learning from women’s rights activists’ campaigns for legal and policy change
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Pittman, Alexandra
- Creator
- Workman, Anna > (ass.)
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- actiegroepen, mensenrechten, beleid, wetgeving, communicatie, statistiek, rapport
- Description
- This resource report is organized around three major topics. First, the authors are interested in gaining an understanding of the major trends in how women’s rights activists are going about communicating their goals of legislative and policy reform in the public sphere. They pay particular attention to the way that activists have 'framed' and communicated social, political, legal, and economic issues in order to improve women’s rights. Frames are used in social movements to highlight and give meaning to particular events, behaviours, or issues, while backgrounding others. Framing aims to identify the social or political problem or issue at stake, mobilize constituents for change, and may also include suggestions for action. By focusing on the way that issues are framed, we are able to better understand the particular ideological undercurrents of the campaign. Moreover, we are also able to identify important persuasive techniques for broadening public and official support for women’s rights campaigns.