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People Centred Advocacy
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What is People Centred Advocacy:
People centred advocacy is a set of actions aimed at influencing public policies, societal attitudes, and sociopolitical processes in order to enable and empower the marginalised to speak for themselves. Its purpose is social transformation through the realization of all human rights, including civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights alike. People centred advocacy engages the spirit of democracy, serving as an advocacy method that is by the people, of the people, and for the people.
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People-centred advocacy is a value-driven, social and political process that encompasses a rights-based approach to social change and transformation; it is about mobilising civil society against human rights violations to ensure that the state is accountable, transparent, ethical and democratic. People centred advocacy seeks to increase participation in the policy making process. A people-centred approach acknowledges the critical role of citizens, yet simultaneously recognizes the urgent need to incorporate disenfranchised peoples not recognized by the state. Thus, the term people-centred advocacy is used, rather citizen-centred advocacy.
People Centred Advocacy at NCAS:
As an advocacy resource centre, NCAS supports marginalized peoples to strengthen their capacities by inculcating a rights-based perspective that provides critical information and builds the necessary skills to empower marginalized groups to advocate on their own behalf. NCAS also seeks to bridge the gap between micro-level activism and macro-level policy initiatives, encouraging participation in the decision making processes and demanding for transparent and just governance. NCAS engages several strategies to empower marginalized communities - advocacy capacity building; campaign support and networking; research, documentation and dissemination; media advocacy; and internships. NCAS, with its expertise in people-centred advocacy, seeks to increasing people’s understanding of society in all of its complexities, look at development from the lens of the marginalized, and use advocacy as a catalyst for social change.
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