advocacy

• advocacy


  act of pleading or arguing in favor of something
• reactive advocacy


  problem or issue is already there and the advocacy is being used to reduce the problem
• proactive advocacy


  focused on planning for the future, in which an agenda is set in creating a policy that will prevent a problem before it happens
• advocacy


  results to positive changes that could be in the form of policies, laws, programs, and projects designed to effectively improve people's situation in life
• advocate


  is a person who pleads in another's behalf or is an intercessor
• 3 types of advocacy

  1. Systems advocacy

  2. Individual advocacy

  3. Self-advocacy
• systems advocacy


  focuses on efforts that shall change policies and practices at the local, national, or international levels so that lasting changes will be brought to the lives of groups or individuals who share similar problems
• systems advocacy


  examples of this are education network philippines, healthjustice philippines, and women's legal and human rights bureau
• Education Network Philippines


  focuses on education reforms
• Education Network Philippines


  covers early childhood care and development, education financing, and non-formal and formal education
• Healthjustice Philippines


  aims to help Filipinos make sound health choices and avoid health risks
• Healthjustice Philippines


  also ensures that they have equal health access
• Healthjustice Philippines


  it facilitates research on priority public health policies
• Healthjustice Philippines


  designs efficient tools for policy change
• Women's Legal and Human Rights Bureau


  speaks for women's welfare
• Women's Legal and Human Rights Bureau


  promotes women's holistic growth and legal advocacy (also supports their dignity, rights, and leadership!)
• individual advocacy


  focuses on efforts that will change the situation of an individual and protect his or her rights
• individual advocacy


  you speak for others
• individual advocacy


  examples of this are loveyourself, give.ph, and childhope philippines
• LoveYourself


  provides free HIV testing and counseling
• LoveYourself


  this group uses a positive approach to promote HIV awareness and sexual health
• LoveYourself


  has a culture of love and belonging
• give.ph

  offers poor children with daily needs to keep them in school
• give.ph


  its three main programs are back to school, hygiene, and customized personal and corporate advocacy programs for children
• Childhope Philippines


  launched Street Education and Protection (STEP)
• Childhope Philippines


  its goal is to improve the life of street children
• Childhope Philippines


  shows what advocacy is, let alone in this time of need
• Childhope Philippines


  along with the right to education and healthcare, it promotes the street children's holistic growth
• Street Education and Protection (STEP)


  covers four areas: psychosocial interventions, skills development, appropriate education, and health services
• Childhope Philippines


  through their health advocacy, street children receive primary healthcare, consultations, and treatments
• KliniKalye


  ensures that street children remain healthy and fit to learn
• KalyEskwela


  street children learn basic literacy and numeracy

  
  

  a. those who return to formal schooling also receive educational aid and teens learn trade and tech skills through a youth empowerment project

  b. the teens can then use these skills to work and support themselves and their families
• Self-advocacy


  focuses on strengthening an individual's ability to communicate with other people
• Self-advocacy


  persuading and convincing the individual to address his or her own needs and rights