Looking for change? Action!
Advocacy seems to be “à la mode” and figures in the plans of many platforms and individual organisations as an important strategic area of their work. Putting it in a plan is one thing but putting it in practice is another. Many advocacy efforts end with submitting a position paper to a high ranking governmental official. If your goal is to influence government so they change laws and policies for the benefit of the people you are working with (your beneficiaries), advocacy is a way to go. It demands a diversity of well targeted actions, knowing when to undertake which actions [...]