Building National Campaigns: Activists, alliances, and how change happens

Dalton, David

dc.contributor.author	Dalton, David	*
dc.date.accessioned	2010-11-11T12:29:20Z	en
dc.date.available	2010-11-11T12:29:20Z	en
dc.date.issued	2007-11-23
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-85598-574-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/115412
dc.description	Poor-quality employment undermines sustainable development and gender equality throughout the world. Yet, the number of people employed in precarious jobs, with unstable income, little access to benefits, and with fewer opportunities to claim their rights, is increasing, with many workers (especially women) remaining trapped in poverty. High-profile campaigning has become an important strategy for civil-society organizations such as womens' collectives, migrants' groups, student networks, faith-based organisations, trade unions, and others working to make change happen. For many organisations, campaigning is a new type of activity and few have had the opportunity to help each other build capacity to campaign. This book draws on Oxfam International's experience in supporting national labour-rights campaigning initiatives at local and national level. The authors describe and analyse what happened in five campaigns in Colombia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, and the United States. All faced enormous obstacles, and all were able to overcome them through innovation, new ways of working in alliance, and patient persistence towards their target. This book will be of interest to all campaigning individuals and organisations, not just those working on labour rights. The analysis includes learning points and examples of good practice. The book offers a menu of approaches and activities and readers can choose those which are appropriate and useful to their situation. A practical and up-to-date resources section helps the reader explore the issues further	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Introduction, Contexts, Building an alliance, Developing a strategy, Incorporating gender equality, Using the media, Developing policy	en_US
dc.format.extent	120	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	PDF	en
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	Spanish	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam GB	en_US
dc.publisher	Practical Action Publishing	en_US
dc.relation.url	https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/building-national-campaigns-activists-alliances-and-how-change-happens-115412
dc.subject	Approach and methodology
dc.title	Building National Campaigns: Activists, alliances, and how change happens	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Colombia	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Morocco	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Nicaragua	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Sri Lanka	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	United States	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Labour standards	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Fair trade	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Advocacy	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Campaigning	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Development methods	en_US
oxfam.relation.slideshow	Oxfamgb/building-national-campaigns	en
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-17T13:32:50Z