LibGuides: Human Rights Advocacy: Advocacy Stories

Readings

Reuters: "We were waiting for our deaths": Kenyan Widows Saved By Tribal Elders
A story about how human rights advocates are working with Tribal Elders to ensure the protection of women after their husbands die.
Using Words
This article talks about "words of the year" and their importance to advocacy.
Foreign Policy: What It Takes To Get An Alleged Mass Rapist....
How the press was able to stop the rape of children in DRC.
Mothers of the Disappeared
Tells the story of mothers who searched for their missing children in Argentina.