1. INTRODUCTION
This Training Toolkit is a guide for Human Rights Monitors training. The
guide provides an overview of the practice of citizen journalism and early
warning and early response systems.
Human Rights Monitors will learn
different ways of assessing the socio-political and economic environment that
can potentially cause conflicts within communities. Heal Zimbabwe expects
the trained monitors to be able to identify and mitigate risks within their
communities. Two central objectives of building the capacity of communities
are;
a) To enhance communities capacity to protect and prevent conflicts
within their communities
b) To ensure that communities are well organized to assess and capture
accurate information on the possibilities of political hostility and
probable escalation of politically induced violence.
2. CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND COMMUNITY
PROTECTION
The module under this section aim;
To equip participants with basic community protection mechanisms.
To develop skills for monitoring and recording incidences of human
rights violations.
To
improve
participants’
knowledge
and
skills
to
gather
and
disseminate info.
a) Safety Measures for Human Rights Monitors
i) HZT should always be briefed on
the dangers of a given task of
getting
information
at
community
level so that a decision of pursuing
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