Paper/Proposal Title
A Human Rights Mission: Advocacy on the Local and Global Scale
Location
River Campus, Room M2060
Start Date
10-4-2013 1:00 PM
Abstract
Debates on the local and global scale of NGOs have most prominently dominated discussions in the field of development. Whether these debates have been framed in respect to impact or measures of development, the local versus global dispute has stimulated scholarly inquiry that appears challenged until this date. In recent years, this important topic has also surfaced critical human rights discourses, particularly with regards to advocacy. Scholarship on the matter has become more pressing as changing dynamics in the sphere of NGOs demand for further theoretical, and more importantly, practical examinations of advocacy on the local and global scale. This article contributes to this crucial human rights debate by discussing four measures of advocacy on the case studies of two NGOs. The four measures of advocacy include scope, target, method, and ethical principles and are examined on the case study of Amnesty International and Zi Teng, a local NGO advocating for the rights of sex workers in Hong Kong. Upon a comparison of the two cases, I expose difficulties of assessment and accountability of NGOs and propose a guideline that may budge some of the noted predicaments. This article is based on scholarly research in the field of human rights and advocacy, as well as person practitioner experience.
A Human Rights Mission: Advocacy on the Local and Global Scale
River Campus, Room M2060
Debates on the local and global scale of NGOs have most prominently dominated discussions in the field of development. Whether these debates have been framed in respect to impact or measures of development, the local versus global dispute has stimulated scholarly inquiry that appears challenged until this date. In recent years, this important topic has also surfaced critical human rights discourses, particularly with regards to advocacy. Scholarship on the matter has become more pressing as changing dynamics in the sphere of NGOs demand for further theoretical, and more importantly, practical examinations of advocacy on the local and global scale. This article contributes to this crucial human rights debate by discussing four measures of advocacy on the case studies of two NGOs. The four measures of advocacy include scope, target, method, and ethical principles and are examined on the case study of Amnesty International and Zi Teng, a local NGO advocating for the rights of sex workers in Hong Kong. Upon a comparison of the two cases, I expose difficulties of assessment and accountability of NGOs and propose a guideline that may budge some of the noted predicaments. This article is based on scholarly research in the field of human rights and advocacy, as well as person practitioner experience.
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