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The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. Since 1998, AP has supported 117 community-based organizations in 52 countries.
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2010 - A Decisive Year for Nepal's Dalits
Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) will this year adopt a new constitution. In a commentary, Suvash Darnal, a prominent Dalit advocate and founder of the Jagaran Media Center (JMC) in Kathmandu, argues that the new constitution must do more to protect Dalits aginst discrimination. Dalits comprise up to 20% of the population but occupy only 8% of the Assembly seats. In addition, Dalits receive only 9% of the scholarships in spite of a 62% illiteracy level. Meanwhile, new web pages on the AP site profile practices which perpetuate Dalit poverty, including allegations of witchcraft, violence against mixed marriages and bonded labor. For a compelling visual portrait of Dalit life, visit The Clean Hands Project, an exhibition of photos take by JMC reporters who were trained by former AP Peace Fellow Jes Therkelsen.
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December 14, 2009
Indian Waste-pickers Demand “Climate Justice” at Global Warming SummitCopenhagen: A new report finds that informal recycling in Delhi makes a major contribution towards the reduction of greenhouse gases, and calls on the Indian authorities to provide wastepickers with better protection and financial incentives. The report, ‘Cooling Agents,’ is produced by the Delhi-based Chintan Environmental Action and Research Group and The Advocacy Project (AP). It finds that waste-pickers and recyclers reduced CO2 emissions from Delhi by 962,133 tons in 2008, and was released at the climate summit in Copenhagen by Jai Prakash Chowdhury, a recycler from Delhi. The research was directed by Ted Mathys, who volunteered with Chintan as an AP Peace Fellow this summer. Read more.....
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November 25, 2009
Gulu Councils Vote to Make Services Available to War-Disabled in Northern Uganda
Kampala, Uganda: The Gulu district and municipal councils have agreed to make schools, hospitals and health centers accessible to people with disability. The move follows a year of lobbying by the Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU), an AP partner. In another victory for disability rights in Uganda, five Ugandan MPs have announced that they will call for the UN convention on disability rights to be incorporated into Ugandan law. Read more... |
November 23, 2009
Liechtenstein Welcomes Peace Fellows at Diplomatic Reception
H.E. Claudia Fritsche (left, seated), Ambassador for the Principality of Liechtenstein in Washington, with some of the 45 students who served as AP Peace Fellows this summer. The reception by Ambassador Fritsche, who is an AP Board member, was intended to thank the Fellows for their commitment and introduce them to diplomats from the countries where they served.
November 9, 2009
Relatives of Peru’s Disappeared Win a Place at the Political Table
Gerardo Fernando Mendoza, who lost 3 family members in Peru’s “dirty war” against terrorism, has won election as the first mayor of Putis in Southern Peru. 92 villagers were killed by the Peruvian Army at Putis in 1984. Their remains were recovered in spring 2008 by the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology team (EPAF), an AP partner, and restored to relatives. Mr Mendoza (above, at the site of the Putis massacre) was elected by acclaim after villagers collected 1,000 signatures, forcing the government to designate Putis as a Centro Poblado. The move could open the way for relatives to claim government services and even seek reparations for those who died. Read more...Read more news on our partners...
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