage Pregnancy & Tramadol Abuse), reaching over 60,000 beneficiaries
👉 • Defenders Shield Awards (2023
🏅 National & Thematic Awards
👉 Honorary Award for Peace, Security & Education of the Year – Africa Early Childhood Education Awards (AECEA, 2021)
👉 Listed among the 100 Most Impactful Changemakers in Ghana (2024).
🌍Global Contributions & Features
👉 Featured in Business Woman Club Magazine (Ukraine, 2020) for contributions to women’s rights during COVID-19
👉 Contributor to the World Bank EQOSOGI Report, recognized for promoting equality of opportunity for sexual and gender minorities
POLICY ADVOCACY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
HRRG plays a strategic role in national and international policy advocacy, civic space protection, and SDG advancement.
👉 Africa Civil Society AML/CFT Conference
👉 Pan-African Human Rights and Social Justice Conference
👉 United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)
👉 HRRG leadership has represented Ghana at major continental and global forums.
👉 International Conference on Enhancing Human Rights Activities in North Korea
👉 Engages over 500 civil society organizations through the Ghana Civil Society Organizations Platform on SDGs to foster collaboration, accountability, and collective action.
👉 RightsCon 2026