Fahamu – Networks for Social Justice
Fahamu has a vision of the world where people organise to emancipate themselves from all forms of oppression, recognise their social responsibilities, respect each other's differences, and realise their full potential. The word Fahamu means ‘understanding' or ‘consciousnesses in Kiswahili.
Formed in 1997, Fahamu uses information and communication technologies as a tool for social change by:
- Developing supported distance-learning materials for human rights and civil society organisations
- Developing innovative ways to make information and learning for change accessible
- Being a catalyst for critical social debate
- Producing social justice e-newsletters
- Undertaking social policy research.
Fahamu is committed to serving the needs of organisations and social movements that aspire to progressive social change and that promote and protect human rights. It believes that civil society organisations have a critical role to play in defending human rights, and that information and communications technologies can and should be harnessed for that cause. Fahamu is committed to enabling civil society organisations to use the Internet to promote social justice and believes that civil society organisations have a critical role to play in defending human rights. Fahamu develops and runs open and distance learning programmes and publishes Pambazuka News, a forum for social justice in Africa.
Contact: Firoze Manji
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