2004 Testimonials - Course 2E: Human Rights Advocacy

What participants said about this course:

"I have had a great learning experience, my first online."

"One thing is sure: I enjoyed this course, it gave me confidence."

"I found the course very useful and helped crystallise and 'term' our fieldwork and the results and has widened my skill base in the area. I enjoyed the participation very much."

"Let me take that opportunity to thank you for the wonderful Action Guide you have put together. I really enjoy reading it since I started with the first chapter. What I appreciate most is, that one can sense that it was written and conceptualised by activists, people who are in touch with grassroots groups for a long time. That and the many examples and inputs from activists around the world makes it so useful and important for my own practise/work. I can relate to so many situation described, learn from it, compare it with my own experiences and finally improve."

"Thanks a lot Valerie - it was very inspiring to communicate with and learn from you!"

"Readings from varying cultural background and disciplines broadened my perspective on human rights issues, and sometimes I found similarities."

"All the topics of the course were extremely useful in framing the understanding and work of advocacy."

"I was amazed at the quick response from the facilitator who tried to quote from all the assignments that have been presented by the class."

"The weekly discussions definitely referred to core points of the course and helped a lot in the framing and drafting of the final project."

"The contributions of the course participants provided me of an insight of their country profiles including their political backgrounds and human rights situation, which were not well known to me. It felt like we had a reporter in each one of the participants' countries."

"The instructor did a great job and revealed her enthusiasm and professionalism through the course."

"The HREA staff responded promptly to all my technical needs and portrayed great professionalism and care to the participants work."

"I really benefited from one on one interactions with the course instructor."

"The course was a good opportunity to link up again with some participants as well as make new connections and it was very useful in that regard in terms of exchange of information and networking. We continue to correspond and it has definitely enriched my work."

"The course has definitely provided an insight of advocacy and has helped me to think in a more integrative way taking into consideration basic concepts such as democracy, citizenship, political culture, political power, participatory advocacy etc."

"I believe what I learned through the course will greatly impact my efforts and activities through my work."

"The broad range of expertise, experience and professional background of participants provided very rich and diverse contributions."

"The lessons and knowledge gained from the course will be put into practice in my work."

"The course met my expectations and was very methodical, logical in sequence, and the text book used was outstanding."

"The regular contributions and messages from the facilitator were very good in motivating me and bringing the discussion to another level by finding the common thread between the contributions as well as highlighting particular things."

"It was a challenging course. It gives me sound background and matter for thought."

"Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the course. I do look forward to taking other courses from HREA in the future."