99 ZLHR facilitated 13 Dialogue Sessions at the community level in 2014 99 A total of 270 people participated in the sessions 99 Key discussions focused on governance, socio-economic rights, and HIV, human rights and the law 99 57% of the targeted participants were women Apart from national level debates and dialogue sessions, ZLHR in 2014 focused its efforts more on facilitating platforms for dialogue within local communities. The discussions went beyond the usual topics bedeviling society today, such as politics, personalities, and elections. They instead sought to interrogate different aspects such as governance, the accountability of various state institutions impacting daily lives, and social issues such as HIV, public health and their linkages to law and human rights. The dialogues were organised in the form of ‘Advocacy Dialogues’, which sought to raise awareness on pertinent issues in the community, and elicit different perspectives and solutions to address the issues under discussion. ZLHR acknowledges that such debate gives room for both citizens and local council or government officials to be put on the spot objectively in a bid to interrogate and solve societal problems. 19 In Chitungwiza, ZLHR has created platforms for dialogue on the Constitution for women and men attending its “Frankly Speaking” discussion series ZLHR Annual Report 2014 Dialogue Sessions ZLHR reached out to villagers in Siakobvu in Mashonaland West province by rolling out  its mobile legal clinic in the marginalised district 

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