JCoR Workshop on Migration Advocacy for Religious in Zambia (June 2024)

From 3 to 8 June 2024, the JCoR Network of Zambia offered a workshop on migration advocacy for Religious and their partners in Zambia. Many of the participants were already actively engaged in a ministry of visitation to migrants who were being detained in Zambian prisons. They sought capacity building on the issue of migration-related rights, polict frameworks, and procedures, which will enable them to collaborate in a more effective way in promoting the human rights of migrants in Zambia and Zambian migrants abroad.

Objectives:

To raise critical awareness and knowledge creation on Migration among participants
To encourage welcoming attitudes towards Vulnerable migrants and refugees as demanded by the Church Social Teaching for every Catholic Christian .
To encourage collaboration among participants in responding to issues of migration in Zambia

Competences:

By the end of the five days’ training workshop, it was hoped that participants would have:

Improved skills in responding to Migration issues
Increased knowledge in Migration
Ability to identify different categories of migrants and to respond appropriately
Strengthened capacity to conduct advocacy initiatives on Migration issues

Workshop Content

Click on the following links to access the presentations and resource materials that were shared with participants at the workshop. The agenda is available here.