Learning & Innovations Institute

The 2001 Learning & Innovations Institute was sponsored by the Conference Secretariat of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and Rights & Democracy.

Below you will find the thirteen papers presented at the Institute. If you have any questions regarding either the papers or the Learning & Innovations Institute, please contact us at:

Coady International Institute
St. Francis Xavier University
PO Box 5000
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Canada B2G 2W5

or you can email us at coady@stfx.ca

Author
Title
Derrick Naidoo
Upgraded from the South African Apartheid Prison to the New Democratic Neo-Liberal Global Prison? THEMBA (There Must Be an Alternative)
Jabu Manombe-Ncube
Advocacy Lessons from the Disability Movement: Experiences from Southern and Eastern Africa
Jeanne Moffat
Victory for the Forests: Greenpeace’s market campaign for the Great Bear Rainforest
Jill Carr-Harris
Best Practices in Advocacy in India: A case study of the land rights struggle in Madhya Pradesh
Juliette Dworzak
Networking, Advocacy, and Information Flow: Trends among African NGOs
Manoj Rai
Citizens’ Advocacy to Strengthen Local Self-Governance
Maria Fides Bagasao
When Civil Society Takes Over: Innovations in local and national level citizens’ action in the Philippines
Peggy Antrobus
Building Global Networks: Women-led alternatives
Saloni Singh
Gaining Gender Equity through the Increased Participation of Women in Politics and Public Decision-Making: An advocacy experience from Nepal
Sara Hlupekile Longwe
The Place of Policy Advocacy in Strategies for Women’s Advancement
Valerie Miller
Politics, Power, and People: Lessons from gender advocacy, action, and analysis
Cristina Vladu
Advocacy for Home Care in Romania: The case of the Foundation for Community Care Services
Annie Brisibe
The Benefits and Challenges of Advocacy and Networking in a Local and Global Context