34 ‡ (QJDJLQJWKHPHGLD ‡ Under ZLHR’s special projects, four media forums were organised, reaching out to 136 journalists (80 males and 56 females) in 2016 on four thematic issues, namely, voluntary male medical circumcision, reform of the Public Health Act, self-testing kits and intellectual property. The media forums did not only ensure that journalists remained focussed, but that they had an in-depth understanding of topical issues. Media forums also continued to play an advocacy supporting role for the institution on issues of access to treatment and social service delivery for key populations (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex, people living with HIV/AIDS, prisoners and sex workers). There was increased media coverage of these issues after the media forums as participants put into practice their acquired knowledge. The content was more than satisfactory in covering human rights and advocacy issues with acceptable accuracy, especially on information that was shared by the Ministry of Health at such forums. DĞĚŝĂĨŽƌƵŵƐ ϰϬ DĂůĞ ϯϱ &ĞŵĂůĞ ϯϬ dŽƚĂů Ϯϱ ZLHR Annual Report 2016 ϮϬ ϭϱ ϭϬ ϱ Ϭ &ĞďƌƵĂƌLJ Ɖƌŝů :ƵůLJ ƵŐƵƐƚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ =LPEDEZH+XPDQ5LJKWV&RPPLVVLRQ Interactions included referring cases of human rights violations to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission as well as strategic networking meetings to discuss human rights issues of concern. Some of the cases that lawyers brought to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission involved two families of former farm workers facing internal displacement in Zimbabwe. Throughout the year, ZLHR also continued to strategically engage the Commission by providing updates on cases of human rights violations of concern that remained outstanding, such as the continued disappearance of Itai Dzamara. As part of the overall CSO strategy on engaging critical stakeholders in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review processes, ZLHR and the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum also invited the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to participate in the public debate held in Harare on 30 August 2016 to increase awareness of the process to members of the public, as well as other stakeholders.

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