A Guide to Understanding A Guide to Understanding the the NATIONAL NATIONAL PEACE & RECONCILIATION PEACE & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION COMMISSION IN ZIMBABWE IN ZIMBABWE Acknowledgments The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) Section 9 of the NPRC Act is dedicated to gender. It requires, acknowledges given bytovarious stakeholders during the among other things,support the Commission establish a specific Gender development of this gender guide. mainstreaming in the work of the Unit which will ensure Commission and gender sensitivity in the operations of the NPRC. Special that thanks to the secretariat of the which is the It requires thego reports of the Commission to NTJWG, have a specific Chapter dedicated gender. The Commission is required to Zimbabwe Human to Rights NGO Forum. appoint or second a dedicated gender focal person to every unit, committee or would body that may establish. The Commission obliged This guide notit have been successful withoutisthe generous to support monitor of gender related practices within the Commission. our funding partners. For feedback and information in this guide, we are grateful to the Summary box stakeholders who read through the draft guide and gave valuable input. • The NPRC is established by the Constitution and made Finally, we owe by it tothe theNPRC thousands operational Act. of victims who have requested for •thisThe Act empowers NPRC to create regulations forwhich its simplified guide. It the is their enduring hope for healing keeps convenience. us on our feet. • The NPRC can further create policies for the day to day running of its affairs. • Both the Constitution and the Act address the issue of gender in the work of the NPRC 14 4