Strategies and lessons from experience
By: Symington A, Gokal S & Principe T
Published by: The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), January 2006
Via: Siyanda
What are the greatest challenges that activists encounter in their efforts to improve economic and social rights for women? This Association of Women in Development (AWID) study, conducted in 2005, aimed to answer this question by interviewing 50 activists working in diverse settings all over the world. The insights provided in this report include those from feminist activists working with a variety of strategies. These include the use of litigation and judicial processes, making and reforming policy, engaging with budgets, drawing on United Nations mechanisms, using fact finding and research, and organising campaigns and popular mobilisation. It draws on case studies and examples, strategies for success and lessons from experience in translating “rights on paper” into concrete implementation in women's lives. The report reflects on some of the challenges as well as the strengths of using these different approaches and highlights what lessons can be drawn for advocacy work more generally. For example, although human rights have become a powerful tool, it is clear that their successful application depends on the right circumstances coming together. In addition, good research is imperative for advocacy success in revealing gendered dimensions of an issue, convincing responsible parties, allies and opponents, opening advocacy opportunities, and finding appropriate remedies.
(http://www.awid.org/publications/ESCR-english.pdf)
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