Framing and Claiming Reproductive Rights: A Case Study of Civil Society Actors in Tanzania

How do grassroots organizations engage with, understand and use human rights discourses? In the current development context many civil society actors have adopted a ‘rights based approach’ (RBA). However, ‘human rights’ are often articulated at the international level, but understood, experienced and practiced in a local context. What does this dynamic imply for the way local civil society actors lobby the state to implement global human rights at a national policy level?

I believe... (come to you, inside you)

At the recent Oscar Awards ceremony, a movie called The Social Network was racing to be the best picture of the year. About this film’ representation, Wikipedia says:   “As of January 2011, Facebook has more than 600 million active users… According to Social Media Today, in April 2010 an estimated 41.6% of the U.S. population had a Facebook account.”  If you see these numbers, you probably think:   “now, everyone gets involved inside internet… perhaps, all we are the social ne...