Day 1: Tools for Change: Tackling disability marginalisation through advocacy
17th April
Through workshops led by local and international speakers, the objectives are to exchange knowledge on (1) local, national and global dimensions of disability advocacy and activism, (2) how digital tools can be employed as catalysts for societal change, (3) conceptualising and planning campaign strategies and theories of change, and (4) toolkits for disability advocacy and empowerment.
08:30 – 09:00
Welcome and introductions – Prof. Dan Jackson, Bournemouth University
09:00 – 10:30
Introduction to Advocacy and Activism in East and Central Africa – Rose Tesha, George Sempangi, ADD International
10:45 – 11:45
Innovative Approaches to Youth-led Advocacy – Vanessa Herringshaw, ADD International
11:45 – 12:15
Advocacy Campaigns 1: From Strategy to Implementation – Blaise Murphet
12:15 – 12:45
Advocacy Campaigns 2: Enabling factors in creating change – Rosemary Choma, ADOT
13:45 – 15:00
Youth Disability in Tanzania – Rasheed Mafta, Prime Minister’s Office of Youth, Employment and Persons with Disabilities
15:30 – 17:00
Inclusive Humanitarian Action – Youri Francx, Humanity and Inclusion
