Advocacy Campaigns
We support civil society organizations in delivering advocacy campaigns to advance good governance and expose human rights abuses.
INANNA
Understanding Democracy,
Empowering Change.
Inanna is an independent and non-partisan research organization which focuses on investigating the challenges, processes, and outcomes associated with building and strengthening democratic systems and improving human rights. We work across the Global South, with a specific focus on transitioning democracies in Africa and the Middle East.
Who Are We?
We are a consortium of former journalists, development practitioners, and researchers who share a commitment to understanding challenges to democracy and exposing human rights abuses. Ultimately, we aspire to support the development of strong, inclusive, fair, and resilient democracies.
We leverage our expertise and relationships to conduct research into the conditions and factors which undermine democratic processes.
We support independent media and civil society organizations actively campaigning for improvements to democratic norms.
We receive funding from international organizations, private foundations, and national governments.
Our approach combines on-the-ground data collection and multi-source data analysis.
Advisory & Training
We deliver training courses for media, investigative journalists, and civil society organizations. Previous courses have focused on best-practice responses to election-related disinformation and strengthening independent journalists' approach to cyber security.
Independent Research
Working with in-country partners, we conduct independent research to better understand challenges to democratic systems and human rights abuses.
Grants
We provide grant-based support to independent media and civil society organizations who research human rights abuses and threats to democracy in authoritarian contexts.
Case Study
Workshops on election-related disinformation.
Our workshops bring together local journalists and CSOs to discuss resilient information environments and safeguarding democratic integrity. The goals are to refine verification processes, build resilience in hyper-polarized political environments and inform local civic education initiatives.
We provide training to equip partners with the skills to identify, counter and mitigate the spread of false information before, during and after election cycles.
Beneficiaries learn to distinguish between misinformation, disinformation and malinformation, while gaining awareness of emerging threats such as AI-generated fakes and coordinated inauthentic behavior.
Training sessions utilize fact-checking and verification toolkits to trace the origins of claims and debunk them effectively.
Contact Us
We always like to hear from prospective partners that share our goals.
