Advocacy

Au Niger, la jeunesse mène une vaste campagne de sensibilisation sur le #coronavirus et promeut la plateforme muryarmatassa.org. Link: https://www.facebook.com/unicefniger/videos/932279883958432/?t=32 ...

Creative Commons has joined forces with other legal experts and leading scientists to offer a simple way for universities, companies, and other holders of intellectual property rights to support the development of medicines, test kits, vaccines, and other scientific discoveries related to COVID-19 for the duration of the pandemic. The Open COVID Pledge grants the public free, temporary access to IP rights in support of solving the COVID-19 crisis, removing unnecessary obstacles to dissemination of the knowledge and inventions that could save lives and limit suffering. Read more here: https://creativecommons.org/2020/04/07/open-covid-pledge-removing-obstacles-to-sharing-ip-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR3IS8ND0nMW30Q88xcrIE_laOWNY7ofG_FJOFF5qDdfIBwEbBHg-_QCUkQ ...

La red de comunicación COVID-19 es un sitio confiable para el cambio social y de comportamiento (SBC) profesionales, y otros respondedores necesitados, para acceder y compartir materiales de comunicación de alta calidad, herramientas y recursos de socios globales para abordar la pandemia de COVID-19 / Coronavirus. Access here: https://covid19communicationnetwork.org/?lang=es ...

Social stigma in the context of health is the negative association between a person or group of people who share certain characteristics and a specific disease. In an outbreak, this may mean people are labeled, stereotyped, discriminated against, treated separately, and/or experience loss of status because of a perceived link with a disease. The current COVID-19 outbreak has provoked social stigma and discriminatory behaviours against people of certain ethnic backgrounds as well as anyone perceived to have been in contact with the virus. This checklist put together by the WHO, IFRCm UNICEF and WHO contains recommendations from the John Hopkins Center and gives in 5 pages a handy overview over the issue. Document for download.  ...

The article by Emily Comfort Maractho looks at how women’s visibility and voice remain limited in public affairs programming in Uganda. The article examines how mass media reproduce cultural narratives that affect women in Uganda. It is part of a larger study on representation, interaction and engagement of women and broadcast media in Uganda. Ugandan women have made tremendous strides in public life, and hold strategic positions in politics and policy-making. This increased participation in public life is attributed to Uganda’s focused pro-women constitution and affirmative action policy. In spite of this progress, women’s visibility and voice remain limited in public affairs programming in Uganda. The findings suggest that the media reproduce cultural narratives through programming that mirror traditional society view of women and exclude women’s political and public narratives. The interactive and participatory public affairs programming is increasingly important for democratic participation. While men actively engage with such programming, women have failed to utilize it for the mobilization of women, reconstruction of gender stereotypes and producing new argumentation that challenges problematic cultural narratives that dominate media and society. Click here to read more ...

You can register for the 2020 Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit until Feb 21. Over 1500 social and behavior change communication professionals will gather in Marrakech, Morocco from March 30 through April 3 to discuss the climate crisis, rapid changes in technology and humanitarian action. Register Now  ...

The main aim of the manual is to provide those responsible for MHPSS in emergencies with a reference document that can help them in the practical implementation of their activities with a community-based approach. Some of the activities aimed at strengthening the social fabric and helping people overcome their distress described in the manual include sociocultural, artistic, and educational programs and workshops, sport and play, rituals and celebrations, counselling and clinical and social support for those with severe mental disorders. The manual describes ways to integrate mental health and psychosocial support in other activities, like livelihood support, protection of vulnerable cases, and conflict transformation. Click here to access the manual ...

The communication guidelines presented in this report build on the systematization of good practices on DRR communication in the Caribbean region, by presenting guidelines to expand and replicate the good practices in a systematic, consistent manner. The guidelines aim to support mutual reinforcement of good practices and enhanced effectiveness. The guidelines also reflect linkages to the work done by DIPECHO partners in Central America and South America, to ensure consistency and harmonization of practices. Click here for full guidelines ...

Intimate partner violence against women is a complex, enormously prevalent crime with devastating effects on women’s safety, health, and well being. With one out of three women worldwide experiencing this violence, its magnitude presents complex challenges to justice systems when survivors of violence seek to formally prosecute perpetrators. Further exacerbating this challenge are the varying individual, family, and community ideas about whether and how such violence – considered a private family matter in many cultural and social contexts – should be made public at all, let alone prosecuted. Feminist activists insist on a core ethical standard that women survivors of intimate partner violence determine their own course of action in response to violence. But significant obstacles exist in every direction survivors of intimate partner violence may turn. Both anecdotal and empirical evidence suggests that, in the face of these obstacles, a significant proportion of women survivors of intimate partner violence choose community-based alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms to help address the violence they are facing. Research finds that as many as 80 percent of disputes made public in the Global South are addressed through the informal justice system. This report examines how well ADR mechanisms have addressed violence for women around the world by examining the following: What do ADR responses ...

Le Programme national de lutte contre le paludisme, aux côtés de PATH et de Speak Up Africa, a lancé pour la première fois « Zéro Palu ! Je m’engage » en 2014 au Sénégal. Cette campagne nationale renforce l’appropriation communautaire des efforts de lutte antipaludique et accroît la sensibilisation et l’engagement politique des principales parties prenantes en matière d’éradication du paludisme afin qu’elles en fassent une priorité nationale. La campagne repose sur: l’engagement d’acteurs politiques afin de garantir que l’éradication du paludisme reste une priorité pour les dirigeants sénégalais; la diversification des sources de financement afin d’augmenter les ressources allouées aux interventions de lutte antipaludique et la création de partenariats innovants entre les secteurs public et privé; la création d’un mouvement communautaire afin d’obtenir une plus grande prise de conscience et une appropriation des interventions antipaludiques par les communautés. La sensibilisation des communautés a été effectuée par des champions communautaires lors de visites à domicile, mais aussi par le biais des médias sociaux et d’une série TV spécialement créée pour l’occasion. L’outil « Zéro Palu ! Je m’engage » est destiné à toutes les personnes ou organisations désireuses de mettre en œuvre des activités de plaidoyer, de mobilisation des ressources ...

Starting in Senegal, the National Malaria Control Programme, alongside PATH and Speak Up Africa, launched “Zero Malaria Starts with Me” in 2014. The nationwide campaign builds community ownership over malaria efforts and increases awareness of and political commitment for malaria elimination among key stakeholders to ensure it is a national priority. The campaign is based on: Engaging political actors to ensure malaria elimination remains a priority for Senegalese leadership; Diversifying funding sources to increase financial resources for malaria elimination interventions, and establishing innovative public-private partnerships; Creating a community-based movement to increase community awareness and ownership of anti-malaria interventions. Communities were reached through community champions conducting house visits, as well as through social media and an original TV series. The Zero Malaria Starts with Me toolkit is meant for everyone interested in engaging in malaria advocacy, resource mobilization, or communications in African countries. The content is based on tools and materials developed through the Zero Palu! Je m’engage campaign led by the Senegal National Malaria Control Programme (PNLP) and Ministry of Health and Social Action in partnership with Speak Up Africa and PATH. Users may benefit from the toolkit either as a complete package or as a collection of modules for ...

Why did 11 million fewer women than men vote in Pakistan’s 2018 general elections? Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is a much higher gender gap in each province’s largest metropolitan city compared to its remaining constituencies. This gap relates to men’s views about women’s vote and women’s knowledge of politics and the electoral process. Poor knowledge is, in turn, associated with a low interest in politics, which links to the failure of political parties to directly engage women and address their issues. These challenges can be addressed with better targeted voter education campaigns and a concerted effort by political parties to engage women directly and reduce their perception of being ‘politically invisible’. Click here for full briefing ...