An Introduction to Advocacy: Training Guide

By Ritu R. Sharma

Contributed By AED

Published: 2005

Although the Guide is written primarily for use in training sessions, it can also be used by potential advocates as a tool to help them start their own advocacy work. Selected chapters can be used for one or two-day sessions that can be added to meetings or conferences to give a general orientation on advocacy. Institutions, networks, or associations can use it with their staff and members as a guide to help plan particular advocacy campaigns. Researchers can use it to plan the dissemination of findings on particular issues. It can be used for pre-service training, using simulated issues for advocacy. Any or all examples in the Guide can be replaced by examples from other sectors. We hope that this Introduction to Advocacy Training Guide will enable diverse groups in Africa and elsewhere to participate more effectively in the challenge of making policies and programs more responsive to the changing needs of individuals, families and communities.

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