DanChurchAid
Political Space
The right to participate in political processes
The objective of DanChurchAid's Political Space Policy is: Impoverished and discriminated women and men have enhanced their capabilities and opportunities for upholding and claiming their right to participate for effecting social, political and economic change.
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Susanne Hasman
In focus
- Discrimination, particularly gender discrimination, and the political participation of marginalized groups
- Access of marginalized groups to formal and informal judicial systems
- Advocacy for legal, policy and budget reform based on interests of discriminated women and men
- Media and communication strategies for positive and rights-sensitive discourse
- Empowerment and strengthened organization of discriminated groups.
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Articles about Political Space
DanChurchAid and the local partners LICADHO and Legal Aid Cambodia have worked together since 2004 to improve the rights of children in Cambodia.
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Nearly 500 children are currently detained in Cambodia’s prisons. For these children, the prisons they call “home” are overcrowded, unhygienic and lacking in basic facilities. Many are detained with adults, they are regularly held in pre-trial detention that exceeds the legal time limit, and many are sentenced to prison time without any regard to their age. A coalition of local and international groups has called on the government to pass legislation to protect the children.
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DanChurchAid supports Palestinian NGOs in promoting the participation of Palestinian women in the development of a Palestinian society based on equal opportunities, universal principles of human rights and priciples enshrined in Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination.
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Almost all poverty indicators are in regression in Zambia. The situation affects the poor people’s rights, the health system and the food security.
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DanChurchAid aims at ensuring civic and political rights in Zambia for the rural poor, especially women. The development objective is to enable the rural poor and women to exercise their rights.
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