August 2008 eNewsletter
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New Tactics in Human Rights

New Tactics eNewsletter – August 20, 2008

 

FEATURED DIALOGUE: HIV/AIDS Prevention – OPEN TODAY!

 

This month's featured online dialogue will focus on HIV/AIDS Prevention.  The New Tactics project decided to keep the momentum going from the International HIV/AIDS Conference held in Mexico City this month, by hosting this important dialogue on HIV/AIDS Prevention tactics. Join practitioners working in this field and share your experiences, challenges, successes and questions as well as gain ideas and tools to apply to your efforts.

 

Practitioners include:

 

  • Sarah Kalloch of the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) (USA)
  • Dr. Syed Asif Altaf of the International Transport Workers Federation
  • Nathalie Applewhite of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (Jamaica and Haiti)
  • Pablo Frisch of Intercambios Asociación Civil (Argentina)
  • Jason Harlow of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health
  • Celina Gorre of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (Angola)
  • Minnesota AIDS Project (USA)
  • Lucrecia Jose Wamba of the Southern Africa AIDS Trust (SAT) (Mozambique)

 

Join the New Tactics community today to participate!

 

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/new-tactics/hiv-aids-prevention

http://www.newtactics.org/user/register

 

RESOURCES

 

New Tactics – Tactics Database Redesigned!

 

Thanks to skilled and patient volunteers, our newly redesigned tactics database is ready to be launched on the New Tactics website!  In this database, you can find over 100 examples of tactics being used by practitioners around the world!  These tactics are divided into four main categories: Prevention Tactics, Intervention Tactics, Restorative Tactics, and Building Human Rights Cultures and Institutions.  We invite you to read these tactics and adapt them to your own work.  Please contact us if you are interested in adding a tactic to this collection, adding additional examples to a tactic that already exists, or sharing your experience of adapting these tactics to your work.

 

http://www.newtactics.org/en/tactics/database

http://www.newtactics.org/en/contact

 

 

New Tactics notebook – Engaging Key Stakeholders

 

This notebook looks at the organization CARE-Bangladesh and how they engaged key stakeholders in the fight against HIV/AIDS. While Bangladesh has a very low infection rate, their surrounding countries had high rates and they realized that they needed to prevent the virus from spreading.  They realized that transportation workers were extremely vulnerable and integrated an education and awareness campaign with the truck drivers union. The program was eventually passed onto the drivers and made their own. These education programs have expanded to include health care services and numerous other successes and benefits. Download this Tactical Notebook for free on our website.

 

http://www.newtactics.org/en/EngagingKeyStakeholders

 

interTactica

 

Looking for ways to adapt a tactic to your work? Visit interTactica for helpful tips on tactic ideas and implementation. Recent posts have included So the whole world can watch on using video for Human Rights Advocacy.

 

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/so-whole-world-can-watch

interTactica [English] http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel

interTactica [Français] http://www.newtactics.org/fr/blog/interTactica

 

IN THE NEWSROOM: Partnerships, and Prizes

 

We are very pleased to announce that the New Tactics in Human Rights Project in partnership with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) will again be offering small grants to human rights organizations!  For more information, visit our website http://www.newtactics.org/en/grants.

 

ArtVenture Freedom to Create Prize - Deadline October 31, 2008

ArtVenture, in association with ARTICLE 19, is proud to launch the inaugural Freedom to Create Prize. This international prize will recognize artists who use their talents to promote human rights, including the freedom of expression, empathy, equality and understanding.  For more information, please visit http://www.freedomtocreateprize.com/Prize.asp.

 

[For these and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/Newsroom]

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The New Tactics in Human Rights Project is an international initiative led by a diverse group of organizations and practitioners from around the world. The project is coordinated by the Center for Victims of Torture and grew out of its experience as a creator of new tactics and a treatment center that also advocates for the protection of human rights from a unique position—one of healing and reclaiming civic leadership.