Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Advocacy for Realizing Child Rights

123 Pages·2006·0.55 MB·English

Regional Capacity Building
Workshop on
Advocacy
for Realising Child Rights
B Y: N E H A B H A N D A R I
R E V I E W E D B Y: D AV I D C O H E N

Regional Capacity Building
Workshop on
Advocacy
for Realising Child Rights
B Y: N E H A B H A N D A R I
R E V I E W E D B Y: D AV I D C O H E N
January 2005
Kathmandu, Nepal
The vision
Save the Children works for:
- a world which respects and values each child
- a world which listens to children and learns
- a world where all children have hope and opportunity
The mission
Save the Children fights for children’s rights.
We deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives worldwide.
© 2006 Save the Children Sweden
This publication is protected by copyright. It may be reproduced by any method without fee
or prior permission for teaching purposes, but not for resale. For use in any other
circumstances, prior written permission must be obtained from the publisher.
First Published 2006
Published by
Save the Children Sweden
Regional Programme for South & Central Asia
c/o Save the Children UK
Lalitpur, GPO Box: 5850, Kathmandu, Nepal
Office: 00977-1-5531928/9
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
URL: www.rb.se
Concept: Ravi Karkara
Written by: Neha Bhandari
Reviewd by: David Cohen
Copy-editing: Judith Amtzis
Design, Layout and Printing: Format Printing Press, Kathmandu, Nepal
List of Contents
Preface vii
Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Abbreviations xv
Summary xvii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
(cid:132) Background & Rationale 1
(cid:132) Refreshing the Principles of CRP: Participation,
Non-discrimination & Accountability 3
(cid:132) The Concept of a Rights-Based Approach 5
(cid:132) Rights-Based Approach and Service Delivery 8
(cid:132) Life Cycles of Issues 9
Chapter 2 Understanding Advocacy 11
(cid:132) Experiences of Advocacy 11
(cid:132) Lessons from Social Justice Advocates that we can
apply to a Child Rights Perspective 13
(cid:132) Ten Ways to Build a Movement 14
(cid:132) Defining Advocacy 14
Chapter 3 Strategy Planning 19
(cid:132) ACTON Model 19
(cid:132) "Nine Questions" - A Strategy Planning Tool for
Advocacy Campaigns 21
(cid:132) Picking the Right Issue to Start 22
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Chapter 4 Analysing Stakeholders, Power & Relationships 23
(cid:132) Stakeholder Analysis 23
(cid:132) Power Analysis 24
(cid:132) Organising for Policy Advocacy 26
(cid:132) Personal, Public and Institutional Relationships 26
(cid:132) Dealing with Political Relationships 27
(cid:132) Power of Visioning 27
(cid:132) Identifying Relationships 28
Chapter 5 Policy Cycle 31
Chapter 6 Child led and Child Centred Advocacy 33
(cid:132) Ban on Corporal Punishment in Schools in Orissa: An example of
child led advocacy 33
(cid:132) People Centred Advocacy & Child Centred Advocacy 34
(cid:132) Strategy & Tools to Strengthen Child Centred Advocacy 36
Chapter 7 Media Advocacy 39
(cid:132) Introduction 39
(cid:132) Media Advocacy by Save the Children Sweden-Denmark, Bangladesh 41
Chapter 8 Adding Strength 45
(cid:132) Network, Alliances & Coalitions 45
(cid:132) Lobbying 46
(cid:132) Campaigns 48
Chapter 9 Putting it Together (Reflections on tools and concepts) 51
(cid:132) Planning Advocacy Initiatives focusing on Policy Advocacy 51
(cid:132) Strengthening & Furthering Plans 52
Chapter 10 Way Forward 55
(cid:132) Continuing Support 55
(cid:132) Action Plans 56
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Chapter 11 Conclusion 63
Annexes 65
Annex 1 Group Work Output: Experiences of Advocacy 65
Annex 2 Group Work Output: Applying the ACTON model 69
Annex 3 Group Work Output (Thematic) 73
Annex 3.1 Gender-based violence (with focus on working with
men and boys) 73
Annex 3.2 Physical and psychological punishment 76
Annex 3.3 Children's education in emergency, in particular floods 79
Annex 4 Definitions 83
Annex 5 Glossary 85
Annex 6 Stakeholder Analysis Matrixes 87
Annex 7 Resource Material 89
Annex 8 List of Participants-Resources 91
Annex 9 Evaluation by Participants 97
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Preface
Nearly 15 years ago a clear shift occurred in Save the
Children Sweden's approach to development work in South
Asia, nationally and regionally. We shifted from a needs-based
approach to a rights-based framework, adopting Child Rights
Programming (CRP). This approach recognises the need to
fulfil the rights of every child, irrespective of class, caste,
creed, sex, age, HIV/AIDS status and disability, and not just
the rights of a select few. Making this real requires reaching
out to wider number of people, including children. One way
of ensuring this is to influence the key duty bearers
responsible for fulfilling children's rights, such as
governments. Understanding this notion makes advocacy
central to CRP, since advocacy is what makes duty
bearers accountable.
Save the Children Sweden has been working actively with this
realisation, incorporating advocacy within all its programmes
at different levels with various duty bearers. Whether through
lobbying, campaigning or networking, various examples of
such initiatives are found across the region.
At the same time, our experience has revealed a need for
much more specific and result oriented, people centred
advocacy with a special focus on child centred and child led
advocacy. Sometimes the lack of understanding, capacity and
skills of staff members and partners presents a hindrance. At
times it appears that advocacy interventions and approaches
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do not use a non-discrimination lens. Furthermore, children are seldom involved in
developing advocacy messages.
With this background a ‘Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Advocacy for Realising
Child Rights’ was organised in January 2005 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop was
facilitated by David Cohen, a world-renowned expert on advocacy. With his rich
experience and understanding of the field, David helped demystify advocacy concepts
and applications for Save the Children Sweden's South Asia staff.
The process initiated with the workshop is just the beginning of a long-term capacity
building process, which will build on existing advocacy work in South Asia. The
intention is to have five programme people linked to David Cohen, on a mentorship
agreement for developing staff capacity and for developing advocacy campaigns in four
locations in South Asia over the next three years. We look forward to this work and to
our continued relationship with David Cohen.
Lisa Lundgren
Regional Representative
Save the Children Sweden
South & Central Asia