The role of the media in promoting human rights in Uganda (A case study of Uganda Human Rights Commission southeastern region-Jinja)
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2005-09
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Kampala International University, Faculty of Social Sciences
Abstract
This study carries forward an examination of the efforts of the media and other
institutions, which fall in the same caliber in promoting and protecting human rights in
Uganda. The study adopted a largely quantitative approach in which Uganda Human
Rights commission was purposively drawn and a detailed study of the media for
example; newspapers, radio, and televisions mention them and other relevant
organizations. All the three administrators of UHRC Jinja were interviewed, and also
clients who attended mediations at the regional office, were all involved in the focus
group discussion. Thematic and content analysis was to manage the data, while a
statistical package was used to generate simple fi·equencies, which provided supportive
information.
The study revealed that UHRC and the media had programs aiming at protecting and
promoting Human Rights in Uganda. The study also showed that while the UHRC and
the media are very committed to protecting and promoting human Rights, their eff01is are
constrained by several challenges which include; co-ordination and collaboration among
implementers, the ignorance of the local population about human rights and inadequate
funding and facilitation.
The study findings strongly suggest that the media and other government institutions,
which protect human rights, together have a great challenge a head of them as they
endeavor to reduce violations of human rights in Uganda.
The study is presented fewer than 5 chapters. Chapter 1 gives the background to the study
and other related issues like the statement of the problem, objectives, research questions,
problem analysis significance of the study and the scope.
Chapter 2 is devoted to a review of literate related to the problem under investigation. It
includes an evaluation of previous studies related to the media and human rights. This
way the chapter throws more light on the nature of the research problem articulated in
chapter 1 as well as knowledge gaps.
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A Research Dissertation Submitted To the Faculty of Social Sciences at Kampala International University for Partial Fulfillment for the Award of a Degree in Mass Communication
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human rights