Human Rights Training Opportunities

[[SAHRIT-Usharika]]

Dear Colleague,

If you or someone in your organisation has been looking for distance human rights related training opportunities this could be of interest to you.

Regards

SAHRIT-Ushirika** Team

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Rights-Based Programming

21 March- 12 June 2007

 

This distance learning course introduces staff members of (international) development agencies and NGOs to rights-based programming. Participants will deepen their knowledge about project and programme development from a human rights framework and learn how to apply the principles of equity, empowerment, participation and accountability to various phases of project planning and implementation. Participants will also gain sensitivity to how programs can integrate non-discriminatory practice and give attention to vulnerable groups.

 

The course involves approximately 50 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructors/facilitators and assignments, and is offered over a 10-week period, beginning on 21 March 2007. E-mail will be the main medium for the course, although participants will need to have periodic access to the Web.

 

The deadline for applications is 1 December 2006. More Information & Application forms are avaliable here [ http://www.hrea.org/courses/5E.html ]

 

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Human Rights Advocacy
7 March - 19 June 2007
 

This distance learning course provides human rights activists with a range of proven human rights advocacy methods and critical concepts as a means for them to reflect on and deepen their own work.In this course, participants should deepen their knowledge about advocacy and its relationship to: Politics and Democracy; Citizenship and Rights; Power, Empowerment and Citizen Education and Action.

 

The course involves approximately 60 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructor/facilitator and assignments, and is offered over a 15-week period, beginning on 21 February 2007. E-mail will be the main medium for the course, although participants will need to have periodic access to the Web (although participants will receive a hard copy the main course text).

 

The deadline for applications is 01 December 2006. More information and Application forms can be found here: [ http://www.hrea.org/courses/2E.html ]

 

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Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Human Rights Work - Advanced course

20 September - 12 December 2006

 

This e-learning course is intended for staff members of human rights and social justice NGOs and inter-governmental organisations who are responsible for information and communication (i.e. information officers, web editors, webmasters/webweavers, communication specialists) within their organisation. This course involves 60 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructor and assignments, and is offered over a three-month period, beginning on 20 September 2006.

 

Participants are expected to come to the course with ideas about how their organisation can integrate or further develop the use of ICTs within the organisation. Participants will do the required reading, prepare interim and final assignments and participate in group discussions. Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation upon successful completion of the course. The maximum number of participants is 25.

 

The deadline for applications is 15 July 2006. More information and Application forms can be found here: [  http://www.hrea.org/courses/3E.html ]

 

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