Defenders Protection Initiative

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Who We Are.

DPI aims at contributing to the promotion and protection of human rights, good governance, rule of law, peace and democracy by strengthening the capacity of human rights defenders (HRDs)…

What We Do.

We employ a contextualized approach that follows the logic of continuous learning. It entails identifying the needs of a particular beneficiary, conducting a training tailored to the needs of the beneficiary.

Our Vision & Mission.

Vison: A world that upholds a Human Rights Culture. Mission: To strengthen the capacity of human rights defenders in mainstreaming security, safety and protection management in their work.

ABOUT US

DPI is a non-profit organization registered by the National NGO board under the Uganda statutory requirements. DPI aims at contributing to the promotion and protection of human rights, good governance, rule of law, peace and democracy by strengthening the capacity of human rights defenders (HRDs) to mainstream security, safety and protection management in their work.

The founders of DPI are Human Rights Educators and with good experience on security management…

Research

45%

Rapid Response

85%

Capacity Building

95%

Advocacy

50%

"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time."
- Malcom X

Our team

Yona Wanjala

Team Leader

Helen Namyalo

Programs Director

Edson Tukashaba

Finance Executive

Leah Munokoh

Legal & Protection Executive

Fred Drapari

ICT Executive

BrἱἁṊ Byrahηaugἁ

Digital Security Executive

Hilder Achiro

Programs Executive

"The future is not secured by what we do tomorrow; it is entirely determined by the decisions we make today." - Ugandan Quote

Our Work

All
Reports
Projects
Ekyooto
DSA
Advocacy

Some Statistics

SFP's Trained

HRD's Rescued

Satisfied Beneficiaries

Organisations Trained

Services

Security Advisory

We perform a participatory evaluation of the current state of the organizational/individual safety and security management culture... Read more

Research

At DPI we track, visualize, communicate and develop an informed and educated prediction of emerging trends to distribute to the civil society. ...Read more

Physical Security

Physical security is the protection of personnel, hardware, software, networks and data from physical actions and events that could cause serious loss or damage to an enterprise, agency or institution.

Advocacy

Human rights defenders protection bill 2016 would focus on the holistic security of defenders, including physical security, digital security, and psycho-social well being,

Digital Security

DPI seeks to reinforce the resilience of HRDs against digital/cyber attacks by conducting security health assessments that enable us to develop contextualized and practical, hands-on workshops aimed at arming HRDs with more secure practices and tools.

From the blog

September 16, 2021

Defenders Protection Initiative will bring together actors from civil society, the private sector, business leaders, government, academicians, technologists, activists, journalists and subject matter experts to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights, technology and security.

Digital Security Conference #DigiSecCon21

June 4, 2021

Within the field of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery prevention, labour exploitation refers to situations where people are coerced to work for little or no remuneration, often under...Read More

What is labour exploitation?

June 4, 2021

As we take the break to remember and mourn for the Uganda martyrs who died due to the violation of their religious rights, we wanted...Read More

Uganda Martyrs’ death as a subject to the violation of Human rights.

June 4, 2021

Defenders Protection Initiative (DPI) is global organization comprising of many corporations in unity with people who take injustice and violations of human rights as an...Read More

10 Reasons Why Human Rights Are Important

human rights defenders

Effective protection under national law in reacting against or opposing, through peaceful means, acts or omissions attributable to the State that result in violations of human rights;

Testimonials

"The work they made impressed me on multiple levels. I have been very happy about the whole process and they have done a great job. They was fast to deliver new ideas and always helpful with our questions!”

Richard, LMT

"We have been very much impressed by DPI. They grasped our needs and produced an informative training curriculum. Needless to say, we are extremely satisfied with the results. Thank you!”

Elena G,

“I had the best collaboration ever. I`m very excited about the new way I perceive security awareness and security issues all because of the awesome guys from DPI.”

Babiha, Company CEO