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Overcoming Barriers to Participate in Local Democracy for People with Disabilities: The Case of Zimbabwe
4 april, 2022
This policy brief discusses barriers to the inclusion and participation of people with disabilities in local democracy in rural Zimbabwe and provides recommendations for enhanced participation. The analysis is part of a broader mixed research study on the inclusion and participation of vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe’s local democracy. Results of the study show how people…
Backyard rentals, municipal connections, and the right to housing, South Africa
21 februari, 2022
This teaching case introduces a scenario involving backyard dwellers in a city in South Africa and raises the question of whether the municipality should provide connection points for municipal services to backyard dwellers. It presents a dilemma between the right to housing on the one hand, and municipal concerns around planning, legal matters, safety, funding…
Youth participation in local government in South Africa
21 februari, 2022
This scenario relates to the right of youth to participate in local government and introduces a case of land and water pollution in the Municipality of Lower Valley, which intersects with a variety of rights – (1) right to participate, (2) right of access to food and (3) right to a safe environment. The Municipality…
WhatsAppers for Social Good: Local Community Response to Covid-19 in Brazil
22 november, 2021
The so-called “WhatsAppers” constitute a local community of activists and concerned citizens who use WhatsApp to promote networks of solidarity in Brazil. Since the app’s launch,WhatsApp is increasingly appropriated for social good by activists, not only for “hanging-out” with like-minded people, but it has also become a key platform for twenty-first century politics, particularly in…
Human rights in Gaborone and Johannesburg: finding meaning in local context
29 oktober, 2021
Cities are critical human rights actors. Human rights are interpreted through local culture, history, politics and context. Cities are increasingly at the heart of this process of interpreting and “localizing” (Camilo Sanchez 2020) for a growing share of the world’s population. How can we support the development of civic human rights initiatives in Southern Africa…
Building Political Will to Combat Corruption
15 oktober, 2021
Pervasive corruption presents a challenge to scholars, practitioners, and activists. This policy brief reviews academic and policy perspectives on political will in anti-corruption efforts. The importance of political will for the success of anti-corruption reforms is widely cited, but knowledge gaps remain regarding why political will arises (or fails to do so). This policy brief…
Using Social Norms to Fight Corruption in Local Governments
8 juli, 2021
This policy brief looks into the role of social norms to fight corruption in the school system in the Cau Giay district in Hanoi. An ongoing research project has conducted multiple ethnographic field studies in schools and included parents, teachers, and other school personnel in the research data. Their experiences and reflections are the core…
Öckerö and Homa Bay, Kenya
15 februari, 2021
Project: Children’s right to participation Det sökta projektet har som mål dels att gemensamt arbeta för att ge förutsättningar, ett ökat engagemang i politiska frågor och viljan att delta i beslutsprocesser bland barn och unga i våra olika kommuner. Dels att öka och fördjupa kunskapen om Barnkonventionen bland Barn- och utbildningsnämnden och Barn- och utbildningsförvaltningens…
Upplands-Bro and Muranga, Kenya
15 februari, 2021
Project: Youth Participation Upplands-Bro and Muranga County are in many ways two very different municipalities in different parts of the world. At the same time, there are in many ways a similar problem of the often low participation of young people in the local community in general and in cultural and leisure activities in particular.…
Falun och Mogale, South Africa
9 december, 2020
Tillsammans med kommunen Mogale City i Sydafrika driver Falun ett projekt som ska utveckla nya sätt att inkludera och delaktiggöra barn och unga i kommunens verksamheter. Samarbetet sker i ett nätverk där åtta svenska kommuner arbetar parallellt med varsin partnerkommun från Södra Afrika på ett tema relaterat till mänskliga rättigheter, så som tillgänglighet, jämställdhet eller…