Linked to the model is a continuum of outcomes that are the result of three models of education
and training.4
• Transmission (or ‘banking ‘approach) – information is passed on.
• Generation – new ideas have been developed.
• Transformation – situations have been changed.
The model encourages the human rights facilitator to ensure approaches that are experiential and
participatory in order to achieve transformative and sustainable outcomes.
Fig: The Learning Pyramid
Passive Methods
Participatory Methods
Human rights facilitation is aimed at:
Everyone - all levels, sectors, groups, roles, positions in society.
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Rights holders – those most vulnerable to human rights violations.
Duty bearers – those most able to defend to violate human rights.
Influencers – those most able to influences others’ opinions and actions.
Potentially everyone is a rights holder, a duty bearer and an influencer. In a particular context
however, there is usually a set of dynamics that will identify the specific position that each person
or group occupies.
These factors, as well as others such as identity and context, will influence how facilitators decide
the approach/es they will use in their practice.
Gender and human rights facilitation
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Joan Wink (theory), Dayna Watland (artist) https://www.joanwink.com/critical-pedagogy-3rd-edition/critical-pedagogy-3rd-editionpracticing-pedagogy-patiently/
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