A Toolkit Orientation Programme on Rethinking Rights, Justice, and Development

Section 2: Programme Methodology
2.5   Assignments
  • Based on the provided reading material and their understanding participants would be required to prepare a case study of rights violation or protection of marginalised communities in the context of globalisation process, prepare a rights manifesto, policy document, frame resistance and advocacy strategies or something, which they think would be beneficial for the discussion during the programme.

  • Towards the end of the programme participants would be engaged in an exercise aimed at drafting / evolving solutions for the problems affecting their communities to be decided consensually by the participants. The steps would be:
    1. to identify the needs or problems of the community
    2. to choose a certain need or problem as a focus of activity
    3. to plan a programme for its solution
    4. to carry out steps involved in the plan.

Both the exercises would help participants in developing their ability to research (observe, report, pinpoint) - all related to the social and physical geography of the community. It will help them in setting goals or objectives, plot steps towards achieving the objectives and finally evaluate their progress towards that objective.