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HSRV 421: Advocacy from the Margins Report a Broken Link

Human Services/Women’s Studies 421: Advocacy from the Margins introduces you to the meaning, history, tools, group processes, and strategies associated with advocacy for women and other marginalized groups who face injustice around the world. The course stresses the importance of advocacy group processes as well as advocacy strategies and tools. It also encourages you to begin advocating with those who are on the margins and faced with injustice.

Required Readings

Unit 1

Foundations of Feminist Advocacy
Evans, K. [for Association for Women’s Rights in Development]. (2005). A guide to feminist advocacy. Gender & Development, 13(3), 10–20.
Disabled Women's Network Ontario (DAWN) (2003). Feminist Principles: The Feminist Principle of Advocacy.
Retrieved online from: http://dawn.thot.net/feminism2.html.

Unit 2

Advocacy Issues and Strategies
Martin, Stephanie L. (2006). Bearing witness: Experiences of frontline anti-violence responders. Canadian Woman Studies, 25(1/2), 11-16.
Kukla, Rebecca. (2006). Ethics and ideology in breastfeeding advocacy campaigns. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 21(2), 157–180.
gendercc Network. (2007, December). Gender and climate change network—Women for climate justice. Position paper UNFCCC COP 13, Bali, Indonesia.

Unit 3

The Tools of Advocacy
Gillis, S. (2007). Neither cyborg nor goddess: The (im)possibilities of cyberfeminism. In S. Gillis, G. Howie, and R. Munford (Eds.), Third wave feminism: A critical exploration (2nd ed., pp. 168-181). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Reproduced by permission of Palgrave Macmillan.
Graybeal, P. M. W. (2007, Spring/Summer). Chant down climate change. Women & Environments International Magazine, 74/75, 49–50.

Unit 4

Looking Ahead: Advocacy and the Future