THE NEW TACTICS NEWSLETTER – January 12, 2006
NEW: TACTICAL NOTEBOOK FROM TURKEY
How does your government support human rights education? Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR) in Turkey collaborated with their government to further human rights education for women at the local level. They developed a highly successful human rights education curriculum for women that provided an accessible, structured and sustainable way to reach women in need of learning about their rights. This impressive notebook was written with very limited support from a New Tactics Micro Grant ($250 USD). [read this notebook]
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2005: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
2005 proved to be an exciting year for the New Tactics in Human Rights Project. With help from a truly global network of human rights practitioners, the project was able to provide the human rights community with more resources and tools than ever before. Key highlights include:
After the New Tactics International Symposium in 2004, many participants expressed an interested in communicating what they learned to others. To support their efforts, the New Tactics project awarded nearly 40 micro grants to practitioners from 15 countries. Practitioners used these grants to hold tactically focused meetings and workshops or translated and distributed New Tactics materials to distribute locally. The resulting translations, reports, and other resources are available on our website. [more]
Asia Regional Training Workshop
Although only 50 practitioners were able to attend the training in August in Chiang Mai, Thailand, many participants expressed the importance of tactical training resources provided to them during the workshop. A number of the tools, exercises and presentations are now available On-line for you to download and use. [more]
Latin America Tactical Notebooks
In 2004, 12 human rights practitioners from Latin America gathered in Peru to train one another on innovative tactics to address human rights problems facing the region. These trainers have since written 6 Tactical Notebooks highlighting tactics to address complex issues, such as indigenous rights, truth and reconciliation and access to justice. [more]
Online Discussion Workshop
In late 2005, more than 40 human rights practitioners from 24 countries participated in the first ever New Tactics On-line Discussion Workshop. Designed for grassroots level practitioners, the workshop offered participants the opportunity to analyze their human rights situation in terms of tactics and strategy. The event, which took place over a five-week period, combined active facilitation and On-line training tools (e.g. Tactical Mapping) to aid practitioners in thinking more strategically about their work. [more]
IN THE NEWSROOM: COLUMBIA FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION, POWER TOOLS
Columbia University in New York, U.S.A. is now accepting applications for their annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP). In other news, an environmental group recently launched "Policy Power-Tools," a website designed to assist advocates in addressing natural resource policy issues. [more]
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