Legal educaKon parKcipants by gender Males Legal EducaKon parKcipants by geographical locaKon Females Rural 38% Urban 38% 62% 62% Topics identified through needs assessments and subsequently addressed during outreaches and workshops included birth certificates, children’s rights, civil and political rights, HIV and the law, inheritance, marriage and the law, socio-economic rights, sexual abuse and the writing of wills. The LRF’s legal education contributed to positive changes in behaviour and attitudes among community members as demonstrated in the feedback from beneficiaries below: “Being a widow was more like a crime; relatives would take all the property as well as controlling your life, but the LRF liberated us.” (A woman from Gutu) “My late father was a member of the Johane Marange sect. He had three wives other than my late mother. Due to ignorance of the law, I intended to drive them from my late father’s plot. However, as a result of this meeting I have acquired legal knowledge and will not do anything outside the parameters of the law. Thank you LRF for such a programme. Please extend this to other places.” (Mutoko) “Since we started working with the LRF, we have seen a lot of people registering property and reporting cases of human rights violations.” (Bindura Urban Community Development Trust Legal Officer) “We sometimes conduct outreaches with the LRF and immediately after conducting the outreaches we record an increase in the number of abused people who report cases to the police.” (Assistant Inspector for the Victim Friendly Unit, Nyanga) 9