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94 14.2.6. Identification of advocacy priorities: What is the message of change? Key question: What opportunities exist to enable the full exercise of their rights for all people? While an advocacy campaign may, for tactical reasons, focus on the plight of victims or on highlighting “good news “ stories, it is essential that, irrespective of this focus, those conducting advocacy should have a clear view of the change they wish to succeed in bringing about in the situation under consideration. That view may or may not be part of the public message itself, but even if it is not, humanitarian organizations involved in advocacy activities should have a shared vision of the behavioural or factual change(s) they seek to achieve. This may be the elimination or at least mitigation of the immediate cause of a violation of the right to water (for example, sending a police force to patrol in the vicinity of water points, etc) or the remedy may be of a more systemic nature (such building a water treatment facility). In most cases, the research suggested in figures 1 and 2 and the analysis of victims and transgressors along the lines suggested above in paragraph 14.2.4, should yield a number of possible approaches to address this problem. It is indeed important to note the difference between an advocacy message, and the specific recommendations that may accompany it. The message should be simple, short and readily understandable by both stakeholders and the general public. Recommendations for action, however, can be much more complex and technical. In some cases, it makes sense to develop advocacy in successive phases, addressing different aspects or “layers” of the identified problem. The following figure summarizes the key questions to be addressed when developing an advocacy message. © ACF - THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
- Part 3 - Advocacy on the right to water and sanitation in emergencies Figure 4 - Checklist: The advocacy message Checklist: The advocacy message What is the key message? How does the message address the key stakeholders? What are the prerequisites for the advocated change to occur? What specific contribution do the advocacy organizations plan to make towards realization of the message? The message should generally be relatively short, but explicit enough to indicate which key stakeholders are being addressed, what they should do and how they should do it. In other words, the message should not merely say “this must stop”. An advocacy message, of necessity short and simple, cannot always address specific recommendations to all relevant stakeholders. However, as part of their overall advocacy strategy, organizations should include such recommendations, even if they are not part of the headline message. This ensures the message’s relevance for all key stakeholders and that it does not appear to be biased against a particular actor(s). The advocacy strategy should take into account the constraints under which the stakeholders operate, including limitations on their power or resources to address the identified problem. These are constraints that can be addressed in a subsequent phase of the advocacy. An advocacy message is often reinforced if the campaigning organizations themselves clearly set out their contribution to mitigating the identified problem. 14.3. What types of advocacy should be undertaken in support of the right to water and sanitation? With knowledge of and information about the violations of the right to water and sanitation, humanitarian aid agencies can develop a variety of advocacy initiatives targeted at authorities and other concerned actors in order to ensure protection of and assistance to populations affected by a humanitarian emergency. The analyses and evaluations already conducted would seem to suggest that advocacy can respond to several aims: prevent violations, call a halt to observed perpetrated violations, attenuate the effects of violations on victims and even take action to expose and penalize those responsible for such violations. The elements discussed above provide suggestions for possible advocacy activities that could usefully be developed to ensure the respect, the protection and the fulfilment of the right to water and sanitation of those affected by emergencies. Of course, options chosen can differ significantly according to the (often very specific) mandate of a humanitarian aid agency, available resources, the context and so on. Consequently, each agency has to develop its own most apposite strategies, taking into account if possible the suggestions offered in the present Handbook. © ACF - THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS 95
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