A Voice For the Voiceless

MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice

2007

December

• Dale Farm Travellers Win Key Concession as Eviction Deadline Approaches
• Malaysian Eco-baskets Promote Social Justice in Washington

• Rural Radio Promotes Democracy in Nepal Amid Continuing Uncertainty Over Elections

• Forensic Team Tracks Disappeared Peruvians as Fujimori Returns to Face Justice

• NATO Provincial Reconstruction Teams Need a Gender Policy, Say Afghan Advocates

• Uterus Damage Condemns Women to Sickness and Stigma in Rural Nepal
• New Publication Profiles the Needs and Courage of Torture Survivors in Sri Lanka
• Dalit Journalists Expose Caste Discrimination in Nepal's Villages as National Dalit Protests Escalate
• Glue-Sniffing Ruins Young Lives in Nairobi
• Summer Camp Unites Young Palestinians from West Bank and Israel
• Guatemalan Massacre Survivors Struggle to Rebury Their Dead and Pursue Justice

• African Governments 'Block' Indigenous Rights Declaration, Charge Advocates
• Success for Traveler Advocacy in UK As Eviction Threat Lifts at Dale Farm
• Srebrenica Memorial Quilt Unites Massacre Survivors in Bosnia and America
• Torture Remains Widespread in Democratic Nepal, Warn Advocates
• Advocates for the Blind Bring Vision to Impoverished Bangladesh
• Roma Women Advocates Denounce 'Racist' Roma Beauty Pageant'
• Independent Palestinian Unions Establish New Coalition in Drive for Worker Democracy

• Sri Lankan Advocacy Group Condemns Tamil Expulsions, Red Cross Murders
• AP Peace Fellow Defends Traveler Rights, Arouses British Ire
• Sexual Slavery Haunts Nigerian Women in Italy
• Palestinians Show Courage and Resilience in their Darkest Hour, Report Peace Fellows
• Afghan Women Demand a Halt to Intimidation and Murder
• Advocates Launch Campaign to Protect Women Human Rights Defenders in Serbia
• Nepalese Dalit Break with the Government and Demand 20 Percent Share of New Assembly Seats
• Palestinian Workers Call For Reforms in European Emergency Aid Program

• Students Join Forces With a Women's Club in Washington to Fight African Trafficking

• Nigerian Diaspora Raises the Alarm as Trafficked Victim Faces Deportation from Texas
• Srebrenica Massacre Verdicts Spark Outrage Among Survivors
• Women From the Balkans Demand a UN Meeting and a Say in Kosovo's Future

• Urban Sprawl Trumps Minority Housing Right in UK as Dale Farm Travelers Again Face Eviction
• Kosova Women's Network Declares War on Breast Cancer
• Nepalis Abroad Demand the Right to Vote in June Elections
• Palestinian Workers Claim their Rights in Gaza Amidst Violence and Political Chaos

• The West's Aid Embargo Undermines the Campaign for Palestinian Women's Rights
• Women in Black Criticizes Serbian Politicians and Rejetcs a Nationalist Solution to the Kosovo Crisis
• Rights Advocacy Flourishes in Palestinian Communities, Says New Report
• Serbian Press Seeks Jail for Women Peace Activists Who Advocate Independence for Kosovo

The Advocacy Project
1326 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20005
phone: +1 202-332-3900
fax: +1 202-332-4600