DESECE

Civic Education & Human Rights

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Empowering Citizens Through Rights and Justice

DESECE is committed to fostering an informed, just, and equitable society.
We promote civic education to help individuals understand their rights, responsibilities, and role in governance.
Through advocacy and community engagement, we advance social justice and human rights for all.
Our goal is to build empowered communities that can hold systems accountable and drive positive change.

Strategic goal
To promote civic education, social justice and human rights

Objective To empower: 75% of 917 community members to engage their leaders/curb human rights violations, ensure good governance, advocate for citizen participation in community development by 2025

Activities

Carry out mobilization and awareness creation on human rights and gender equality
Train groups in entrepreneurial skills using ERI approach (Enabling Rural Innovation)
Conduct Human Rights trainings to enable people understand their legal rights and responsibilities in protection of human rights.
Identify and train paralegals in one day workshop
Engage paralegals in identifying and reporting human rights violations
Refer human rights violation cases for redress
Mediate upon human rights cases
Identify and provide legal aid to needy cases
Establish networks and collaborations with other stakeholders
Follow up on human rights mediation cases
Conduct Child rights sensitization in schools
Train community members on child rights policies
Conduct civic education on elections, constitution, and election monitoring
Conduct civic education and awareness campaigns on public participation by citizens

Expected outcome

Increased awareness and responsiveness to gender equality and human rights protection
Informed community on human rights
Increased citizen participation in community development