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Area 1 & 3 Meeting Brisbane 16 March 2013. What is Advocacy?. Advocacy is. “the expression of support for or opposition against a cause, argument or proposal”. Advocacy may include influencing laws, legislation or attitudes. ZI LAA Biennium Goals 2012-2014. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Area 1 & 3 MeetingBrisbane
16 March 2013
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What is Advocacy?
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Advocacy is “the expression of support for or
opposition against a cause, argument or proposal”.
Advocacy may include influencing laws, legislation or attitudes
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ZI LAA Biennium Goals 2012-2014
• Work together on strategic issues to advance SOW
• Be a leading advocate on Status of women’s issues
• Enable members, clubs, districts to become more effective advocates
• Increase visibility of actions to end VAW
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Phase 1: clubs and districts share actions
Phase 2: one global action in Nov 2013
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ZC Austin placed a yellow flag at the site to
bring awareness of violence against women
to the community.
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16 Days of Activism ZC Toowoomba Area Inc
16 life-size ‘cut outs’Spread across the city of Toowoomba
‘Toowoomba says No to Violence’
‘Act against Abuse’
Working together to End violence against women’
STOP VIOLENCE
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ZC of Pierre kicked off the 16 Days of Activism with the help of the local volunteer fire department
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Advocacy Days 8 MAR Int. Women’s Day 8 SEP Int.Literacy Day 21 SEP Int. Day of Peace 11 OCT Int.Day of the Girl Child 17 OCT Int.Day for Eradication of Poverty 24 OCT United Nations Day 25 NOV Int. for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 NOV-10 DEC16 Days of Activism 1 DEC World Aids Day 2 DEC
Int. Day for the Abolition of Slavery/Suppression of the Traffic in Persons 10 DEC International Human Rights Day
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Identify relevant women’s issues and address those
Work with like-minded organisations Make your actions visible Be leading advocates and raise public
awareness on women’s issues