braille versions of documents and sign language interpretation at meetings.
There are victims and perpetrators who fled to other countries like South
Africa, Botswana and Zambia. The Commission will need to consider how
they can be involved in the process. It may need to consider modalities for
working with regional partner organisations.
2.13 Participation of Women, Youth and Children
Special attention must be paid to women, youth and children. Special tools
could be deployed to facilitate their participation. The NPRC must assign a
special office to ensure that the needs of women, youth and children are
attended to and that their voices are amplified. Section 9 of the NPRC Act
provides that a focal person on gender be appointed into every committee
or unit of the Commission to attend to the special needs of women. In
other cultures, women, youth and children are not allowed to attend
meetings. Or if they attend, they are not allowed to speak. The
Commission must carry out a special study and identify obstacles to
participation and put in place measures to activate the participation of
such groups. Other measures include the need to create special focus
groups, community support structures and ensuring that the facilitation
team has specific gender composition.
2.14 Special Measures for Participation of Children
The participation of children, in particular, will need to be carefully
programmed for. Child protection and safeguarding measures will need to
be planned and trained and oriented specialists for each cognitive age
group will need to support the process. There needs to be a child
protection framework which is consistent with national law, and a focal
person for child rights and child protection. The Commission may find it
useful to engage with the education sector to facilitate a well-coordinated
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