Children's Rights: Advocacy Handbook

This handbook has been produced for a National Children's Rights Committee (NCRC) / Soul Buddyz advocacy training course. It discusses advocacy and how to develop an advocacy campaign.

Topics include:

• The advocacy process
• Developing an advocacy campaign
• Planning for advocacy
• Tools for advocacy: Information and research; networking and forming alliances; building support (social mobilisation); lobbying; media advocacy; litigation; and the internet.
  

Soul Buddyz is a multi-media "edutainment" vehicle, from the Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication, for children aged 8-12 years old. The Institute is a health promotion organisation which uses a mix of edutainment and advocacy to bring about social change.

The National Children's Rights Committee (NCRC) is a non-governmental organisation working to: advocate children's rights; lobby government; partner with government and all relevant organisations on child related issues of poverty, well-being, and legislation; uphold children's rights where applicable especially in media; plan and hold workshops; and implement the National Plan of Action.

To obtain a copy of this publication please see the contact details below.