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introduction This report aims to identify lessons learned from the advocacy experience in Cambodia that can be shared with advocates working in various sectors. Analysis is based on review of advocacy activities in eight sectors: fisheries, land, labor, commune council elections, women’s movement, urban poor, HIV/AIDS, and child rights. This selection is intended to be illustrative rather than comprehensive. The selection of a limited number of illustrative case studies has led to the omission of some issues, which are no less important such as lobbying of multilateral banks and donors, forestry reform, lobbying for judicial reform, the anti-corruption campaign, and the health and education sectors. Campaigns to reform the land law, introduce a community fisheries subdecree, commune council election law, or domestic violence law have much to teach all advocacy stakeholders about successful advocacy strategies and mistakes made in designing and implementing advocacy campaigns. Among the case studies presented, advocacy in the fisheries sector illustrates a streamlined approach that extends from the grassroots to the national policymaking level and benefits from the arguments collected during the preparation of the land law legislation. The organized garment labor movement involves three sectors of society: a government monitoring and mediation agency, the garment factories, and the labor unions. The commune council election law lobbying presents a concerted approach and high profile lobbying, as does the domestic violence law campaign within the women’s movement. HIV/AIDS and child rights sectors illustrate strong networking techniques and provide examples of advocacy that allows people affected by the issues to participate more in policy decision-making. In addition to identifying general successes and failures in advocacy, this report aims to ascertain how civil society organizations and elected representatives can assist in the process of strengthening democratization and increasing accountability within the Cambodian government. Facilitating stronger democracy will increase the likelihood that future advocacy efforts will result in responsive policy changes that consider the needs of the people affected by policies.
sectors reviewed in this document fisheries land labor Eight sectors provide the foundation for identifying the advocacy strategies and lessons learned contained in this report. Each sector is included in a case study at the end of the text. The case studies reveal the interaction between government and civil society regarding influence on policies that affect poor and vulnerable people. Policy changes, enlarging democratic space, and building capacity of civil society are examined in each sector as a way to measure advocacy impact. For readers interested in specific details regarding a sector, the case studies provide an in-depth analysis of the sector’s advocacy activities. commune council elections women’s movement urban poor HIV/AIDS child rights
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Future Considerations The following
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Timeline of Land Issues Over the Pa
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The new Land Law will require betwe
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labor The garment factory labor mov
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input from AFL-CIO, the largest lab
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intervene are by activating the Lab
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ights have, in principle if not in
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commune council election law The ca
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maximize the group’s collective i
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communication between EMOs and dono
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The CCEL campaign was the first opp
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in every four women (25%) aged 15-4
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estimates the number of sex workers
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elections saw an increase to 14 fem
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healthcare. While many women know t
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losing influence. For this reason,
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plaintiffs at a disadvantage. A sec
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level to increase interaction betwe
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courses for members of the media (p
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economic issues NGOs are advocating
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come together to discuss problems a
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the issue on the government’s age
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premier center for rights-based and
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Penh. Watson, Gabrielle, 2000. Advo
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