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Other lay publications• A user-friendly booklet on the provisions of the Child Justice Act called Getting toknow the Child Justice Act. Approximately 3 000 copies were widely distributed topractitioners, the courts, the police and social workers.• A user-friendly guide on the Convention against Torture and how it applies toSouth Africa.• Claiming economic, social and cultural rights at the international level, providing usefuland accessible information on the International Covenant on Economic, Social andCultural Rights (ICESCR) and the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR, with a circulation of3 000 copies.• Security, peace and dignity: The right to have access to housing of women who are victimsof gender-based violence, Socio-Economic Rights Project Research Series 5, witha circulation of 2 000 copies. It focuses on government’s obligations in relation toaccess to housing for women experiencing gender-based violence.• From the global to the local: The role of international law in the enforcement of socioeconomicrights in South Africa, Socio-Economic Rights Project Research Series 6, witha circulation of 2 000 copies. It explores the vital role of international human rights lawand jurisprudence, including the United Nations and African human rights systemsand policy frameworks, in advancing socio-economic rights at the domestic level inSouth Africa.• Child poverty and children’s rights of access to food and basic nutrition in South Africa: Acontextual, jurisprudential and policy analysis, Socio-Economic Rights Project ResearchSeries 7, with a circulation of 2 000 copies. Drawing insights from international humanrights law, it analyses the significance of, and correlation between the right of accessto food for children and their right to basic nutrition as defined under sections 27(1)(b) and section 28(1)(c) of the Constitution, respectively.Workshops and training programmesAlong with its other dissemination strategies, the Centre has sought to engage directlywith stakeholders on the basis of its research results. It provides not only for verification ofresults but also for the empowering of government officials and civil society. The Children’sRights Project, under the banner of the Child Justice Alliance, facilitated one-day provincialworkshops in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Upington andPolokwane, introducing the provisions of the Child Justice Act to various NGOs, civil societyorganisations and government officials. It also, in collaboration with the Department ofSocial Development, hosted three pilot workshops to test the efficacy of the trainingmaterials produced by the Project.On completion of research, the results are routinely presented not only to stakeholderswho may act upon the results, but also to those who were the subject of such research.For example, the Gender Project hosted a workshop on the research findings on thetraining of SAPS members on the Domestic Violence Act. The workshop was attended by28COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE