This advocacy kit offers briefing cards on key issues surrounding emergency contraception (EC) within the context of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The purpose of this manual is to show organizations how to use the Client Satisfaction Survey Methodology.

“I feel that there is a weakness in the [National AIDS] response, a response that was once very participatory. The fact that there are no groups of children or youth, but instead these are represented by adults.” (Interview with Director of HIV/AIDS NGO)

Recommendations for Improving Knowledge and Access to Emergency Contraception.

This manual introduces tools for designing a project that is results-oriented and appeals to donors. It focuses on integrating monitoring and evaluation activities from the very beginning of a project.

Developing Advocacy activities entails carrying out a series of highly specialized actions. Associations must analyze political processes, State structure, current legislation at the various government levels, international commitments, and the social, economic, geopolitical, and human development context. With this information, they can suggest timely changes to legislation, public policy, and government programs to the appropriate agencies (Parliament, the Courts, Departments, Ministries, and others).

We must engage in Advocacy work because each nation must have the legal and institutional mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of their citizens, and thus foster the welfare of people and communities. We must also engage in Advocacy work because our efforts to inform, raise awareness, and articulate our work with decision makers, State and government actions addressing a specific issue will correspond to the reality that determines them.

The Handbook for Budget Work in Advocacy Projects is a tool to facilitate the process of incorporating budget elements into Advocacy planning. We do not expect organizations to be able to conduct in-depth analyses of public budgets thanks to this handbook. Rather, we offer a way to determine the steps necessary to identify and monitor specific areas of expenditure that contribute to achieving the political change sought by a particular Advocacy project. To use this manual, it is advisable to have developed the Advocacy project following the methodology provided in the Handbook for Advocacy Planning, from IPPF/WHR’s Advocacy Tools series.

The Handbook for Political Analysis and Mapping is divided into three sections. The first one
analyzes all the structural and institutional features of the state that are related to the issue of Advocacy. The second one comprises activities that seek to give a comprehensive political content to the information analyzed in the first part. The last one is the analysis of the key actors involved.