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Make Abuse Disappear Online Accountability Tool - Children
This project aims, through the use of technology and a network of child abuse experts, as well as a reference group of children, to raise awareness and improve the representation of child abuse in the South African media.
Empowering Children and the media
The Empowering Children and the Media project is a joint initiative by the Media Monitoring Project (MMP), Save the Children Sweden and UNICEF. The project monitored how children are represented and the implication for children’s rights in the South African news media.
Monitoring Made Easy
This application allows any human rights organisation to monitor the media on gender issues.
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ABC Ulwazi
ABC Ulwazi produces educational and developmental radio programmes in a variety of formats including documentaries, features and drama.
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
CSVR is a non-governmental organisation that aims to combat high levels of violence, crime, trauma and abuse. It also aims to rebuild the social fabric of South African society through strengthening reconciliation and promoting a culture of human rights.
Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town
The Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, aims to contribute to policies, laws and interventions that promote equity and realise the rights and improve the conditions of all children in South Africa, through research, advocacy, education and technical support.
Clacherty & Associates
Clacherty & Associates is an agency with many years' experience in working with children.. Specialising in participatory research with children, innovative learning materials for adults and children, project support and evaluation and development of qualifications, learnerships and skills programmes.
Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI)
The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) was established in 1994 to protect and foster the rights to freedom of expression and access to information, and to oppose censorship.
Gender Links
GL works to achieve their vision through promoting gender equality in and through the media as well as in all areas of governance.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch conducts investigations of human rights abuses. They address the human rights practices of governments all over the world and hold governments accountable if they transgress the rights of their peoples.
Idasa
Idasa is an independent public interest organisation committed to promoting sustainable democracy based on active citizenship, democratic institutions, and social justice.
Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ)
IAJ’s courses offer an opportunity to learn new skills and refresh old ones, to network and to debate. Formal courses, on-site programmes and awards at IAJ all have one aim - to help journalists become sharper, whether they use keyboards, microphones or pens.
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
MISA seeks ways in which to promote the free flow of information and co-operation between media workers, as a principal means of nurturing democracy and human rights in Africa
NALEDI
Naledi is a research institute that works in the interests of the labour movement in South Africa. This entails examining the circumstances that make policy effective in South African realities, rather than simply transplanting experiences from other countries.
Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)
The Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), established in 1996, is one of the largest AIDS research centres in Africa.
Soul City
The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication (SC IHDC) is a social change project which aims to impact on society at the individual, community and socio-political levels.
Southern African Gender and Media Institute (Samgi)
SAMGI promotes human rights by increasing the range of voices heard in Southern Africa through participatory education, advocacy, lobbying and media production to improve the status of women.
The World Association for Christian Communication
WACC promotes communication for social change. It believes that communication is a basic human right that defines people’s common humanity, strengthens cultures, enables participation, creates community and challenges tyranny and oppression.
University of the Witwatersrand
Wits will seek to use all its assets – both human and physical – to serve the intellectual, professional and educational needs of South African society.
Women's Net
Women's Net is an innovative networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social activism.

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Center for Media and Public Affairs
The Centre is a US research organisation that conducts scientific study of the news and entertainment media.
FAIR
FAIR monitors the American media for fairness and accuracy in reporting.
Institute for the Advancement of Journalism
The Institute provides training to journalists in South Africa.
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
The NAB is the voice of South Africa’s broadcasting industry.
South African National Editors Forum (Sanef)
Sanef promotes the quality and ethics of journalism to reflect the diversity of South Africa and champions freedom of expression.

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Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA)
The BCCSA is a commission that receives complaints about broadcasts considered to be counter to democratic values and principles.
Commission for Gender Equality
The aim of the Commission is to promote gender equality and to advise and make recommendations to South Africa’s parliament or any other legislature with regard to any laws of proposed legislation that affects gender equality and the status of women.
Government Communication and Information Systems
This website is the South African government online information service.
Parliamentary Monitoring Group
The Parliamentary Monitoring Group makes available minutes of the proceedings of South Africa’s Parliamentary Committees.
South African Human Rights Commission
The SAHRC is a commission that receives complaints about acts and incidents that violate the fundamental human rights of individuals
The Constitutional Court of South Africa
The Court is required to consider international human rights law and may consider the law of other democratic countries. The Constitutional Court is the highest court in the land for all constitutional matters.
Commission for Promotion & Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious & Linguistic Communities
The primary objectives of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities are to promote respect for the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities, in accordance with national legislation.

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