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Ms. Choun Lay leading discussions on the impact of Covid 19 on the community during the annual linking and learning event in Cambodia.
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A poster of the 2021 South East Asia Queer Cultural Festival.
target 10 Global cumulative target 2021-2024
New ideas & approaches have been pro- totyped, tested and evaluated, ready for scale, shared and potentially adopted by relevant stakeholders 12 ideas and approaches developed /tested/prototyped and evidence of those ideas is published
population. The formulation and oversight of budget- ary and tax policy processes and issues is one specific area of concern. Through capacity strengthening processes such as trainings and awareness raising ses- sions the project rightsholders have been empowered with skills needed to advocate for improved account- ability around fiscal issues in Nigeria, most especially taxes and budgeting as a means to improve access to social services, health and education for marginalized communities. The knowledge exchanges and inno- vative facilitation methodology are increasing access to spaces for political participation thereby lessening marginalization of the target groups to a good degree. The project confirmed that the method of marginalised people sharing with budget and tax authorities and vice versa is a promising model for maximising learn- ing, while also creating a highly empathetic under- standing of issues. Rightsholders are gradually gaining confidence to self–advocate, generate evidence-based research and policy recommendations to influence and catalyse the creation of and access to open political spaces, processes and participation for young people.
respectable and effective way. For 12 months, the Association of African Professional Communicators APAC and Association of Bloggers for Active Citizenry ABCA consortium travelled through 7 regions of Niger to present and explain the social media charter, which thankfully was adopted by the multitude of web activists. Mohamed shares: my name is Mohamed Attaka Idrissa, I am 29 years old, I am a computer maintenance technician in a private radio station in Agadez . The social media charter allowed me to reframe my intervention on the web and to verify the veracity of the information while respecting human rights and to preserve my source of information. Voice colleagues and event organisers in 2021 also started to document the experience organising inclusive online or often hybrid events, with tricks and tips as well as awareness of possible challenges to overcome. The Voice@5 event led to two publications, part 1 focussing on the process facilitation learnings, and part 2 on the technical facilitation. And Wendy Otieno, shares her lessons learned on organising virtual events with the grantee partners in Kenya.
Kenya The Chepkitale Indigenous Peoples’ Development Project (CIPDP) in collaboration with Digital Democracy and the Forest Peoples Programme are implementing the Boititap Korenyo (The Wealth of Our Lands) project in Kenya. The project empowers the Ogiek Community to overcome land rights issues by promoting just data-driven access to land and create more open participation and civic engagement on land issues. Through informed data collection processes, Geographic Information System (GIS) map- ping as technological platform, the project generates evidence-based research products and policy recom- mendations. These are utilised to self-advocate and in- fluence and catalyse access and just land use by Ogiek Community. The project also promotes the creation of more political spaces, processes, and participation accessible by these rightsholders. Niger In Niger a significant step was taken with the docu- mentation and adaption of the social media charter. It aims to support both the organisations and the government to use social media safely and in a socially
target 10 Global cumulative target 2021-2024
Nigeria, Mali, South Africa & Ghana: multi-country Kids and Teens, a multi-country grantee partner in collaboration with its partners in Mali, Ghana and South Africa piloted an ap- proach through their project Full Circle Tax Watch for Marginalised populations to promote rightsholder engagement in fiscal process- es to promote government accountability. Despite youth being the overwhelming majority in the four countries, their voices are little heard and listened to by policy makers and in general by the adult
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