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LWF
Nepal seeks to work by, with and for the displaced, the disadvantaged
and the marginalized to assert their rights. It considers advocacy
a key field of activity that its partners should engage in.
Strategic
goal
• To strenghten local community efforts
to advocate for their rights
Strategic priorities
• To amplify the
voices of local partners through greater participation in advocacy
networks and by influencing public policy debates.
• To a dvance the
struggles of the displaced and marginalized people for human
rights, peace building and reconciliation at the local, national
and international levels.
Why is LWF Nepal for RBA?
• LWF Nepal sees
poverty eradication not only as a process of improving people's
income but as a process of expanding the fundamental choices
and freedom of people.
• Poverty should
be understood from the rights perspective. Promotion of freedom
is possible by enhancing people's capacity and expanding opportunities.
• Personal rights
(by virtue of which individuals can determine the way society
behaves) and solidarity rights (whose realization requires collective
action on the part of society) should not be excluded from poverty
eradication policies and actions.
• Economic poverty
and human poverty should be linked so that development programmes
can widen their focus—from access to participation and from
representation to non-discrimination.
• The primary responsibility
for poverty eradication rests with the national government without
whose initiative and commitment to rights-based programmes,
the right to poverty-free life will remain a mere pledge. A
transparent form of governance that is accountable to the people
is a precondition for a rights-based approach to poverty eradication.
RBA and its link with development
Advocacy and human rights issues,
including a rights-based approach to development, are closely
related. Advocacy is often a tool that can be used to realize
human rights.
The realization of all human
rights represents the essential goal of development because
development objectives are also human rights objectives. Human
rights include responsibilities, and promotion of human rights
strengthens development.
Respect for human rights is
a necessary precondition for development; violations of human
rights endanger development. An emphasis on human rights in
the context of development helps focus attention on the structural
inequities that cause and maintain impoverishment and exclusion.
Human rights obligations are legally-binding; their application
in the context of development can therefore strengthen development
initiatives
Integrating human rights analyses
into a development planning cycle contributes to sustainable
development. Reflecting the principle of universality of human
rights, development activities should be designed for the benefit
of the largest number of people possible.
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