Reinventing Development?
Translating Rights-based Approaches from Theory into Practice
Reinventing Development?
Translating Rights-based Approaches from Theory into Practice
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The recognition that the persistence of poverty is closely linked to the denial of human rights has propelled rights-based approaches into the policy and practice of many development NGOs, UN bodies and aid agencies. This book presents the practical experiences of development practitioners who have tried to apply a rights-based approach in their work. Its aim is to increase understanding of the approach by drawing on bottom-up insights, and to identify what difference a rights-based approach makes in practice. What is the 'value added' of a rights-based approach? What difficulties and tensions arise? The case-studies span development, humanitarian relief and conflict resolution. The book concludes that there is potential not only for human rights to reinvent development, but for development to reinvent human rights.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Case studies: Africa
1. A Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming (HRBAP) - Urban Jonsson (UNICEF)
2. The Experiences of Oxfam International and its Affiliates in Rights-based Programming and Campaigning - Marjolein Brouwer, Heather Grady, Valerie Traore, and Dereje Wordofa (Oxfam)
3. The Case of CARE International in Rwanda - Andrew Jones (CARE)
4. Rights in Practice - Assessing the Impact of Rights-Based Training in Uganda - Pamela Ashanut Okille (independent consultant)
5. Using Human Rights to Address Conflict: A Valuable Synergy - Ghalib Galant and Michelle Parlevliet (Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town)
Part 2: Case studies: Latin America, Asia and Europe
6. Combating Infant Malnutrition - An Experience of Networking in the Social Struggle for the Human Rights to Food and Sustainable Nutrition - Martha Antunes and Jorge O. Romano (ActionAid)
7. Rights, Development and Democracy: A Perspective from India - Supryia Akerkar (ActionAid)
8. Children's Participation, Civil Rights and Power - Joachim Theis and Claire O'Kane (Save the Children Fund)
9. Reforms That Benefit Poor People - Practical Solutions and Dilemmas of Rights-based Approaches to Legal and Justice Reform - Amparo Tomas (UNDP)
10. New Foundations? Human Rights and Peace-Building in Northern Ireland - Neil Jarman (Institute for Conflict Research, Belfast)
Part 3: Current challenges
11. Rights-Based Responses to Aid Politicization in Afghanistan - Paul O'Brien
12. Rights as Struggle: Towards a More Just and Humane World - Harsh Mander
13. Linking Rights and Culture: Implications for Rights-Based Approaches - Jonathan Ensor
14. Conclusion - Olivia Ball
Index
Product details
| Published | 01 Oct 2005 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781842776490 |
| Imprint | Zed Books |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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