PHM-Exch> Food for a no-nonsense thought

[Claudio Schuftan]

Human Rights Reader 295

 *PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS, BUT THAT IMPLIES LITTLE IF THEY LACK A SPECIFIC
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT MEANS IN PRACTICAL TERMS. *(part 2 of 2)

*Capacity building for action*

For capacity building, the Cape Town team successfully uses the adult
education method REFLECT (Regenerated Freirean Literacy Through Empowering
Community Techniques); they have trained trainers in its use. The REFLECT
methodology is based on empowering groups typically deprived of power to
change the conditions of their disempowerment.

To further strengthen CSOs capacity, *‘times for review and
reflection’*can be set up, for instance quarterly, supplemented by
annual strategic
planning meetings. In those meetings, all partners give presentations in
which they report on activities, identify new research and advocacy
activities, as well as propose lessons for wider learning. These meetings
are key to consolidate equality in internal decision making, with shared
agreement on agendas, rotation of chairing roles, and collective agreement
on future strategic direction. All partners participate as equals. In this
respect, the human rights framework proves invaluable in acknowledging the
role of those most affected as critical to changing the conditions of
vulnerability responsible for human rights violations.


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Claudio
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