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Provides
human rights activists with a range of proven human
rights advocacy methods and critical concepts as a
means for them to reflect on and deepen their own
work. The course will look at the theoretical foundations
and critical issues of human rights advocacy, elements
of advocacy planning, and strategies for action.
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Contact Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
applications@hrea.org
Start
date: February 17, 2003
Location: Distance
Learning - Virtual
Event details: This distance learning course
provides human rights activists with a range of proven
human rights advocacy methods and critical concepts
as a means for them to reflect on and deepen their
own work. The course will look at the theoretical
foundations and critical issues of human rights advocacy,
elements of advocacy planning, and strategies for
action.
In this course, participants should deepen their knowledge
about advocacy and its relationship to: Politics and
Democracy; Citizenship and Rights; Power, Empowerment
and Citizen Education and Action. Participants will
gain basic skills and knowledge in: visioning; contextual
analysis; problem/issue identification; analysis and
prioritisation; power mapping; goal/objective setting;
analysis of advocacy arenas
and strategies; message development, reports and media;
public outreach and mobilisation; lobbying and negotiation;
advocacy leadership and coalition building; and assessment
of success.
The course involves 60 hours of reading, on-line working
groups, interaction with students and instructors/facilitators
and assignments, and is offered over a 12-week period.
E-mail will be the main medium for the course, although
participants will need to have periodic access to
the Web (part of the readings/assignment will be distributed
via CD-ROM). The course is based on a participatory,
active learning approach,
with an emphasis on peer-to-peer learning. Participants
will do the required readings, prepare interim and
final assignments and participate in group discussions.
The main course text will be "A New Weave of
Power, People, and Politics: An Action Guide for Advocacy
and Citizen Participation" (World Neighbors,
2002), by Lisa VeneKlasen and Valerie Miller. The
maximum number of course participants is 25. It is
also
possible to be an auditor of the course. Students
who successfully complete the course will receive
a Certificate of Attendance.
Course outline
Weeks 1-3: Conceptual Foundations and Critical
Issues
Week
1: Politics, Advocacy, Democracy, Rights and Citizenship
Week 2: Power, Empowerment and Citizen Education
and Engagement
Week 3: Advocacy Effectiveness: Factors and
Measures of Success
Weeks 4-7: Elements of Advocacy Planning
Week 4: Overview of Planning; Analysis of Political
and Social Context
Week 5: Identification, Analysis and Definition
of Problems; Selection of Priority Issues
Week 6: Analysis of Political Arenas and Advocacy
Strategies; Selection of Policy Hooks and Angles
Week 7: Analysis of Forces, Friends and Foes;
Review and Readjustment of Strategies
Weeks 8-12: Doing Advocacy: Strategies for
Action
Week
8: Messages, Reports and Media
Week 9: Public Outreach and Mobilisation
Week 10: Lobbying and Negotiation; Advocacy
Leadership and Coalitions
Week 11: National and Local Cases (and links
between)
Week 12: International Cases (and linking Global,
National and Local)
The course is intended for staff members of human
rights/social justice organisations. Candidates should
have a good written command of English and have high
competence and comfort with computer and Internet
use. HREA aims to ensure equal gender and geographical
distribution across the selected participants.
Registration details:
The course tuition fee is US$455. Tuition for auditors
is $200. Scholarships are available for applicants
from Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin
America/Caribbean. Applications need to be submitted
by January 1 2003. Successful applicants will be notified
by January 10 2003. Full tuition payment is due on
February 7 2002. Click here for an application.
Contact information:
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
applications@hrea.org
HREA website : www.hrea.org
Online submission :
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