November 5, 2008: Workshop: Human Rights and Advocacy
Training Report - Leadership Development Course 2008
On the second day, in the morning, the participants were asked to make their own role plays and present them in front of other groups. They were divided into three groups and discussed what kind of cases to be taken in their role plays and what messages to be conveyed. Even though the group was randomly selected and they were asked to create the play suddenly, they came up with really good role plays. All the stories they made were based on their real experiences and the performance of the participants were clear and realistic. Some participants even felt bad, recalling the painful experiences they had in the past.
At the end of the workshop, the participants gave some comments reflecting on the last two days:
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* I see many abuses in my workplace but no one take action against it.
I got courage from the workshop and I want to make a step forward to fight against abuses upon return to my country. - * My organization provides consultation services but I never knew about internal barrier that those who get abused develop. I'd like to hold this kind of workshop in my country.
- * Never accept abuse as our destiny. As a human being, we have to fight against abuses.
The participants got encouraged and empowered to fight against abuses seen in the daily life and to promote human rights of persons with disabilities. They closed the workshop by singing “Kono Machiga Sukisa (I Like ThisTown).”
