b) Community Dialogues Community dialogues are platforms where community members converge to discuss or interface with their local leaders or duty bearers. They come together to discuss local conflicts and possible peace building initiatives which they can implement. Any community member, regardless of his/her socio-economic and political affiliation is free to participate in these community dialogues. The discussions are characterized by openness, constructive discussions in which individual views are tolerated. Communities air out their views whilst local power bearers answer questions in line with their responsibilities. Traditional leaders, local government officials or any persons with authority in the community are given an opportunity to explain their positions in as much as conflict prevention and promoting social cohesion is concerned. Before conducting a dialogue, communities should carry out a conflict analysis and stakeholder mapping exercise. Mapping conflicts will help the communities to know what to discuss (priorities) and identifying key stakeholders (power bearers) whom they want to participate in the dialogue. Heal Zimbabwe expects communities to set timeframes to accomplish what they would have agreed. Communities will also have to carry out follow up dialogue meetings to check the progress made in line with what they will have agreed to do or implement during the initial dialogues. Like any other community activity, we expect communities to use dialogue outcomes to make collective community decisions. We also expect communities to continue carrying out dialogues with local leaders and without HZT’s assistance. c) NPRC Awareness and other ICSD campaigns National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) awareness campaigns are awareness raising activities meant to improve people’s understanding of community and national level processes for community healing, reconciliation and integration. The NPRC is one of the five Independent Commissions established in the constitution to promote sustainable democracy. Other Commissions include the Gender Commission, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Human Rights Commission and the Zimbabwe Media Commission. The NPRC is mandated to address past human rights violations through facilitating social justice, peace, reconciliation and integration. Therefore, Peace Clubs are expected to raise awareness about the NPRC and possible roles the Commission can play to promote peaceful living and positive relations. Communities will be expected to engage different stakeholders and policy makers to lobby for the operationalization of the NPRC and effective implementation of programs that support affected communities. d) Women safe Spaces for Reconciliation The women safe spaces are groups of not more than 20 women representing 20 households that are already existent within the communities. For example, these can be women’s clubs, cooperatives, home cookery and church clubs. The spaces comprise of women from diverse socio-economic and political backgrounds, denominations and ages who meet on their own to build peaceful relations. The groups are centred around livelihoods activities that promote equity regardless of their biological make up. HZT provides these women platforms with small scale Income Generating Projects to promote sustainability and continuity of the platforms. 5 ©Heal Zim 2016