Participants by Gender Aggregation 90 82 80 70 60 51 50 40 30 20 10 15 12 19 10 6 32 31 30 30 7 13 11 0 Marondera Bulilima Muzarabani Masvingo Beitbridge Male Mutare Harare Female Advice was sought on the following issues: Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Family law in particular issues relating to domestic violence, divorce, custody, and maintenance, inheritance Application for peace orders in domestic matters Labour matters directly linked to the declining economy to which various employers were taking advantage of Selective application of law by police officers in politically motivated matters, where police actions were biased in favour of one political party namely ZANU PF perpetrators Partisan distribution of aid, be it from government and or donors. Such cases of denial of food aid were forwarded to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) for investigation Advice on issues of organised violence and torture that occurred in 2008. This was most prevalent in Muzarabani. Muzarabani, situated in Mashonaland Central was one of the hot spot for violence in previous electoral cycles. Most of the people in Muzarabani were unable to report these cases to police for fear of retributive violence,s such most of the cases prescribed. The Forum also distributed information, educational and communication (IEC) materials on human rights produced by the Forum and its membership. Beitbridge Mobile legal clinic 15 ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM ANNUAL REPORT 2017