Theorizing Movements And locating young people within the same

1. Theorizing MovementsAnd locating young people within the same WHRAP-SEA Partners Capacity Building Workshop on Advocacy And Mid Term Progress Meeting 4-7 April 2011 Hanoi, Vietnam

2. Mapping the movement Global events that you feel have impacted your work and led to a place which enables you to work on CSE Events in SE Asia or your country that you feel have enabled you to work on CSE An event or incident in your life that has enabled you to work on CSE 2 aspects you could also consider are: Youth activism and mobilization Women’s movement and evolution of Sexual reproductive health and rights

3. www.AWID.org • Association of Women’s on Development

4. What is a Movement? “an organized set of constituents pursuing a common political agenda of change through collective action.” • SrilataBatliwala (SAMBHRI 2009)

5. Why Movements Matter: they can create change where others can’t! Individual Internalized attitudes, values, practices Access to & control over resources Informal Community Formal Cultural norms, beliefs, practices \ Laws, policies, resource allocations Systemic Courtesy Rao & Kelleher, 2005

6. (Progressive) Social Movement Building • Processes that build the collective power of an organized constituency of excluded, marginalized, oppressed or invisible people, around a change agenda that enables them to access rights and resources, challenge dominant ideologies, and transform social power relations in their favor… . • SrilataBatliwala (SAMBHRI 2009)

7. Movement Characteristics • A clear political agenda – common analysis, goals, targets for change • A membership or constituency base – the individuals or communities most vested in the change • Some degree of formal or informal organization – networks, organizations, member collectives, etc. - are part of the organized core of a movement • SrilataBatliwala (SAMBHRI 2009)

8. Movement characteristics: • Leadership at multiple levels, leaders from the constituency • Collective or joint actions in pursuit of common goals • Some continuity over time (not a “campaign” alone) • Strategies that combine extra-institutional(marches, protests) and institutional(advocacy & lobbying) forms – i.e., visible political struggle. • SrilataBatliwala (SAMBHRI 2009)

9. Features of strong movements • Leadership from the primary constituency “mass base” • Autonomous; self-financed (not donor-dependent) • Clear and transparent hierarchies of leadership, communication and decision-making • Clear political agendas, change goals, and targets • Ebbs and flows • ebb times are when network and organization activities increase; • flows are when advocacy and movement action increase

10. Youth movements-some characteristics • Can be local or international in scope • Large constituency of young people • Youth led • Creates mobilization of young people as stakeholders and agents of change • Common demands that impact young people’s lives and also cause shifts in the community • Democratic organization, non-heirarchial • Involves cross cutting communities of young people • Supported by different groups within societies, as well as adult allies

11. Characteristics contd. • Independent agenda, supported by stakeholders (i.e. International Agencies, Civil Society groups etc) • Use of technology • Mobilization around a current issue

12. What’s the difference between- Movements- Activism-Advocacy

13. How do you understand your work? Are you building a movement? Is it a project by an organisation? Do you see this as part of a movement? Is it a youth movement? Where do you see this network positioned within the work being done on CSE?

14. Links to advocacy • Advocacy is a planned/ strategic process of supporting a cause or issue. • Is a process of influencing an entity which holds power and has decision making capacity. • Advocacy forms part of a movement • Advocacy can use campaigns, political lobbying and other such strategies to create change