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International Seminar
GHRD MUMBAI SEMINAR, APRIL 2009
April 29 - May 1, 2009
Knowledge-Excellence Centre
Uttan, Bhayander (near Mumbai)
Maharashtra
India
HUMAN RIGHTS:
REPORTING AND TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE ACTIONS
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Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) together with Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini’s Centre for Human Rights Studies and Awareness (CHRSA) is organizing an International seminar on Human Rights on the topic of: ‘Human rights: reporting and tools for effective actions’. The seminar aims to strengthen technical capacities and enhance networking activities of small, local human rights organizations that focus particularly in the areas of minority, women’s and children’s rights in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
The participants will take part in interactive training sessions on human rights documentation, including HURIDOCs new tool for human rights documentation, media and project management. In addition, a selection of case studies will be presented by some of the participating organisations. |
| Goals |
- Capacity building/ training of local human rights organizations
- Enhanced networking for local human rights organizations
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| Methods |
- Presentations and Q/A by GHRD
- Capacity building: training by experts
- Presentations of cases by selected local human rights organizations (Bangladesh/India/Nepal)
- Workshops: Interactive workshops and discussion on thematic issues
- Networking activities
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| Thematic human rights issues in focus: |
- Social/religious discrimination (Minority rights)
- Women’s rights (Sexual violence, trafficking)
- Children’s rights
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| Conference Programme |
| Day 1 | Wednesday 29 April |
| 07.00-09.00 | Breakfast |
| 09.00-09.10 | Welcome, Sradhanand Sital, Chairman GHRD |
| 09.10-09.30 | Brief introduction of participants and GHRD members |
| 09.30-09.45 | GHRD Presentation, Nizaad Bissumbhar, Secretary GHRD |
| 09.45-10.30 | Conference Presentation, Distribution of Material, Small Exercise |
| 10.30-10.45 | Tea Break |
| 10.45-12.45 | Training: Human Rights Documentation and Monitoring Part 1
Fact Conducting fact finding and investigations.
John Asit Das, Sr investigator, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) |
| 12.45-13.45 | Lunch Break |
| 13.45-15.45 | Training: Human Rights Documentation and Monitoring Part 2
HURIDOCS systems. Workshop: WinEvsys
John Asit Das, Shah Alam, Sr investigators, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) |
| 15.45-16.15 | Tea Break |
| 16.15-17.30 | Training: HR Education: providing small-scale human rights education. Breakthrough TV |
| 17.30-18.30 | Case presentations: Impunity for violence against women in Bangladesh. |
| 18.30-19.00 | Fresh up |
| 19.00-20.30 | Dinner |
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| Day 2 | Thursday 30 April |
| 07.00-08.30 | Breakfast |
| 08.30-08.45 | Recap of Previous Day |
| 08.45-09.00 | Small Exercise |
| 09.00-10.30 | Training: Media, Lobbying and Campaigning:
Using media as a tool to lobby human rights violations, Urvashi Gandhi, Breakthrough TV |
| 10.30-10.45 | Tea Break |
| 10.45-12.30 | Presentation: Practical tools and mechanisms to communicate human rights.
Jenny Lundstrom, GHRD human rights officer |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch Break |
| 13.30-15.30 | Training: Project Management Part 1
How to write a project proposal
Nizaad Bissumbhar, GHRD |
| 15.30-16.00 | Tea Break and Snack |
| 16.00-17.00 | Training: Project Management Part 2
Financial reporting and exercise
Nizaad Bissumbhar, GHRD |
| 17.00-18.30 | Case presentations: Violence against women and children in Nepal and India |
| 18.30-19.00 | Fresh up |
| 19.00-20.30 | Dinner |
| 20.30-22.30 | Participants finish project proposal by themselves |
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| Day 3 | Friday 1 May |
| 07.00-09.00 | Breakfast |
| 09.00-11.00 | Presentations of Project Proposals and Direct Feedback |
| 11.00-11.30 | Tea break |
| 11.30-12.30 | Closing of Conference
Recap of Conference
Signing of Certificates
Closing Speech |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30-14.00 | Press Conference |
| 14.30 | Departure of Participants |
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| Report of the GHRD Mumbai Seminar 2009 |
