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Nonprofits in Policy Advocacy: Their Strategies and Stories
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xxviii, 238 pp.
"Policy advocacy is an increasingly important function of many nonprofit organizations, as they seek broad social changes in their concerning issues. Their advocacy practices, however, have often been guided by their own past experiences, anecdotes from peer networks, and consultant advice. Most of
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Media Advocacy Toolkit
USAID (2020), 62 pp.
"You are about to embark on a journey of discovery. Within this toolkit you will find explanations, tips, examples from Sri Lanka and the world — everything you need to upgrade and enhance your own advocacy campaigns. The content has been adapted from a variety of sources, to illustrate best pract
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Advocacy Capacity Toolbox for Resilience
Partners for Resilience (2020), 28 pp.
"Developing and executing a successful advocacy campaign is not always an easy task. Advocacy goals can be hard to quantify and may require a large base of supporters and a relatively long timeframe. But a well developed, flexible advocacy strategy can help you anticipate obstacles and respond more
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Advocacy in restricted spaces: A toolkit for civil society organizations
Key Guides
Lifeline Fund for Embattled CSOs; Freedom House (2020), 46 pp.
"There are many valuable resources on how to conduct advocacy that provide a detailed, step-by-step approach. These approaches include best practices for identifying stakeholders, developing a message, or planning a timeline. We will not go deeply into these topics, but we do want to provide an intr
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Youth Advocacy Guide
UNICEF (2019), 49 pp.
"The Youth Advocacy Guide has been developed by people of varying ages, with different lived experiences, and a passion for change. It was created through an extensive consultative process, which brought together the voices of young people from various parts of Africa. This guide will take you throu
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Recommended Practices for Science Communication with Policy Makers
Washington, DC: American University, School of Public Affairs (SPA) (2019), 22 pp.
"This guide grows out of the research project “Evidence-based Science Communication with Policymakers” conducted by the four authors and sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Rita Allen Foundation. In order to write these recommendations, we spent over a year studying science com
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Advocacy Action Guide: A Toolkit for Strategic Policy Advocacy Campaigns
Consumers International (2019), 116 pp.
"The guide covers a broad range of topics – from identifying clear policies objectives to concluding a campaign. It has been designed to provide both an overview of a policy advocacy campaign, as well as more specific information and tools on key elements. Depending on your needs and resources, yo
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NOhep Advocacy Toolkit
NOhep Movement (2019), 80 pp.
"To support national advocacy efforts, we’ve created a toolkit for patient organisations, NGOs and individuals working in the field of viral hepatitis. It will equip supporters with the information and knowledge to get their decision-makers to take this problem seriously and push them to act to me
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Politically Smart Advocacy: A Guide to Effective Civil Society Advocacy for Sustainable Development
Key Guides
Washington, DC: Pact (2018), 42 pp.
"This guidebook helps Pact field staff and core partners strengthen the capacity of local partners engaged in advocacy efforts. It discusses a wide variety of options for communities to advocate on their own behalf. It was written for the advocate who is passionate about a particular cause or issue,
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Roads to Influence: A Practical Toolkit to Increase Safety for Journalists Through Advocacy in Somalia/Somaliland
International Media Support (IMS); Fojo Media Institute (2017), 20 pp.
"The overall approach to advocacy in this toolkit is generic, but the toolkit focuses on increasing safety for journalists in Somalia/Somaliland. The order of the different steps follows a logical sequence. However, do keep in mind that advocacy is not necessarily a linear process. Advocacy rarely f
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Public Health Media Advocacy Action Guide: Elements of a Media Advocacy Campaign
Global Health Advocacy Incubator (2016), 56 pp.
"Changing public health policy is one of the most effective ways to improve public health on a population-wide scale. As part of the advocacy campaign to move a public health issue onto the policy agenda and through the policy making process, a strategic and well executed media advocacy campaign is
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Cluster Nutrition Guide du Plaidoyer
UNICEF (2016), 35 pp.
The Advocacy Strategy Framework: A Tool for Articulating an Advocacy Theory of Change
Center for Evaluation Innovation (2015), 14 pp.
"This brief offers a simple one-page tool for thinking about the theories of change that underlie public policy advocacy strategies. It first presents the tool and then offers six questions that advocates, and funders working with advocates, can work through to better articulate their theories of ch
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