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4. National or all-Ukrainian level. Advocacy activities cover the entire country. For example, optimization of procedures of sexual identity correction of transgender individuals through introduction of changes in relevant regulatory and legal acts. 5. International. Advocacy is implemented at the supranational level, covering at least two countries. For example, introduction of substitution therapy for drug users on the territory of Russia and Ukraine as a result of influence of international AIDS organizations. 97
Press-conference, 2005 98 7.2. Steps of the Advocacy Campaign In order to change laws, policies and human behaviour, one needs much more than just good will. You can draw attention of those in power towards specific issue only through series of consistent and adequately planned measures. This is why we should use different methods in rational and wise manner. One should not start picketing of the Verkhovna Rada just to gain publicity in the press. Picketing and demonstrations are radical methods, which can be used only as the last resort. While planning your advocacy campaign activities, it is necessary to correlate your capacities with the magnitude of the problem. The main thing in the campaign is series of consistent, interrelated and interlinked activities, focused on one goal. For example, prior to any efforts, aimed at the achievement of legislative changes, it is important to gain support of some political forces, or to break through the opposition's resistance. At the same time it is expedient to involve other organizations, to develop and submit collective statement to the decision-makers. Thanks to advocacy efforts, some newspaper may publish articles on the topic, and so on. This creates the continuity of the campaign — the chain of little victories that will inevitably lead you to your goal. Advocacy is relatively new type of activity for Ukraine's non-governmental sector; it is powerful tool to achieve intended goals. Thanks to advocacy organizations and individuals can accomplish major changes in the policy, in the work of various institutions and organizations, and in the people's minds. However, effective advocacy requires very good organization of the process, discipline, careful planning, clear and specific goals, and a series of well-considered actions to achieve them. Now let us consider the overall sequence of actions in the development (planning) and implementation of the advocacy campaign. 1. Identification of problem or issue to be the object of advocacy. No advocacy campaign can cover the entire range of issues pertaining the target group. It is clear that such social group as Ukrainian LGBT community has a lot of urgent problems and important interests that need to be addressed or considered without delay. However, specific advocacy campaign needs to be focused on one specific issue or limited number of interrelated issues. For example, there is no sense in working on protection of interests of homosexual conscripts and in lobbying LGBT-related discourse in scientific studies, conducted in Ukraine within one advocacy campaign. On the other hand, each of these two issues can successfully become the object of separate advocacy campaigns. 2. Selection of campaign coordinator Prior to taking any actions, you need to identify concrete person, who will be responsible for the implementation of the advocacy campaign. Without assigning relevant coordination functions to a specific individual, it will be impossible to ensure effective planning and implementation of the campaign. Later on, in the process of specification of goals and objectives of the campaign and in the advocacy campaign planning, the coordinator's functions can be entrusted to someone else, but the person, responsible for the entire campaign, should emerge at the very beginning. 3. Analysis and study of problem/issue At a first glance the essence of the issue, identified as the object of the advocacy, may seem absolutely clear. However, in practice our vision of the problem is frequently lopsided. If we want to see the problem in its many-sidedness, we need to undertake more deep analysis. Any advocacy campaign should be based on precise and correct information, figures, facts and knowledge of the problem, which needs to be addressed by the campaign.
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Content 1. Background Information.
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1 Please, see the Glossary of Terms
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1 Alfred Kinsley performed 2 studie
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There is hardly anyone whose sexual
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Round table on LGBT issues, MOH of
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1 Rosser BR, Bockting WO, et al. Th
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1 Testing for HIV: Why Is It Needed
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65.7% of female respondents have ne
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Women’s Network Summer Camp, 2008
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1 According to the draft Order of t
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As for my homosexuality, I“ve bee
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Photo: Bogdana Bondar, Photo-projec
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28 on the part of the others and br
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I don't think homosexuality is a ch
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1 The term “coming-out“ refers
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34 he is confronted with the proble
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I am reminded of a colleague who re
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— Next time, if someone asks you:
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1 Социально-психоло
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44 positive MSM. Moreover, in case
Page 47 and 48: Women’s Network Party, Kyiv, 2007
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Page 51 and 52: 50 Ukrainian Model of Outreach Work
Page 53 and 54: Outreach work 52 Outreach Team Serv
Page 55 and 56: I should tell you that homosexualit
Page 57 and 58: Everybody's journey is individual.
Page 59 and 60: 1 Materials from the Review of inte
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Page 77 and 78: Answering the journalist's question
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