HIV Call to Action.pdfTopic Guides
Tearfund UK Advocacy Guidelines - Advocacy and Debt: A Practical Guide
Debt is central to the problem of poverty. Any advocacy work to relieve poverty must therefore address the issue of debt. Tearfund UK's Advocacy Guidelines on debt provide an in depth explanation and analysis of the global problem of debt and why Christians should get involved in taking up the cause of the indebted poor. Also included is a detailed guide to debt advocacy at a practical level, including debt advocacy at local, national and international levels. The Guidelines also explain the Jubilee 2000 Campaign and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP), both introduced to tackle the issue of debt and reduce poverty.
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Tearfund UK Advocacy Guidelines - Advocacy and Water: A practical guide
The aim of this guide produced by Tearfund UK is to increase the effectiveness of advocacy work on water. The Guidelines explain why water is a critical issue for advocacy and provide background factual information on this topic. The Guidelines provide case studies and a practical guide to advocacy work in this area, including principles behind good practice in this area of advocacy work. The practical guide to advocacy on water includes a guide to local, national, regional and international advocacy.
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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
UNRISD is an autonomous United Nations agency that carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Poverty eradication, the promotion of democracy and human rights, gender equity, environmental sustainability and the effects of globalisation are overarching concerns in UNRISD's work. UNRISD's website contains Quick Links to a variety of topics such as corporate responsibility, economic policy, ethnicity, gender, governance, health, HIV/AIDS, rural development and water. The website also provides access to many of the Research Institute's publications. The Research link on the home page contains a chronological and alphabetical list of all of the Research Institute's ongoing and completed projects on a wide range of social development topics.
Oxfam America - Peace Through Advocacy
Conflict is one of the major reasons that millions of poor people are unable to escape poverty. Preventing conflict starts at the local level. Oxfam helps communities identify the root causes of conflict and find creative ways to build lasting peace. When local efforts to prevent and resolve conflict fail, the 12 Oxfam International affiliates engage in high-level advocacy efforts to convince governments and international organisations to protect civilians, facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid and fund long-term development projects.
Oxfam America - Campaign Action: Coffee
Coffee growers have been affected by a slump in the price of coffee, along with the affects of an increasingly exploitative corporate system of coffee production. The Oxfam America coffee campaign website provides useful factsheets, as well as ideas for how someone can get involved in campaigning for fair trade for coffee farmers from poor countries.
Two Degrees, One Chance: The urgent need to curb global warming
This recently released report, endorsed by Environmental and Christian NGOs from around the world, clearly states what the current situation is on climate change and what must be done to avoid the serious impact of climate change in the future.
Download the full report below.
Consider Sending a letter to the environment ministry in your country. Click on the link below for template letters which you can use to do this. There is a version aimed at 'developed countries' and a version aimed at 'developing countries' so that you can use whichever is appropriate. Please also feel free to personalise the letter and add to it if there are more specific things you would like to say, particularly if you know specific information about your countries' positions.
A second report by Tearfund Adaptation and the Post - 2012 Framework explores the recommendations in the letter in more detail and can be downloaded below.