Bedigen, W, Mdee, A orcid.org/0000-0002-8260-1840, Temlong, R et al. (2 more authors) (2021) The failure of externally-driven advocacy initiatives to contextualise sub-Saharan “marginalised women”. Development in Practice, 31 (2). pp. 259-267. ISSN 0961-4524
Abstract
This paper challenges the assumptions and practices of many externally-driven women’s advocacy initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa. It examines much misunderstood concepts (advocacy, agency and empowerment) and highlights how their constructions are fundamentally flawed. It draws conclusions from advocacy training for women conducted by an international NGO in Nigeria and DRC. Illiteracy, poverty and unequal access to and control over resources all constitute barriers to advocacy. The study highlights the ineffectiveness of externally driven advocacy initiatives delivered through training events. It suggests that more nuanced and context-appropriate processes of change will more effectively identify and challenge structures of oppression.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of an article published in Development in Practice. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Civil society – NGOs; Gender and diversity – Disability; Labour and livelihoods – Poverty reduction; Rights; Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2020 12:52 |
Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2022 15:02 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09614524.2020.1836129 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168593 |