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Tactics for Local Action - Creating More Inclusive Communities

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Tactics for Local Action - Creating More Inclusive Communities

Struggling to identify where you can make an impact? For so many, the desire to make positive changes around human rights can be overshadowed by the overwhelming sense that the issues are too large, too complex and too distant to be able to actually make a difference. We ask: who am I to try to change things? You are a community member, a citizen, a neighbor, a family member and a friend. Around all of us are networks of individuals with whom we interact on a daily basis. We can all take steps toward a more inclusive, positive and understanding world by interacting with those we know best.

Below are five examples of tactics from the New Tactics in Human Rights tactic database that have been used to change the dialogue, breed inclusiveness and provide protection and open spaces for at-risk groups in communities. These and other tactics can be adapted and applied locally, and they are transferable: what works on a seemingly unrelated issue halfway across the world can provide inspiration and creativity for your local action.

Data Visualisations for Human Rights Organisations

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Data Visualisations for Human Rights Organisations

Data 4 Change is a workshop where human rights organisations and journalists are paired up with researchers, designers, and developers to create data visualisations that can help change the world. The need for the workshop was first realized when organizers learned that human rights organisations in the MENA region collect primary data, and had a strong desire to visualise their research, but lacked the skills and access to professionals to do so.

Sharing New Tactics' Method in Guadalajara

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Sharing New Tactics' Method in Guadalajara

Neighbors are important. I learned that growing up on a farm in rural North Dakota near the border with Manitoba. And I learned that while living in the tiny landlocked country of Armenia. These experiences, among others, have piqued my interest in what it means to be a good neighbor. As a result, I’ve become increasingly interested in Mexico, our neighbor to the south, and with whom the U.S. has a complicated, interdependent, and ever-evolving relationship.

Consultancy opportunity: Development of safeguarding guidance for AIUK’s work with individuals at risk

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Consultancy opportunity: Development of safeguarding guidance for AIUK’s work with individuals at risk

Amnesty International UK (AIUK) is seeking to engage a consultant to undertake the development of organisational best practice guidance and principles to ensure the organisation is meeting the highest standards in safeguarding the security of the individuals they campaign with and for.

Background to the project

Does a Nobel Peace Prize Change a Person?

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Does a Nobel Peace Prize Change a Person?

The answer is “no” if that person is Kailash Satyarthi. His exuberant child within shines forth as strongly today as when I first had the honor of meeting Kailash-ji in 2003 in New Delhi along with his team in Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement).

The Critical and Complex Task of Protecting Survivors and Witnesses of Human Rights Violations

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The Critical and Complex Task of Protecting Survivors and Witnesses of Human Rights Violations

Marie Soueid is CVT policy counsel.

Last month, I had the opportunity to participate in an online conversation from CVT’s New Tactics in Human Rights program, with the title “Protecting Survivors and Witnesses.” This conversation was led by individuals from a number of universities and medical and human rights law organizations, and raised particular questions on the role of states and civil society, effectiveness of protection mechanisms and risk management.

MBA Students Analyze Ways to Support CVT’s New Tactics Program

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MBA Students Analyze Ways to Support CVT’s New Tactics Program

Halfway through March, I joined a team of five graduate students from the Carlson School to partner with the New Tactics program at Center for Victims of Torture. Our goal was to explore ways that the New Tactics program could become more accessible, and also find ways to support the ongoing development of the program. While it might seem unusual to think of five MBA students working on a project supporting a nonprofit, each of us felt drawn to the program. Many of us had worked abroad prior to returning to graduate school and all of us were impressed with the work New Tactics does training advocates of human rights globally.

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