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Phasing out child labor in the garment industry and providing education for ex-workers

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers’ and Exporters’ Association (BGMEA), in collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and UNICEF, developed the Child Labor Project to eliminate child labor in factories that belong to its 2,500 members, and to provide an alternative to former child laborers in the form of an education program.
Tactic Information
Intervention type: 
Intervention Tactics - Persuasion
Objective: 
to eliminate child labor in factories
Sector initiating tactic: 
Business
Sector intended to affect: 
Civil society

Training grassroots human rights groups in video and communications technology

WITNESS empowers human rights organizations around the world to incorporate video as an advocacy tool in their work. Rooted in the power of personal testimonies and in the principle that a picture is worth a thousand words, WITNESS and its partners’ videos have been used
Tactic Information
Intervention type: 
Building Human Rights Cultures and Institutions - Building capacity
Objective: 
To strengthen grassroots movements for change by training them to create and use video evidence before courts and the United Nations
Sector initiating tactic: 
Civil society
Sector intended to affect: 
Civil society

Training young people to monitor human rights.

Since 2000, the Human Rights Observatories Network has worked with youth groups in various regions of Brazil, inspiring them to learn about human rights and to learn how to report on and to monitor their communities’ access to rights.
Tactic Information
Intervention type: 
Building Human Rights Cultures and Institutions - Building awareness
Objective: 
To train young people to monitor human rights.
Sector initiating tactic: 
Civil society
Sector intended to affect: 
Civil society

Using participatory education to empower communities to exercise their human and civil rights

Education for Life (ELF) uses an accelerated learning system approach with grassroots educators and leaders to contribute to grassroots community empowerment throughout the Philippines.
Tactic Information
Intervention type: 
Building Human Rights Cultures and Institutions - Building capacity
Objective: 
To use participatory education to empower communities to exercise their human and civil rights
Sector initiating tactic: 
Civil society
Sector intended to affect: 
Civil society
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