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[…] View resource Journal article A tale of two cities: shifting the paradigm of anti-trafficking programmes 01/03/2002 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning GaD Gender and Development Journal Overview This article examines the issue of trafficking from the perspective of some sex worker organisations in India and Bangladesh. It argues that inequality between classes, genders, and nations is the root cause of trafficking, and that the solution to the problem lies in a political struggle for the rights of marginalised people. To substantiate these […] View resource Journal article Human rights or wrongs? the struggle for a rights-based response to trafficking in human beings 01/03/2002 10 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning GaD Gender and Development Journal Humanitarian practice Overview A unique opportunity for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and advocates to contribute to the development of a human rights-based response to the trafficking of human beings now exists. Many governments have signed a new international treaty on trafficking and are in the process of adopting domestic anti-trafficking laws. However, as explained in this article, most government […] View resource Book Development and Advocacy 01/02/2002 1 documents 214 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Aid effectiveness Campaigning Development methods World Bank and IMF Overview Most major development NGOs dedicate significant resources to advocacy. Many also work to inform and shape public opinion, whether through advertising or fundraising, or through education programmes. They argue that fundamental change is not achieved until the policy environment is right, and cannot be sustained without a ground-swell of support for reform. In recent years, […] View resource Journal article ‘Implementing an indicator’: operationalising USAID’s ‘Advocacy Index’ in Zimbabwe 01/02/2002 13 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Civil society Development methods Overview This article focuses on performance measurement in the democracy and governance (DG) programme of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in its Zimbabwe mission. The article tells the story of one qualitative indicator used for measuring progress, namely the ‘Advocacy Index’. It traces the history of this indicator, from rationale and concept through […] View resource Discussion paper Beyond Civil Rights: Developing economic, social, and cultural rights in the uk 01/01/2001 1 documents 75 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Civil society Development methods Overview With the implementation of the Human Rights Act in 2000, the mainly civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights are, for the first time, directly enforceable in UK law. While welcoming this significant advance, the authors argue that protection should be extended to the full range of economic, social, […] View resource Book Debating Development: NGO’s and the future 19/10/2000 1 documents 424 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Development methods Overview Non-government organisations working in the humanitarian and development sectors won official approval in the 1980’s and 1990’s, but there are signs now that they are losing favour. The NGO sector stands accused by some of complacency and self-interest, on the one hand, and of being ineffectual and irrelevant on the other. NGOs are increasingly challenged […] View resource Research report Climate Change: The implications for Oxfam’s programme, policies and advocacy 01/10/2000 1 documents 24 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Climate change adaptation Overview Report on the impacts of climate change and the implications for Oxfam’s programme, policies and advocacy. View resource Journal article NGOs, disasters, and advocacy: caught between the Prophet and the Shepherd Boy 01/08/2000 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Development methods Humanitarian practice Overview Is it preferable for aid agencies to listen to their prophetic calling and risk their hard-earned credibility by engaging in advocacy that is intended to avert disasters, or should NGOs instead be wary of calling wolf too often? Written from the perspective of an advocacy practitioner, this article looks at the conflicting pressures on NGOs […] View resource Journal article Heroism and ambiguity: NGO advocacy in international policy 01/08/2000 13 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Development methods Finance World Bank and IMF Overview NGO advocacy is sometimes portrayed in a heroic light, but efforts to influence World Bank-supported economic policies confront considerable ambiguity. Influence is difficult to demonstrate, but advocacy should be more rigorously assessed in the interest of transparency and effectiveness. Two (partial) solutions to this ambiguity are to focus on the process of NGO campaigns themselves; […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know