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Exercise: How can I apply
a rights-based approach in my work?
Applying a new advocacy framework can take some getting used to, and
it can be difficult to do overnight! In order to effectively apply
a rights-based approach to your work, you may find that there are specific
actions you need to take in order to help you do this. Some of you
may already use a rights-based approach in your work, but you may be
seeking to improve your application of this approach or assist other
colleagues in using it effectively. Having completed the first exercise
in this section (where you used a rights-based approach to discuss
the issue of education for persons with disabilities), consider and
discuss the following:
1) How did you find the exercise – did you find it challenging
to think about the issues in this way? Was it interesting? Did it get
you thinking about issues you might not otherwise have thought of?
Did it get you thinking about any issues in a new way, and if so how?
2) If you do not currently adopt a rights-based approach to your
work, how would you characterize your approach?
3) What benefits, if any, do you think a human rights approach could
offer? If you do currently adopt a rights-based approach to your work,
why do you do this and in what ways does it strengthen your work?
4) It can often be challenging to think about issues in a new way.
If you are new to this kind of rights-based approach to disability
what, if anything, do you think that you or your organization could
do to help you apply a rights-based approach to your disability advocacy?
5) If you already apply a rights-based approach to your work what,
if anything, do you think you could do to help you or your organization
strengthen and improve its use of this framework?
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