Capacity development is not merely the acquisition of skills, but also the capability and power to use them. Why so little progress: 1.In general, within existing institutions and structures, capacity…
13.A new human rights-based strategy will thus -be rights-based (emphasis here on purpose), -be process and outcome oriented, -be beneficiary centered/driven, -be participatory in a de-facto empowering way (4), -be…
Who’s in and who’s out 1.The process of social exclusion is closely linked to/with many current day economic and human rights (HR) problems. Social groups are excluded, because they have…
Experiences from some NGOs already using the Equity/Human Rights approach As far as international NGOs are concerned, CARE has probably advanced the most in its efforts to operationalize the Equity/Human…
Introduction 1.Equity and Human Rights (HRs) are by no means new concepts to NGOs. 2.Moreover, Equity and HRs are inseparately linked since equity is key to the realization of HRs.…
On power and Human Rights To be a fully empowered claim holder is to have the ability to compel the performance of some obligation; before being empowered, people are unable…
1.In many communities, Human Rights (HR) values still need to be promoted from above, because they have not yet been internalized by unknowing, potential claim holders. This promotion from above…
. 1.The strength of a rights-based approach is that it allows one to talk about entitlements and to challenge unwilling governments. (“One person should not have to decide whether s/he…
”The sovereignty of States must no longer be used as a shield for gross violations of Human Rights”. (Kofi Anan, Nobel lecture, Dec 2001) Betting on the invisible hand of…