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.
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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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