SUMMARY OF THE OUTREACH 1. Areas Covered From February 2009 to February 2010, a total of 51 consultative meetings were organized covering an average radius of 7 km per meeting. These were held in two phases. The first phase was from January 2009 to June 2009 covering 14 constituencies. The first report for these meetings was published in June 2009. These were in the following constituencies: Bikita East, Bikita South, Bulawayo East, Chiredzi South, Chivi South, Gutu Central, Gwanda, Hwange Central, Masvingo Central, Matobo, Mount Darwin East, Nkulumane, Tsholotsho and Zaka. The second phase was from August 2009 to February 2010 covering 37 constituencies. These were in the following constituencies: Beitbridge, Bindura, Binga North, Buhera Central, Bulilima, Chegutu, Chinhoyi, Chipinge Central, Chiredzi North, Chirumhanzi, Epworth, Gokwe-Kana, Goromonzi South, Hurungwe, Kariba, Lupane East, Makonde, Makoni Central, Manyame, Mbare, Mberengwa East, Mberengwa West, Mhondoro-Mubaira, Mount Darwin, Mutare Central, Mutasa North, Muzarabani, Nkayi, Nyanga South, Sanyati, Shamva North, Shamva South, Shurugwi, Umguza, Zengeza West, Zvimba West and Zvishavane. This report covers the second phase. 2. Methodology for the Entire Outreach Since 1998, the Forum and its member and partner organizations, have been collecting data on political violence in Zimbabwe. Using this information, 84 constituencies were identified and targeted for the consultative meetings because of the considerable incidence of violence. Of these 84 constituencies the Forum has visited 51 constituencies. In the 51 constituencies, three meetings could not take place because of interference from the police and political players. These were Chipinge Central, Mberengwa (East and West) and Beitbridge.* 1 915 participants attended the meetings in the second phase of the outreach.** 1 113 (58%) of the participants were men and 802 (42%) women. The average age of the participants was 43 years. The Forum aimed at having 50 participants per meeting, representing various sectors of the society. These included the women, the youths, the traditional leaders, the representatives of religious groups, political groups, government employees, victims of political violence, perpetrators of political violence, and any other group identified by the participants as relevant to that community, e.g. the group of Rastafarians in Epworth. The number of 50 was considered * It must be noted, though, that at the time of preparing this report, a very successful meeting was held in Beitbridge and attended largely by government employees, local authorities and members of the security sector. ** See Appendix for the schedule of participants and venues where meetings were conducted. 14 Taking Transitional Justice to the People – Outreach Report