 The Commission will partner with various state and non-state actors to provide human rights education during the election period. Awareness raising campaign tools may include: As the Commission implements the above activities the most marginalised communities such as persons with disabilities, women, youth and the elderly will be strategically targeted to ensure specific, targeted and appropriate provisions for equal participation as well as modes of communication are developed to enable their participation in electoral process on an equal basis with others. As further emphasised below in section 4.6 (Implementation of the Elections Strategic Plan) of the strategy, marginalised communities will be mainstreamed in the strategy to address cross cutting issue. Thus, when implementing the above activities, the Commission will utilize various tools that may include those in Fig 4 below: Awareness Raising Mediums Electronic Media Radio Print Media Newspaper adverts Others Door to door campaigns by Commission educators Television Brochures Road Shows (awareness education on Wheels) Social media (Facebook, WhatsApp, Snap Chat, Twitter) Bulk SMS Fact sheets Branding of public transport IEC Materials Bill boards Websites Infomercials Existing Social gatherings especially in the rural areas (market days, cattle dipping days, traditional gatherings) religious gatherings, sports events and burial societies meetings, food distribution points. Figure 4: awareness raising mediums Activities will include:        4.1.3. The development of voter awareness strategy, developed and used to improve better conceptualization of awareness programs. Baseline studies on public perceptions will be conducted to inform outreach interventions Training materials and message development and production Training of awareness raising master trainers and awareness raising educators Roll out of the voter awareness campaign Periodic evaluations of interventions will be undertaken to assess impact and results. Increasingly creative use of the media will be applied as one of the mechanisms to promote outreach. Strategic Goal 3: To facilitate and operationalize an effective redress mechanism for election related human rights violations Objectives To provide a forum for resolving grievances and disputes during elections Context The ZHRC has statutory powers to determine and provide redress on cases of human rights violations during elections. In addition to the functions and powers set out in section 100R (6) and (7) of the Constitution, the Commission shall have functions and powers— (a) to conduct investigations on its own initiative or on receipt of complaints. This is important given the challenges identified in the implementation of the provision of Section 133 H of the Electoral Act. The Act provides for the setting up of Special Investigation Committees (SIC) made up of the police and the HRC to investigate human rights violations during the electoral period. It was however noted, during the strategic development 17 | P a g e

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