Facilitating a Reunion for Families Separated by a Border to Raise Awareness About Migrant Issues
Once a year, families torn apart by a broken immigration system gather at the US southern border between Texas and Mexico to briefly reunite.
Tactics
Using a Letter Writing Campaign to Defend Individuals at Risk
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people in more than 200 countries come together for a global letter writing marathon for human rights.
Using Virtual Reality to Commemorate Genocide
This tactic combines the power of art and technology to pay tribute to the courage of genocide survivors. In 2014, ISIS launched deadly attacks against the Yazidi people in northern Iraq. Thousands were killed, exiled, or forced into slavery.
Using Podcasts for Outreach on Societal Taboos
Taboos are often created by outdated traditions and social norms, and misguided interpretations of religion. These taboos affect different segments of the community, such as women, minorities and people with disabilities. Taboos label, control choices and make people vulnerable to abuse and violation.
Creating a Virtual Exhibition to Remember Victims
In the best of times, human rights advocacy requires constant tactical innovation. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019 generated huge additional challenges. In early 2020, the African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED) in The Gambia was working on creating an in-person traveling memorialization exhibition of their “The Duty to Remember” project. They planned the launch as part of Human Rights Week 2020 organized by the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
Using YouTube to Ensure the Right to Access Information
“Dima With Each Other”, or "Always Together" in English, is an audio magazine on YouTube. It provides two important accessibility roles: it is an educational and entertainment tool that shares critical rights and health information including how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic for people with visual impairments.
Using smartphones to advance safety and protection in public places
"SafeNess" is a mobile application, running on Android and iOS system, that allows the user to act quickly in case of dangers encoun
Storytelling for Truth and Reconciliation
Since the onset of conflict in 2011, over 400,000 Syrian lives have been lost, and more than half of the population remains displaced; nearly 6 million refugees are living outside of the country and an additional 6 million are displaced within Syria’s borders, according to a 2020 World Bank report. Those who have lost their loved ones and their homes are often left voiceless, leaving an astonishing number of stories left untold.
Celebrating pothole birthdays as a way to draw attention to infrastructure maintenance needs
Recently, a number of videos have circulated online showing citizens celebrating the birthday of potholes on major roads in different countries. The videos are in protest against the condition of roads and streets, the delay in maintenance, as well as to deliver a message to those responsible to act. New tactics has gathered a few examples of those who used birthday celebrations as a way to protest against ineffective local governance.
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